Titanes Planetarios #143
In "El embrujo del dios del oro," the Challengers venture into the jungle on a search for two missing explorers, Hinton and Jarvis, only to find them frantic and babbling about gold and a forgotten god. When the duo grabs a sacred shield and vanishes in red smoke, the team splits up—leading to a clever trap where Red and the Prof are mysteriously transformed into gold, exposing the truth behind the explorers' wild tale. Written by Arnold Drake and illustrated by Bob Brown, with cover art also by Brown, this 1962 adventure blends mystery and myth in a tale of deception and ancient secrets.
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When the Challengers go hunting for two lost explorers, Hinton and Jarvis, they find the two men staggering from the jungle demanding gold for Xechulan. They grab gold artifacts - including a sacred shield - and disappear in red smoke. The Challengers split up and look for the men, but when Ace and Rocky find them, Hinton and Jarvis don't remember anything. Hatching a plot, Red and Prof later appear turned into gold from head to toe also demanding gold for Xechulan. But it is a ruse to expose Hinton's and Jarvis's false "possession" story and to return the gold shield to its rightful owners.
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