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22February 1958
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #22

DC · February 1958 · on sale 1957-12-15

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Identification plate

Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#22
Publication date
February 1958
Key date
1958-02-00
On-sale date
1957-12-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Invasion of the Volcano Men!cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man from Robot Islandcomic story6pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
3You've Got a Comet by the Tailpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4-comic story0.67script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin Hasen
5-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
6I Married a Girl from the 4th Dimensioncomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
7-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9-cartoon0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
10Water Was My Enemycomic story6pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
11Ghostly Rumblingstext article1letters: typeset
12Invasion of the Volcano Mencomic story6pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack KirbyCaptain Nash; Sergeant (unnamed); Roy Haney; Bill Gage
13The Flushing Remonstrancepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
14-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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The Jack Kirby Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-3107-1
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