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56December 1960
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #56

DC · December 1960 · on sale 1960-10-18

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
December 1960
Key date
1960-12-00
On-sale date
1960-10-18
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Space Ranger's Super Girl Friend!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappMyra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
2Invaders from Earthcomic story7.67pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffDr. Floogle
5Children of Tomorrow!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Man of 1,000 Alien Facescomic story8script: Jack Miller; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellHuman Chameleon [Lt. Rod Carter of Spaceways Police]; Dan Carter; Chief Steele; Nyron; the Titan Gang
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: Ira SchnappBizarro, Brainiac, Clark Kent, Superman, Titano
8Destination Infinitytext story1letters: typeset
9Edward C. Pickeringcomic story1
10Space Ranger's Super Girl Friendcomic story9script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownCryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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