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71June-July 1962
$0.12

Tales of the Unexpected #71

DC · June-July 1962 · on sale April 12, 1962

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Identification plate

Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#71
Publication date
June-July 1962
Key date
June 1962
On-sale date
April 12, 1962
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Betrayal of Space Ranger!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappSpace Ranger; Cryll
1Tomorrow's Stars Appear Today!promo (ad from the publisher)1
2Manhunt in Galaxy G-2!comic story7.67pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira
3Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
6Your Pass to New Worlds!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
7Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Heropromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Ira SchnappAtom [Ray Palmer]; Jason Woodrue
8Curious Cometscomic story0.5
9The Super Salesman of Spacecomic story7.67pencils: Bill Ely; inks: Bill Ely
10Hawk-a-a-a!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12-comic story0.5
14Life and Death of a Meteortext article1letters: typeset
15The Betrayal of Space Rangercomic story8.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob BrownSpace Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Lijaro
16Batman; World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
18For the Best in Comics Entertainmentpromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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