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66October 1961
$0.10

Tales of the Unexpected #66

DC · October 1961 · on sale 1961-08-15

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#66
Publication date
October 1961
Key date
1961-10-00
On-sale date
1961-08-15
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Amazing Dr. Elektro!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappSpace Ranger; Dr. Elektro
2Trap of the Space Convictcomic story7.67pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos
4Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Heropromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira SchnappAtom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar
5A Message from Otto the Robot!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6The Strange Code of Creox!comic story7.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
10The Alien Deceiverstext story1letters: typeset
11Giant Batman Annualpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13The Amazing Dr. Elektrocomic story8.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownSpace Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Dr. Elektro (introduction)

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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