#22

Synopsis

When the Challengers go hunting for two lost explorers, Hinton and Jarvis, they find the two men staggering from the jungle demanding gold for Xechulan. They grab gold artifacts - including a sacred shield - and disappear in red smoke. The Challengers split up and look for the men, but when Ace and Rocky find them, Hinton and Jarvis don't remember anything. Hatching a plot, Red and Prof later appear turned into gold from head to toe also demanding gold for Xechulan. But it is a ruse to expose Hinton's and Jarvis's false "possession" story and to return the gold shield to its rightful owners.

Notes

Reprinted from

• Strange Adventures #69

Reprinted in

• The Flash #229
• Titanes Planetarios #143
• Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #2
• Mighty Comic #27
• Ray Halcotan #57— N&B [B&W]

Credits

Script

Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Herron, Jack Miller, Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Bob Brown, Gil Kane, Henry Boltinoff, Morris Waldinger

Inks

Bob Brown, Murphy Anderson, Henry Boltinoff, Tom Nicolosi

Letters

Ira Schnapp, Stan Starkman, Henry Boltinoff, Milt Snapinn

Editor

Jack Schiff

Associate editor

Murray Boltinoff, George Kashdan

Illustration

Wayne Boring, Russ Heath