Tales of the Unexpected #89 (1965) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Creature That Never Existed!	cover	1	pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
1	Happy Hobby Time!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Superboy
2	Nightmare on Mars	comic story	7.67	script: Dave Wood; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George Roussos	Carl Brisson; Green Glob
7	The Renegade Robots	comic story	7.67	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling	Professor Durgom
8	Meet the New J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa; letters: Ira Schnapp
10	The Creature That Never Existed!	comic story	8.67	pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee Elias	Duncan; Professor Alex Miles; Keller
12	Featuring 7 Epic Duels-to-the-Death...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
13	Strange Adventures; Mystery in Space	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
14	True Tales of the Unexpected	text article	1	letters: typeset
15	10 Issues of Unexpected for Only $1.00	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Plus 6.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Unexpected #159	1974	On eBay ›

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