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43November 1959
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #43

DC · November 1959 · on sale 1959-09-17

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#43
Publication date
November 1959
Key date
1959-11-00
On-sale date
1959-09-17
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownSpace Ranger, Rick Starr
1New Stars for "Old Glory"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Riddle of the Burning Treasurescomic story8.67pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
3Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffDoctor Rocket
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1
6Interplanetary Skip-Tracercomic story7.67pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyStan Hale; Corb; Rom; Edna; Zando; RR. Stevens; James Dren
7Fantastic! Mysterious!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
8Contraction in Spacecomic story1
10The Miracle Man of B'atutext story1letters: typeset
11The Outcasts of Space!comic story7.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
12Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

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

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