DC Special #9 is an issue of the series DC Special (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1970. It was published on October 4, 1970.
Synopsis for "Challenge of the Headless Baseball Team"
This story is reprinted from The Brave and the Bold #45.
The New York Jets are playing in the final game of the World Series when an alien spaceship appears in the sky. The stadium in encased in a force field and a mysterious voice announces that the aliens have come to challenge the Jets to a baseball game. The aliens reveal that if they win, they want to be awarded the championship flag. The Jets accept the challenge and a group of headless baseball players emerge from the strange spaceship. The game commences and the Jets hold their own against the mysterious players. At one point, a Jets player named Lefty Clark gets knocked out in a head on collision attempting to retrieve a ground ball. While unconscious, he hears a mysterious voice explain that they are actually playing a band of interplanetary warriors. The invaders conquered the world of Ilaran with the help of a metal called Protana which creates gaps in the space-time continuum. The voice goes on to explain that a rebel warrior named Enath was able to sneak aboard the invading spaceship to steal the valuable metal. He steals the Protana and hijacks a small spaceship to escape to Earth. Enath discovers that the Protana metal actually gives off a radiation which can be tracked by his enemies. He also discovers that the radiation can be encased by covering the Protana in gold. He heads towards Earth knowing that the planet contains gold for his use. He lands near the baseball stadium and encases the Protana metal in the gold knob of the championship banner. Enath then disguises himself as a normal earthling to guard the precious metal. Unbeknownst to Enath, the Krann had utilized a super X Rayscope to discover the location of the Protana and follow it to Earth. The Krann had also discovered that the case holding the championship banner had been booby trapped and that is why they had to win the banner from the humans so they could take the banner out of the case for them. Lefty Clark regains consciousness and the game progresses. The Jets play with renewed vigor and Lefty Clark hits the winning homerun. The aliens leave the planet but announce that they will now destroy the earth in retaliation. They fire their weapons at the planet but their ship surprisingly self-destructs. Enath had Jammed their Ray guns causing a devastating explosion which ends in their destruction.
Appearing in "Challenge of the Headless Baseball Team"
Featured Characters:
- New York Jets (Single appearance)
- Lefty Clark (Single appearance)
- Chopper (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Enath (alien) (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- The Krann (Alien Race) (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Earth
- Ilaran
Items:
- Protana Globe
Vehicles:
- Alien Vessel (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "Danger on the Martian Links!"
This story is reprinted from The Brave and the Bold #46.
Wale Marner is a golf pro in the 24th century, where the sport has become far deadlier than years past.
Appearing in "Danger on the Martian Links!"
Featured Characters:
- Wale Marner (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Extra-Galactic Invaders (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Haki (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- Invaders Spaceships
- Space Patrol Ships
- Jekars (hover-platforms)
Synopsis for "The Phantom Prize-Fighter"
This story is reprinted from The Brave and the Bold #47.
The world of the 30th Century has embraced a laid-back lifestyle, thanks largely to an invention called the Sportscaster, which lets the user play virtual sport games from the comfort of their own home. The practice of actually participating in sports has been outlawed due to its danger of injury. A group of sports enthusiasts is then caught engaging in the physical activity of playing sports and they are arrested. They are to be brought before a judge who plans to make examples of them. Before they appear in court, the planet is invaded by a group of aliens from the planet Uranus. The invaders quickly conquer the earth but the group of sports enthusiasts forms a resistance group that wrecks havoc on their operations. The resistance group uses their athletic skills to cripple the alien operation until the aliens are forced to abandon their hopes of occupying the earth. They hope that their exploits are enough to reinstate the participation of sports once again.
Appearing in "The Phantom Prize-Fighter"
Featured Characters:
- Eric Marr (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Okkan Dol (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bjorne Aslefssen (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- 24th Century
- Unnamed World
- Athletica
Items:
- The Panmedikron
Vehicles:
- Eric's Ship
Synopsis for "Duel of the Star Champions"
This story is reprinted from The Brave and the Bold #48.
Eric Marr is a star athlete of planet Earth about to compete in the Planethalon, an intergalactic version of the Olympics. His ship crash lands on a strange world where alien scientist Okkan Dol uses his machine to sap Eric's "will to win", so that Okkan can use it to win the championship for his people...
Appearing in "Duel of the Star Champions"
Featured Characters:
- Wil Merritt (Single appearance)
- Arthur Stacy (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Reni (Single appearance)
- Alis Stacy (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Jon (Single appearance)
- Geo (Single appearance)
- Asa Ketvin (Flashback only) (Single appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- The Sportscaster
Vehicles:
- Uranian Tanks
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