Challengers of the Unknown #73
April-May 1970 · 0.15 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1970-01-29
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
A space capsule plunks in the Atlantic, but the astronaut has been strangled. The Challengers are called to Cape Canaveral where they meet Major Cheever. Corinna gets weird vibes and so holds a seance which summons a being named Machu who lives on the moon. A live grenade interrupts. Ace, Corinna, Red, and Cheever make the next moon flight. In space, Machu appears as Major Cheever pulls a gun! Cheever had allied with Machu, who was preventing men from going into space. But now that Machu sees that some men are good, he forces Cheever to shoot himself, then dissipates. Ace pilots them home.
Credits
- Script
- Denny O'Neil, Murray Boltinoff, George Tuska
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Dick Dillin
- Inks
- Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Vince Colletta
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino, Ben Oda, Milt Snapinn
- Editor
- Murray Boltinoff
- Editorial director
- Carmine Infantino
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of February 3 in ad in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #7.
The cover trumpets "The NEW Challengers of the Unknown," new being a new occult slant.
Reprinted in
- Aventures Fiction #40— N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed
- Névrose #15