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79October-November 1963
$0.12

Tales of the Unexpected #79

DC · October-November 1963 · on sale 1963-08-22

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
October-November 1963
Key date
1963-10-00
On-sale date
1963-08-22
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappMyra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
1Play It Safe!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Big Show on Planet Earth!comic story7.67pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
4-promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Carmine Infantino; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffKing Zog
7Earth's Alien Traitorcomic story7.67pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos
11Mysteries of the Cometstext article1letters: typeset
12Captives of the Insect-Mencomic story8.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Phil Kelsey; inks: Phil KelseyCryll, Myra Mason, Space Ranger, Rick Starr
14-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6.32 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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