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Challengers of the Unknown #74

DC · Series began 1958 · June-July 1970

Dates

Cover date
June-July 1970
On sale
March 31, 1970
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, George Tuska, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Bernie Wrightsoninks: Neal Adams, George Tuska, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert, Bernie Wrightsonletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Henry Boltinoffscript: Denny O'Neil, Murray Boltinoff, Henry Boltinoff, Joe Kubert

Stories

  • To Call a Deadman · 22.17 pages

    Deadman narrates the story. Dr. McJames steals the Ruby of Khafir and gives it to a hunchback, Nodo, in an old tower. Johnny Double, PI, breaks in and arrests McJames - then consults the Challengers. Corinna hypnotizes McJames and learns he was forced to steal from the museum when his daughter's spirit was captured by Seth Gross, a vengeful ghost. When the Challs fail to stop the ghost Deadman takes over finding out that Gross is only a petty magician who uses astral-projection. Deadman possesses Gross's body and rescues the girl's spirit.

  • So You Want to Be a Cartoonist? · 1 pages
  • Dark As Death · 1 pages

Reprinted in

World's Finest Comics (1941), The Deadman Collection (2001), Deadman (2011), Deadman Omnibus (2020)

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