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44December 1959
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #44

DC · December 1959 · on sale 1959-10-15

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#44
Publication date
December 1959
Key date
1959-12-00
On-sale date
1959-10-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Menace of the Indian Aliens!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon MoldoffSpace Ranger, Rick Starr
2The Menace of the Indian Alienscomic story9.67script: Gardner Fox, Ed Hamilton; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyCryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
3Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6The Atom Servant of Manpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Tommy Nicolosi; letters: Ira Schnapp
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1
8Interplanetary Lawyercomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
9World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
10Peril in the Parktext story1letters: typeset
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
12The Tyrant Who Ruled 1,000 Years!comic story6.67pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
13Hawk-a-a-a!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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