Tales of the Unexpected #53 (1960) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Creature in the Glass Ball!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp	Cryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
2	Interplanetary Trouble Shooter	comic story	7.67	pencils: Nick Cardy; inks: Nick Cardy
3	Journey Into a Fantastic New World Beneath the Earth!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
4	Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
5	Bike Safety = Bike Fun!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Doctor Rocket
7	Express Train to the Stars	comic story	7.67	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney
9	The Indestructible Aliens	text story	1	letters: typeset
10	-	cartoon	0.5	script: Mort Drucker; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; letters: Mort Drucker
12	The Creature in the Glass Ball	comic story	9	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown	Cryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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