Story
Featuring
Challengers of the Unknown
Storyline
Deadman narrates the story. Dr. McJames steals the Ruby of Khafir and gives it to a hunchback, Nodo, in an old tower. Johnny Double, PI, breaks in and arrests McJames - then consults the Challengers. Corinna hypnotizes McJames and learns he was forced to steal from the museum when his daughter's spirit was captured by Seth Gross, a vengeful ghost. When the Challs fail to stop the ghost Deadman takes over finding out that Gross is only a petty magician who uses astral-projection. Deadman possesses Gross's body and rescues the girl's spirit.
Story Notes
Across 23 pages, but page 7 is 2/3 of a page and page 16 is 1/2 of a page.
Per info in The Comic Reader #'s 75-77, Deadman was originally scheduled to become a back-up series but those plans changed and the series instead became all-reprint with the following issue. Info per Nick Caputo.
Neal Adams drew the Deadman figure on page one and pages 17-23. The remainder was drawn by George Tuska.