Challengers of the Unknown — DC Comics
Issue: #82
Last valuation update: 2024-06-26
“THE LURKER BELOW.” Prof is dying of an all-consuming fungus infection. Rocky, June, Ace and Red rush him to their jet. Gaylord Clayburne, playboy/Challenger wannabe, learns Prof is sick and finds a specialist to heal him. Ignoring Clayburne, the Challengers zoom off to Perdition, Pennsylvania, a farm town, but as soon as they land, the Challengers are mobbed by farmers with pitchforks. Dr. Monroe...
First appearances: Heathcliff Monroe
Creators: Joe Rubinstein, Gerry Conway, Bernie Wrightson, Michael Netzer, Jack C. Harris, Joe Orlando
Characters: Swamp Thing, Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, Rocky Davis, Heathcliff Monroe, F. Gaylord Clayburn III, M'Nagalah