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27July 1958
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #27

DC · July 1958 · on sale 1958-05-13

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
July 1958
Key date
1958-07-00
On-sale date
1958-05-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0I Filmed the Cosmic Wonders!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
1Are You a Litter-Bug?public service announcement1pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
2The Prison in Spacecomic story6pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
3Strange Adventures; Sgt. Bilko's Pvt. Dobermanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
4Edmund Halleycomic story0.5script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
6Sneak Attack from Planet Earthcomic story6pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinAmbassador Victor Slade; Wharton
7Mankind's Greatest Inventions and Discoveries!comic story1pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
8The Brain Thiefcomic story6pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
9-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
10Magic Mushroomtext article1letters: typeset
11I Filmed the Cosmic Wonders!comic story6pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou CameronGary Blair
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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