Comic Title: Challengers of the Unknown #61
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1968
On Sale Date: February 1, 1968 Newsstand Date February 1, 1968
Source: Direct Currents, Justice League of America #61, Page 18

Copyright Date February 1, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date February 1, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #64

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 182540
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Chall Without a Memory"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Challengers of the Unknown (of Earth-1)

Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Bob Brown

Feature Character(s)

• Challengers of the Unknown (last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #61; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #62)
• Red Ryan (last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #61; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #62)
• Ace Morgan (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #61; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #62)
• Rocky Davis (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #61; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #62)
• Prof. Haley (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #61; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #62)

Villain(s)

• League of Challenger-Haters (in flashback; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #55; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #60)
• Multi-Man (in flashback; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #55; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #60)
• Kra (in flashback; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #55; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #60)
• The Volcano Man (in flashback; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #55; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #60)
• Several prison guards and soldiers (Hakim named; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Red Ryan (shortly after his apparent death; last appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #55; next appearance in Challengers of the Unknown #62)

Comments:
This story continues in the second story of Challengers of the Unknown #62.

This story is told in flashback. The Challengers, except Red, appear only behind-the-scenes as Red tells them what happened during the time he was believed dead.

Synopsis:
Red tells the other Challengers the story concerning events that happened to him following his apparent death. Instead of killing him, the explosion Red set off knocked him into the air where he eventually fell to Earth and got amnesia. Soldiers found him and locked him in prison, but Red managed to escape. He earns money by gambling, but still could not remember anything about his previous life.

Eventually he remembered Vaniki Island where the League of Challenger-Haters was incarcerated. He traveled to the island and was tricked by Multi-Man into creating a dose of liquid light which the villain needed to shapeshift. Red saw through Multi-Man's lies and swallowed the formula himself. The chemicals allowed him to shapeshift, but drove him mad. He then left the island.