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33January 1959
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #33

DC · January 1959 · on sale 1958-11-18

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#33
Publication date
January 1959
Key date
1959-01-00
On-sale date
1958-11-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Martian Town, U.S.A.!cover1pencils: Lou Cameron; inks: Lou Cameron
2The Man of 1,000 Planets!comic story7.67pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
4Formula for Success!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffHamid
7The Mystery of Exile Moon!comic story5.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellEzz; Rhanga; Fazza
10The Color-Blind Planet!comic story5.67pencils: Doug Wildey; inks: Doug Wildey
12Earth's Secret Weapontext story1letters: typeset
13Martian Town, U.S.A.comic story6pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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