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90August-September 1965
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Tales of the Unexpected #90

DC · August-September 1965 · on sale 1965-06-10

First appearance: Desmond FarrFirst appearance: Tiger-Man
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Identification plate

Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#90
Publication date
August-September 1965
Key date
1965-08-00
On-sale date
1965-06-10
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Desmond Farr - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tiger-Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0My Twin -- the Tiger Man!cover1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Ira SchnappDesmond Farr First
2The Hero of 50,000,000 B.C.comic story8script: Dave Wood; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George RoussosGreen Glob; Reed McCall
6-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeter Puptent
10The Doom-Makerscomic story8pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
12My Twin -- the Tiger Mancomic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack SparlingDesmond Farr First, Tiger-Man First
13We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
1610 Issues of Unexpected for Only $1.00promo (ad from the publisher)1
17True Tales of the Unexpectedtext article1letters: typeset

Plus 7.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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