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This comicbook contains - as far as I know -the first appearance of a Golem in a comic ever - and it is quite interesting that it is linked to the Holocaust... |
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Also note that the Golem story is an early work by Joe Kubert, and shows signs of the style that would become a Kubert signature. Each of the four issues of Interfaith's Challenger had Kubert stories. |
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Publication | July; August; September 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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Featuring | The Challenger |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Challenger [Bill Day] |
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Letters Page | Letters to the Challenger (2 pages) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Begins on inside front cover, terminates on inside back cover.
Letters from Willis C. Patten, Frank Woods, and Mrs. B. Burns. |
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Credits | Script: Gerald Richardson |
Content | Characters: The Challenger [Bill Day] |
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Synopsis | Trumbell wants to start a race riot in his city. |
Featuring | The Challenger |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Challenger [Bill Day]; B. J. Tumbrell; Dregher; Detective Petrie; Curly Martin; Billy Jones; Sugarhead; Tim |
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Synopsis | Teddy has an accident with cement. |
Featuring | The Bildwell Brothers |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Timmy Bildwell; Teddy Bildwell |
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Comic Story | Prejudice (8 pages) |
Synopsis | William Winter blames all Japanese for the death of his son. |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: William Winter, Sr.; Captain Tom Pine; Jimmy McGee; Joe |
Notes | The title was previously given as 'Pre-judice', but this is a misreading. A spinning tail propeller of a helicopter obscures the bottom section of the 'j'. |
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Comic Story | Will to Win (4 pages) |
Synopsis | The invention of Dresden China. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Johann Boettcher; Johann Schnorr; Bessie (horse) |
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Text Article | A Job Well Done (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Three Union scouts, disguised as Confederates, have to figure out how to get back to the Union side with their information. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Private Malcolm; Private Harvey; Private Bill James (aka William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody); Lt. Randall |
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Featuring | Page-of-Fun |
Notes | Optical illusions, draw a figure, and guess what holidays the drawings are associated with. |
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Comic Story | The Golem (18 pages) |
Synopsis | A rabbi tells an American airman the story of the Golem. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy; War | Characters: Jacob (a Jewish shoemaker); Sonia (Jacob's daughter); Heinrich Munster; Rabbi Loew; The Golem; Major Gruber; Rabbi Bezalel Ben Hayim; Karl; Rachel; Thaddeus; Isaac; Mühler; Emperor Rudolph; Billy Maguire |
Notes | Script credit confirmed by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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Synopsis | Milly helps a woman hit a high note. |
Featuring | Milly Mischief |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Milly Mischief |
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Comic Story | Win Together (7 pages) |
Synopsis | The Pumas had no uniforms or equipment to play baseball until they unite and pool their money to buy in bulk and get a better price. |
Content | Genre: Drama; Sports | Characters: Georgie; Merton; Mickey; Mr. Grams; Corky; Bazooka Bill; Sammy |
Notes | In the splash panel are the initial's R. S. in two triangles aligned like an hourglass. |
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Synopsis | Don Dimwit mistakes a crook for a charity worker and helps him rob people. |
Featuring | Don Dimwit |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Don Dimwit; Charger |
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Content | Characters: The Challenger [Bill Day] |
Notes | Send away for a copy of the Challenger Pledge. |
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Synopsis | Jim and Sis aren't popular because of blackheads. |
Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
Content | Characters: Jim; Sis; Tom |
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Notes | Back cover. |
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