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91October-November 1965
$0.12

Tales of the Unexpected #91

DC · October-November 1965 · on sale 1965-08-12

First appearance: The Green Glob
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Identification plate

Series
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series)
Issue
#91
Publication date
October-November 1965
Key date
1965-10-00
On-sale date
1965-08-12
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 The Green Glob - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Aliens Nobody Saw!cover1pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Prophetic Miragescomic story7.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Roussos; inks: George RoussosThe Green Glob First
6True Tales of the Unexpectedtext article1letters: typeset
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffPeter Puptent
8Are You a Litter-Bug?public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLittle Pete
9Robot for Hirecomic story7.67script: Bob Haney; pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasAutoman (introduction, origin); Professor Sterling; Mr. Rankin
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: Ira SchnappJohnny DC
12The Aliens Nobody Saw!comic story7.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Jack Sparling; inks: Jack Sparling
13-promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Curt Swan, Dick Sprang; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
15Strange Adventures; House of Mysterypromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
16-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Dick Dillin, Bob Brown; inks: Charles Cuidera, Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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