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Prof Davis and his teammates in the Challengers of the Unknown as well as Hourman and his allies in the Minute-Men of America were tasked with hunting down various mad scientists and would-be supervillains. However, such as task was to… well… challenging for these fantastic foursomes, as they tackled threats from across the United States and worldwide! Each team has resident experts in various fields, but were in need of a communication network

The Earth-One Challengers consisted of Walter “Prof” Davis (expert deep sea diver and resident scientist), Matthew “Red” Ryan (expert mountain climber and electronics expert), Lester “Rocky” Davis (professional boxer), and Kyle “Ace” Morgan (professional pilot and tram leader). The Earth-Two Minute-Men were composed of Rex “Hourman” Tyler (team mentor and master chemist), Jimmy “Minute-Man” Martin (team leader and ham radio expert), Thorndyke “Second Sweep” Tompkins (amateur sidekick and rough-houser), and Les “Sparks” Watts (amateur pilot and ham radio expert),

In fact, the Challenger Corps was founded by several civilians from across Earth-One whom the Challengers of the Unknown had saved in the past. Its most well known member was Count Anthony Dragio, who was pursued by an ancient evil eye automaton which sought out he and his family. While untrained in the adventure arts like their heroic idols, this Corps evidentially provided a valuable service and instilled in the actual Challengers the belief that their self-sacrificing pursuit for truth and justice was appreciated by people the world over, even amidst the burgeoning number of superhuman protectors appearing shortly after this fantastic four were established as costumed crusaders.

As for the Minute-Men of America, they grew from its mentor and three core members of Jimmy Martin, Thorndyke Tompkins and Les Watts to include Rodney Moravan. Christopher Pike aka "Vulcan" along with other boys and girls. These various non-combatants formed an information network for their heroic teams to help coordinate their missions. Rex Tyler tutored and inspired this next generation of guardians to aid humanity, with his protégées carrying on his heroic legacy. They were definitely a strong counter-balance to the criminal Hourmen who impersonated the original around this same time, before their Man of the Hour himself brought then to justice!

The Challenger Corps and the Minute-Men were short-lived footnotes in the history of Prof and his colleagues as well as Hourman and his sidekicks. While there were other “B-teams” on both Earths, such as the New Teen Titans and Infinity, Inc. who were the protégées of the Justice League of America and Justice Society of America, these auxiliary groups’ members had powers and/or abilities matching their mentors. Additionally, both worlds had a Blackhawk team, as well other international heroic organizations, such as the Sea Devils of Earth-One and the Boy Commandos of Earth-Two. However, those teams could stand on their own, and face global threats on par with the League and the Society.

Much of their contributions of the Challenger Corps and the Minute-Men of America were undoubtedly their behind the scenes assistance as their costumed role models directly addressed the varied and divergent threats which these “fan clubs” were ill-equipped to do themselves. Still, their international network of radio broadcasts altering their heroes to threat around the globe proved an invalidate aid, and made them notable for inclusion in our consideration on this occasion.