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Independent·Challengers of the Unknown·#40·Silver Age·ID-2424560
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Simulate head-to-head clashes between this issue's lead hero, villains, rival factions, superpowers, or historic places.
Simulate authentic head-to-head clashes between People (Superheroes & Supervillains), Gadgets, Abilities, or Places.
Alan Ladd Wellington Scott
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth
TACTICAL VERDICT: Alan Scott triumphs with an estimated 72% win probability. The primary decider was the stark differential in martial combat execution (32 vs 55).
Both combatants exchange lightning opening volleys with near-identical operational reflexes, neither yielding ground in the opening clash.
Alan Scott unleashes full destructive capacity (100 Power rating), forcing Alfred Pennyworth onto the back foot with overwhelming concussive force.
In the grueling war of attrition, Alan Scott's supreme hand-to-hand discipline (32 Combat) and endurance (90 Durability) break Alfred Pennyworth's posture, securing a definitive victory.
Ed Herron
Bob Brown
Bob Brown
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Murray Boltinoff
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Marvel revolution. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko create the modern superhero. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men debut.
The sweet spot for collectors — significant enough to be culturally important, scarce enough to be valuable. 9.8 copies are extremely rare.
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The Challengers rush to an art gallery being robbed by Mr. Voodoo, a walking tiki mask, but he escapes. A robot spider boards their jet, accompanies them back to Challenger Mountain, photographs the mountain HQ, and returns to Mr. Voodoo, who is Multi-Man in disguise. Multi-Man creates a diagram of Challenger Mountain and follows the Challs back to their HQ, where the guys are testing a new machine. Multi-Man leads a robot army of insects against the Challs, but Prof releases a tse-tse fly and Multi-Man panics, allowing Prof to use the new machine to materialize a condor to grab Multi-Man.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Challengers of the Unknown #40.
CGC, CBCS, PSA Universal certified high-grade specimens (9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4). The gold standard for institutional alternative investment.
Official witnessed creator-signed slabs (Yellow label). Valued based on creator historical stature and inscription provenance.
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Original newsstand barcode distribution copies. Extremely scarce in high grade due to newsstand rack wear and unsold return pulping.
Regional price test market copies (Canadian 75¢/95¢ variants, Marvel 30¢/35¢ test variants). Highly coveted micro-population rarities.
Exclusively allocated copies requiring retailer orders of 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, or 1:500 standard copies. Immediate manufactured scarcity.
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Alternative artistic interpretations, virgin covers, metal foil, and convention exclusives with dedicated collector followings.
Standard specialty comic shop printings sold through non-returnable distribution. The baseline circulation foundation.
Green label copies with significant manufacturing flaws, unwitnessed signatures, or missing coupons that do not affect the main story.
Purple label copies with professional or amateur color touch, tear seals, piece fill, or spine rebuilds.
Blue/Grey label copies treated exclusively with archival preservation techniques (leaf-casting, rice paper tear reinforcement, solvent wash).
Official second, third, or later printings released to satisfy secondary market sellouts. Distinct cover art and trade dress.
International editions licensed by La Prensa (Mexico), Editora Abril (Brazil), Panini (Europe), or Titan (UK).
Certified printing oddities (missing foil, inverted interior, double covers, foil color error). Unique curiosity pieces.
Advance promotional black-and-white booklets, ashcans created to secure trademark rights, and preview giveaways.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
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After a flying machine snatches a railroad boxcar, the Challengers find it abandoned and emptied of its gold shipment. When they hear about something that plunged into the ocean, they follow below the water, but barely avoid being sunk. Ace uses a jet pack to trail the flying machine and Red hits it with carbon dioxide from his electro-suit, but the ship dives again. Prof and Rocky dive after the machine and Rocky tears it open, forcing it to surface. The Challs subdue and turn over the thugs manning the “flying amphib,” a stolen air-sea rescue craft, to the authorities.
The Challengers rush to an art gallery being robbed by Mr. Voodoo, a walking tiki mask, but he escapes. A robot spider boards their jet, accompanies them back to Challenger Mountain, photographs the mountain HQ, and returns to Mr. Voodoo, who is Multi-Man in disguise. Multi-Man creates a diagram of Challenger Mountain and follows the Challs back to their HQ, where the guys are testing a new machine. Multi-Man leads a robot army of insects against the Challs, but Prof releases a tse-tse fly and Multi-Man panics, allowing Prof to use the new machine to materialize a condor to grab Multi-Man.
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Victor von Doom
Mr. Mxyzptlk
TACTICAL VERDICT: Abe Sapien triumphs with an estimated 58% win probability. The primary decider was the stark differential in martial combat execution (85 vs 64).
Abe Sapien dictates early tempo, utilizing superior speed and reflexes (35 vs 17) to evade initial advances and land decisive precision strikes.
An apocalyptic kinetic collision rocks the arena as A-Bomb and Abe Sapien's signature arsenals collide in a deadlocked shockwave.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Abe Sapien's elite martial execution (85 Combat) overwhelms A-Bomb, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.