Comic Title: Secret Origins #12
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1987
On Sale Date: December 11, 1986 Newsstand Date December 11, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #34

Newsstand Date December 11, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #105

Shipping Date November 18, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #34

Shipping Date November 18, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #105

Shipping Date November 18, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #111

Copyright Date November 18, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 48
Editor: Robert Greenberger

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Challengers of the Unknown (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Mark Evanier
Penciller: Chuck Patton
Inker: Robert Oksner
Letterer: Carrie Spiegle (McCarthy)
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Challengers of the Unknown (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #12; next appearance in Millennium #8)
• Ace Morgan (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #12; next appearance in Millennium #8)
• Rocky Davis (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #12; next appearance in Millennium #8)
• Red Ryan (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #12; next appearance in Millennium #8)
• Prof. Haley (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #12; next appearance in Millennium #8)
• June Robbins (first post-Crisis appearance; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Morelian (in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An old man (no further appearances)
• Jimmy and Judy (talk show hosts; no further appearances)
• Mr. Brown (a food sculptor; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Challengers of the Unknown (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #12)
• Ace Morgan (last appearance in Secret Origins #14; next appearance in Secret Origins #12)
• Prof. Haley (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #12)
• Red Ryan (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #12)
• Rocky Davis (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Secret Origins #12)

Comments:
This story is the first appearance of the post-Crisis Challengers of the Unknown. Though their adventures appear to be a direct continuation from previous stories, the post-Crisis Challengers are considered to be entirely independent from their Earth-1 counterparts.

Synopsis:
The Challengers of the Unknown are scheduled to appear on a talk show "Real Incredible People". While backstage they tell June how they met for the first time when they were to appear on another television show and their plane crashed. The four men survived the crash and were all living on "borrowed" time, so they formed the Challengers of the Unknown.

When the producers of the television show deliver a giant box, the Challengers immediately recognize it as a sorcerer's box. Early in their career they had been hired by Mr. Morelian to open another such box which contained the secret of immortality. After the Challengers defeated a number of menaces from inside the box, Morelian found a ring of immortality inside it. However, the ring only worked while in remained inside the box.

Fearing the second box contains more menaces, the Challengers take it to a remote location to be opened. June wins the first chance to open it and finds an old man inside. The man is an immortal, but only as long as he remains inside. At the man's request, the Challengers seal him back in the box.