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47March 1960
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #47

DC · March 1960 · on sale 1960-01-14

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
March 1960
Key date
1960-03-00
On-sale date
1960-01-14
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 Invasion of the Jewel-Men!cover1pencils: Dick Dillin
2The Man Who Stole the Solar System!comic story8pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick CardyCapt. Ambers (of Solar Security); Dr. Flanders; Professor Renzell; Dr. Sprell; Charlie (Renzell's assistant)
3-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quizpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6Introducing... The Justice League of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)1
7The Crystal Ball Planet!comic story8script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellCaptain Ken Quarles; the alien sorcerer; Lt. Haller; Evans
8Captives of the Moon Mentext story1letters: typeset
9Perilous Painting!comic story0.67
10Three Exciting New Adventurespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11The Invasion of the Jewel-Mencomic story9script: Edmond Hamilton, Gardner Fox; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownSpace Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Jewel-Men

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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