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| Publication | October-December 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Okay K.O. |
| Synopsis | Two boxers are fighting. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Heinz Grohr; Rube Rappaport |
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| Comic Story | The Whirlwind (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | A football story where some of the white players of Jordan College pull a dirty prank on the only colored player (Wilson) which backfires and results in Wilson getting into the big game as their only hope for an upset victory against arch-rival Benson College. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Whirlwind Wilson; Coach Tom Lee; Team Captain Dick Lambert; Mike Durant; Kelly; Sally Braden; Dan Giles |
| Notes | Story begins on inside front cover without color. The initials JKD appear on a radio microphone, perhaps the artist? |
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| Comic Story | Casbah Cabal (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Story takes place in an unnamed foreign location where American businessman Halliday hires The Wedge to create labor unrest so that he can buy a factory mill for little money. |
| Featuring | The Wedge |
| Content | Characters: The Wedge (villain); Brett Halliday; Nazrab; Nazrab's son; |
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| Comic Story | Okay K.O. (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Set in 1946 Berlin, a Jewish-American occupation soldier attempts to thwart the comeback of Nazi German boxer Heinz Grohr. |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Heinz Grohr (German boxer); Pat Manton (British boxer); Jim O'Leary; Rube Rappaport |
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| Comic Story | Emiliano Zapata: The Unconquered (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zapata biography |
| Credits | Pencils: Joe Kubert |
| Content | Characters: Emiliano Zapata |
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| Text Article | The Story of the Maccabees (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | The Story of Gideon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Gideon leads the Jews out of hiding to repel the Midianites out of Palestine. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Religious | Characters: Gideon |
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| Comic Story | Death in the Sky (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Challengers discover a hidden airfield runway that is being used by a gang of bank robbers to make their getaways. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Wes & Burry] | Pencils:? [as Wes & Burry] | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Challenger Club of Thunderrock [Bob; Red; Bill; Joe] |
| Notes | All the lettering within the word balloons and captions is typeset. |
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| Comic Story | Terror Tracks (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Challenger is brought in to stop violence during a citywide subway strike as scabs and goons cause trouble on the rails. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Bill Day [The Challenger]; the mayor; Mr. Krale; Mr. Pence; Mr. Yates; Guy "Gimpy" Gordon |
| Notes | Story ends on the inside back cover without color. |
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| Activity | Attention Challengers (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Advocacy |
| Notes | Mail in coupon and pledge for joining the Challenger Clubs of America and organizing local club chapters. Appears on back cover. |
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