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26June 1958
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #26

DC · June 1958 · on sale 1958-04-15

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
June 1958
Key date
1958-06-00
On-sale date
1958-04-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mystery of the Tiny Space Ship!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
2The Frozen Citycomic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellColonel Fred Carter; Dr. Bill Dean; Xydias the Tyrant
3Glad to See You!promo (ad from the publisher)1
4Indian Taboo!comic story0.5
6The Magnetic Prisoncomic story6pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyDan Clayton
7Nature's Prize Pupil!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
8Phantom Landstext article1letters: typeset
9The Interplanetary Hobocomic story6pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin
10-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11The Tiny Space Shipcomic story6pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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