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85October-November 1964
$0.12

Tales of the Unexpected #85

DC · October-November 1964 · on sale 1964-08-13

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Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#85
Publication date
October-November 1964
Key date
1964-10-00
On-sale date
1964-08-13
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 Day Red Turned to Green!cover1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Ira Schnapp
1Smoking Is for Squares!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Man Who Stole My Powerscomic story7.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
6-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
9The Tall Tale That Came to Lifecomic story8.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George RoussosGreen Glob; Todd Tyler; Zoka-Rel
12True Tales of the Unexpectedtext article1letters: typeset
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
14The Day Red Turned to Green!comic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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