Showcase #6 - Jack Kirby art & cover + 1st Challengers of the Unknown

Jack Kirby

Showcase v1 #6 presents Challengers of the Unknown, 1957 - A deep sea diver, an Olympic wrestler, a test pilot and a circus daredevil join forces and embark on their first adventure together. A mystic named Morelian asks the quartet open to an ancient box organized into four secret compartments. Jack Kirby's cover is simplistic and inexplicably serene. His story art fares better with its action-packed sequences and large chapter panels. Like other science fiction tales of the era, an array of imaginative dangers challenge the protagonists. Kirby revels in his renditions of colossal warriors, energy-sapping suns and flying robotic weavers. The Challengers of the Unknown would become one of Kirby's most enduring creations for DC. This story was later reprinted in Secret Origins #1. This is 1 of 3 Showcase issues by Kirby. The Challengers would later debut their own self-titled series. /// key 1st appearance, 1st cover, 1st origin Challengers of the Unknown
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Kirby cover pencils (Marvin Stein? inks) = **
"The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box" Kirby story pencils (Marvin Stein? inks) 24 pages = *** 

Jack Kirby

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