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18October 1957
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #18

DC · October 1957 · on sale August 13, 1957

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Identification plate

Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
October 1957
Key date
October 1957
On-sale date
August 13, 1957
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Collected Worlds!cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man Without a Worldcomic story6pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
5How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Riddle of the Glass Bubblecomic story6pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinMr. Ward
9Silk Gauzecomic story1pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
10The Amazing Swap Shopcomic story6pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12The Specter Who Stole a Fortunetext article1letters: typeset
13The Man Who Collected Planetscomic story6pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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