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38June 1959
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #38

DC · June 1959 · on sale 1959-04-16

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
June 1959
Key date
1959-06-00
On-sale date
1959-04-16
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 Giant with My Face!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
2The Stunt Man of Spacecomic story7.67pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyJim Ward; Barry Bart; Cal; Mabel; Sorians (aliens)
4Your Passport to Strange Journeys...promo (ad from the publisher)1
5Fred Finds a Way!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7Dissection of Planet Earthcomic story7.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
9Handy Ideas!comic story1
11Cosmic Chess Gametext story1letters: typeset
12The Giant with My Facecomic story7.67pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraHoyt Wayne
14Death in the Quarry!comic story0.5

Plus 6.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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