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25May 1958
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #25

DC · May 1958 · on sale 1958-03-13

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
May 1958
Key date
1958-05-00
On-sale date
1958-03-13
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 Martian in the Iron Mask!cover1pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou Cameron
2The Sorcerer's Asteroid!comic story6pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
3New! Exciting! Mystifying!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sid Greene; inks: Joe Giella
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5The Runaway Rockcomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
6Buzzy Scoffs at "That Deep, Dark Secret!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
7The Man Who Saved the Solar Systemcomic story8pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
8The Stranger from Outer Spacetext story1letters: typeset
9Strange Fears!comic story0.5script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger
10Stop That Yawncomic story0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
11The Martian in the Iron Maskcomic story6pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou CameronAndrew

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

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