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Issue: Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1
Publication Date: October 2012
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [peel]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/29/2012
Volume: 1
Pages: 516
ISBN: 9781401235208
UPC/EAN: 978140123520851999
Price: $22.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 111 (82 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Rowena Yow (Collection Editor)
Disclose Notes: Reprints stories from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #1-20.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black & white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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reprinted 102 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Colorist(s): Allen Passalaqua
Letterer(s): ?
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #17 published September 1957
was The Impossible Voyage! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Showcase Presents Tales of the Unexpected

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Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title page with company credits and indicia information.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Tales of the Unexpected #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #1 published February 1956
was The Cartoon That Came to Life! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The "Out-of-the-World Club"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice [as J. P.] (signed)
Inker(s): John Prentice [as J. P.] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Ross Rand discovers that the musicians at the new jazz club really are "out of this world."
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #1 published February 1956
was The "Out-of-the-World Club" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Contents pages lists title as "The Out-of-World Club". First panel of story does have "The Out-of-the-World Club" for the title.
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The Dream Lamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Cyrus Perkins experiences his adventures through the help of a "dream lamp."
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #1 published February 1956
was The Dream Lamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Contents page credits John Prentice as artist.
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The Secret of Cell Sixteen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Charles Paris
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, mystery
Synopsis: Charles Duval searches for the one way out of his cell.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #1 published February 1956
was The Secret of Cell Sixteen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Cartoon That Came to Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An alien creature uses cartoonist Don Doyle and his comic strip to prepare an invasion of Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #1 published February 1956
was The Cartoon That Came to Life [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Otto Binder credit from original index.
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Tales of the Unexpected #2

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #2 published April 1956
was The Gorilla Who Saved the World! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Magic Hats of M'sieu La Farge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: M'sieu La Farge's hats have the ability to change men's lives by giving them the personality of the first owners.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #2 published April 1956
was The Magic Hats of M'sieu La Farge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Fastest Man Alive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Draut
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Adam Jessup and Clyde Baird compete to be the faster throughout their lives.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #2 published April 1956
was The Fastest Man Alive [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Record of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Synopsis: Jack Marshall creates a sensation with the new single, "Blue Monday."
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #2 published April 1956
was The Record of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Gorilla Who Saved the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Professor Jonas Star pretends to swap his mind with his gorilla's to avoid being kidnapped by aliens.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #2 published April 1956
was The Gorilla Who Saved the World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #3

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #3 published June 1956
was The Master of 100 Wigs! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Highway to Tomorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, science fiction
Synopsis: A futuristic highway project is sabotaged by a man posing as a Native American shaman.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #3 published June 1956
was The Highway to Tomorrow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Man Nobody Could See!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man discovers the formula to invisibility and uses it to make himself wealthy, but he misplaces the antidote. In order to become visible again, he must turn himself over to the police.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #3 published June 1956
was The Man Nobody Could See! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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I Lost My Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Paul Martin returns to his home town but finds that none of his old friends remember him. But it is all part of a plot to restore his memory of a Nazi formula.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #3 published June 1956
was I Lost My Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Man With 100 Wigs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man steals a trunk of wigs that give the wearer the abilities of the people the wigs represent.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #3 published June 1956
was The Man with 100 Wigs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #4

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #4 published August 1956
was The House Where Dreams Come True! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Seven Steps to the Unknown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Zara seems to psychically know who the next target of a madman will be, but there is a logic to the attacks and rational explanation. You just have to know what it is, as Zara did.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #4 published August 1956
was Seven Steps to the Unknown [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Day I Broke All Records

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: An athlete performs several amazing feats after he takes a mythological elixir, but he's not sure whether he actually performed the feats or, if he did, if the elixir was the reason.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #4 published August 1956
was The Day I Broke All Records [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Flowers of Sorcery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Painter Anton poisons Maria's lovers. To get him to confess, the police make him believe he killed Maria, but that a sorcerer can bring her back to life.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #4 published August 1956
was The Flowers of Sorcery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The House Where Dreams Came True

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: The dreams of the girls who live in Mrs. Moore's boarding house all have their dreams come true. All she asks in return is a lock of their hair to remember them by.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #4 published August 1956
was The House Where Dreams Came True [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Contents page lists this as "The House Where Dreams Come True".
First story panel has title as "The House Where Dreams Came True".
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Tales of the Unexpected #5

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #5 published September 1956
was The Secret Life of Geoffrey Hawkes! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Laughed at Locks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Inventor Carl Farr "haunts" his friend and rival Emmet Durham to coerce a confession.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #5 published September 1956
was The Man Who Laughed at Locks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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I Was Bewitched For a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Henry believes that a strange little man has granted his wish to change his life, but it's just a prank played by his wife and a hidden camera TV show.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #5 published September 1956
was I Was Bewitched for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Living Paintings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Art expert Mr. Martin tells how he once used gimmicked paintings to produce a confession.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #5 published September 1956
was The Living Paintings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Second Life of Geoffrey Hawkes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Miller ?
Penciller(s): John Prentice
Inker(s): John Prentice
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: History repeats itself as mysterious actor George Hale plays Geoffrey Hawkes, but was Hale really Hawkes returned from the dead?
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #5 published September 1956
was The Second Life of Geoffrey Hawkes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Contents page credits Script to Jack Miller.
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Tales of the Unexpected #6

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #6 published October 1956
was The Girl in the Bottle! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Telecast from the Future

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: After trying to fix it, TV producer Wilbur Miles has a monitor that sees across time and into the future.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #6 published October 1956
was The Telecast from the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Dial M for Magic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man petitions to join a magicians' club, but since he won't reveal just one of his tricks, it refuses entry to the greatest magician of all, Merlin.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #6 published October 1956
was Dial M for Magic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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The Forbidden Flowers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Tom Halsey's flowers change color to match the mood of the person nearest, making a guilty man confess.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #6 published October 1956
was The Forbidden Flowers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Girl in the Bottle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: People floating ashore in bottles may appear to be a supernatural occurrence, but it is only a sneaky way to smuggle foreigners into the U.S.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #6 published October 1956
was The Girl in the Bottle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #7

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was The Face in the Clock [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Pen That Never Lied!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A magic quill pen only produces the truth, no matter what its user writes.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was The Pen That Never Lied! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Beware, I Can Read Your Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: As a child strange radiation gives Johnny Carter the ability to read minds, but a lifetime of hearing other people's thoughts is driving him mad.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was Beware, I Can Read Your Mind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Forbidden Wish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Cal Colby finds a Native American talisman that grants him whatever he wishes for, but warns him not to wish for immortality
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was The Forbidden Wish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Face in the Clock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Bart Crane can't escape the face appearing in timepieces that keeps announcing the time of his death because it belongs to Father Time.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was The Face in the Clock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #8

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #8 published December 1956
was The 3-D Camera That Could Rob! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Man Who Stole a Genie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Roger Hackett steals a statuette his compatriot Martin found that looks like a common trinket, but summons a genie. After proving the power of the statue true, Hackett prepares to head to a new life of wealth, but his native assistant breaks the statue while cleaning.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #8 published December 1956
was The Man Who Stole a Genie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Secret of the Elephant's Tusk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Noonan extorts the families of people paralyzed by contact with the ivory of a sacred elephant for money to kill the animal. A shaman sees what Noonan has done and curses him with death by ivory.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #8 published December 1956
was The Secret of the Elephant's Tusk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Four Seeds of Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Ted Hall pilfers four seeds reputed to separately bring wealth, talent, beauty, and death from an Egyptian tomb. The first seeds apparently bring wealth, talent, and beauty, so Hall throws away the fourth seed, but he has misinterpreted the results of the first three seeds.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #8 published December 1956
was The Four Seeds of Destiny! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Camera That Could Rob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A scientist creates a camera that produces three-dimensional versions of the items photographed. The scientist's neighbor Adam Hale sees the potential in the camera and steals it, killing the scientist in the process. Hale uses the camera, realizing that what he plucks from the pictures is actually taken from the subjects of the photos and that he has drawn the attention of the police. To hide from the authorities, he photographs himself, to hide in the film until a local boy releases him later. But the scientist's cat knocks over the camera and the film is exposed and ruined.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #8 published December 1956
was The Camera That Could Rob [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #9

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #9 published January 1957
was The Man Who Ate Fire! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Amazing Cube!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Kashdan ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Harvey Hacker meets a fellow gambler who has made his own dice from a meteor and with which he cannot lose. Following him, Hacker is able to snatch one when the other gambler crashes his car outside an atomic station. Planning to analyze the cube later, Hacker finds that it is apparently getting larger and larger through the night, nearly crushing him in his own house. But when scientists arrive from the atomic station, Hacker realizes it is he and his house that have been shrinking due to the combination of the radiation and meteor the cube was made of.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #9 published January 1957
was The Amazing Cube! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from the index for the World's Finest Comics issue reprinting this story.
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The Carbon Copy Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Frank Dorne has been faking teleportation with the help of his twin brother George, whose existence is unknown to the outside world since the brothers were brought up in separate orphanages. When a trick goes wrong and George is killed, Frank figures the gig is over until it appears that George has fulfilled his part of the act once again. Investigating, Frank is fatally wounded, but not before being meeting a third brother -- triplets all separated at birth -- who was trying to join in the scam.
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was The Carbon Copy Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Day Nobody Died

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Dr. Jim Morgan is worried about performing his first surgery, but he notices an odd man about who seems to be able to ensure no one dies. He tries to get him to his surgery the next day, but Death's vacation is over.
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was The Day Nobody Died [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man Who Ate Fire

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Tommy Briggs discovers that Edward Hermes is really an alien from Mercury and sent to Earth to prepare an invasion, but Tommy and his father alert the authorities and prevent it, with the help of the Statue of Liberty.
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was The Man Who Ate Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #10

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #10 published February 1957
was Slave to the Wizard's Lamp! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Strangest Show on Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A failing circus takes on bizarre new acts billing themselves as the Martian Circus. Though they pretend to be faking their alien acts, they are real Martians on Earth to smoke out a Martian criminal.
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was The Strangest Show on Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Phantom Mariner

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: When Bruce Blake witnesses three captains going down with their ships in identical ways he begins to wonder about a connection. But when he sees one breathing underwater, and thinks about all three captains' initials, he realizes he might have been dealing with Davy Jones himself.
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was The Phantom Mariner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Duplicate Man

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Synopsis: Orry Conn kills the inventor of a duplicating machine and creates a duplicate of himself to take the rap. But later he realizes that whatever happens to the original or the duplicate happens to the other, and, unfortunately for him, his duplicate is sentenced to die!
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was The Duplicate Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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I Was Slave to the Wizard's Lamp

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Emmet Mason purchases a lamp accompanied by a legend that the owner must keep it lit for ten years or be cursed with death. Mason protects the lamp at all costs until it is destroyed in a fire and a blue ruby found inside. The curse was a cover for the stolen gem, everyone is certain, except for Mason, who still wonders about the curse.
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was I Was Slave to the Wizard's Lamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tales of the Unexpected #11

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Credits
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #11 published March 1957
was The Man Who Hated Green! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Who Am I?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.
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was Who Am I? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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I Was a Man From the Future

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Blake travels back in time through a crevice in a mountain side where he frees a good man and falls in love with a beautiful girl. To protect his new friends he returns to the present for a weapon, but when he tries to rejoin them the crevice is gone and he is stuck in the present.
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was I Was a Man from the Future [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Ghost of Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Miles Turner makes a deal with a ghost to help him create realistic special effects for a film. But when he is forced to break the deal, through no fault of his own, the ghost ruins the film.
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was The Ghost of Hollywood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man Who Hated Green

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Leonard Starr
Inker(s): Leonard Starr
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: The paintings of Jean Malreaux put their owners into comas. Hector Abbott notices the paintings lack the color green and deduces that the painter is an impostor with an aversion to the color green, striking out at people associated with that color.
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was The Man Who Hated Green [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tales of the Unexpected #12

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #12 published April 1957
was The Indestructible Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Four Threads of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Four convicts on their way to death row escape but are re-captured as destined by the threads woven by the three Fates of ancient Greek myth.
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was The Four Threads of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Witch's Statues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Wygand Cornish fakes the deaths of valuable animals, creates statues of the animals for their owners, then replaces the statues with the real things in order to collect money from the grateful owners. But his plot is discovered when he makes a statue not quite as accurate as it needed to be.
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was The Witch's Statues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The All-Seeing Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A newspaperman inherits the "all-seeing eye" which allows him to make all kinds of scoops. But when criminals try to steal it from him, he uses it to alert the police and decides it is too dangerous to keep.
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was The All-Seeing Eye [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Indestructible Man

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man is safe from all harm and can commit any crime as long as he wears a special glove covering his vulnerable spot. But when he dips his hand in what he thinks is ink, but is really poison, he is struck dead.
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was The Indestructible Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tales of the Unexpected #13

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Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #13 published May 1957
was The Face Behind the Mask! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Weapons of Destiny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: A man with no memory is compelled to steal three weapons, but he doesn't know why. When he sees Professor Desmond on television, he senses he can solve the mystery. And he does, by telling the man he is artist Ted Thorn and he is to draw those weapons for the professor's latest book.
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was Weapons of Destiny [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Thing from the Skies

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Rupert Corbin sees a small spaceship land, but is told by its inventor that it is only a mechanical prop. Corbin figures he can make money to pay back his gambling debts from pictures of the craft anyway, and kills Professor Lucas to do it. But Corbin is visited by small space travelers who reveal that Lucas was their contact on Earth and they take him home to their planet to face justice.
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was The Thing from the Skies [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Second Warning!

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, war
Synopsis: Pete Newell returns to the battlefields of World War II where he is saved from angry locals by ghostly help.
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was Second Warning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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I Was a Prisoner of the Supernatural

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Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Jasper Murdock, an actor playing the role of Mephistopheles, agrees to a deal with the Devil, but refuses to fulfill the contract and is rewarded.
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was I Was a Prisoner of the Supernatural [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Face Behind the Mask

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Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Jay Hamilton woos an actress who spends each night with her face covered in bandages. She claims to be 300 years old and to have a magic potion that keeps her young for a short period of time. Since she has run out of the potion, Jay and his father accompany her to meet the sorcerer who sells her the elixir, but Zoe Ann admits it's all a scam and the men turn the "sorcerer" over to the police.
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was The Face Behind the Mask [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Tales of the Unexpected #14

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Credits
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #14 published June 1957
was The Green Gorilla! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Forbidden Game

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A sorcerer gives Alex Denton unlimited power as long as he never rides in a vehicle of a certain color, but the sorcerer refuses to say which color. Denton tricks the sorcerer into revealing the color, but then is in accident that leaves him color blind and he accidentally enters a car of the forbidden shade.
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was The Forbidden Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Cry, Clown, Cry

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Tom Grayson follows his father into the family business as a circus clown, though the family line is subject to an ancient curse. But Tom finally breaks the curse by learning to laugh at himself.
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was Cry, Clown, Cry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man Who Owned King Arthur's Sword

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Criminals use a phony sword of King Arthur to defraud the public, but when one of the criminals kills his partner and then loses the sword in the ocean he must dive for it. Below he finds the real sword of King Arthur, but it severs his air hose and he dies too.
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was The Man Who Owned King Arthur's Sword [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Green Gorilla

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A blackmailer is pursued by a green gorilla only he can see or hear thanks to the mystical Tibetan statue he extorts from one of his victims.
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was The Green Gorilla [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #15

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Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #15 published July 1957
was City of Three Dooms! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Three Wishes to Doom

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Inmates Ram Crowder and Silky Martin find a magical lamp which grants them three wishes, including freedom, though not riches. But Ram is OK with that because he stashed the stolen money from his last job...which is Silky's cue to reveal this was all a sting to get Ram to reveal the location of the money.
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was Three Wishes to Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Sinister Cannon

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Men are compelled to create a cannon for a being claiming to be a moon-dweller, supposedly to send him back to the moon, but the moon-dweller is really a mole-man and the cannon is to send him back into the Earth. Once accomplished the men seal the hole in the ground so he can't return.
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was The Sinister Cannon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Rainbow Man

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Dr. Hargate discovers how chameleons change color and gives himself the same abilities in order to commit crimes. But he doesn't realize he has a color-blind neighbor who can spot him.
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was The Rainbow Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The City of Three Dooms

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A Nazi sub travels through time to three different eras, but decides it would be better for them if they just turned themselves in in the present.
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was The City of the Three Dooms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Tales of the Unexpected #16

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Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #16 published August 1957
was The Interplanetary Line-Up! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The Magic Hammer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Gerald Bard finds Thor's hammer and uses it as a rainmaker, but Thor arrives to retrieve it.
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was The Magic Hammer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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I Was a Spy for Them

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens use a scientist to do research on Earth for them before their invasion, but they don't count on him having a secret weapon to stop them.
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was I Was a Spy for Them [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Exile From Earth

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Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Kirk Randall uses an ancient Egyptian ring to makes himself invulnerable -- as long as he doesn't touch the ground -- to commit a string of robberies, but he falls onto a roof garden and is caught.
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was The Exile from Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Interplantary Line-Up

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A detective searches a science-fiction writers' masquerade ball for an alien. After several mistakes, he finally spots the tell-tale clue giving the alien away.
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was The Interplanetary Line-Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Tales of the Unexpected #17

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Credits
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira; Jack Adler (washes)
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #17 published September 1957
was The Impossible Voyage! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Who Is Mr. Ashtar?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A hotel detective helps a man from the future get a picture of blueprints of a weapon necessary to repel a Martian invasion in 2957.
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was Who Is Mr. Ashtar? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Beware the Thinking Cap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Johnny Manton steals a cap from a museum reputed to give its wearer great intelligence, but Manton doesn't know that the cap only allows itself to be used for good.
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was Beware the Thinking Cap [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Bullet Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Due to a mixture of elements from a meteorite and scrap metal from an atomic research lab in his ID tag, inmate Chick Durant is able to leave his cell for 25 minutes at a time. But Durant is stuck on an uncharted island when he reshapes his tag, altering the mixture.
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was The Bullet Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Impossible Voyage

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: As a prank, aliens take people lining up for a new amusement ride on a real ride through the solar system.
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was The Impossible Voyage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Tales of the Unexpected #18

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Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
was The Man Who Collected Worlds! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Man Without a World

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Howard Chase accepts the opportunity to leave Earth forever offered by aliens, but he eventually becomes homesick. The aliens insist he keep his part of the bargain until he saves the life of one of them.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
was The Man Without a World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Riddle of the Glass Bubble

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Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A bomb meant for another planet will destroy Earth in 12 days unless someone finds a way to deactivate it. Though scientists are stumped a boy's dog whistle proves just the thing.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
was The Riddle of the Glass Bubble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Amazing Swap Shop

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Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: People are able to barter for amazing scientific marvels at an odd little shop, but only for a brief time, as the proprietor is only collecting Earth objects for his space fair for a limited time.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
was The Amazing Swap Shop [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Man Who Collected Planets

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Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Astronomer Bradley Wells is abducted by the alien Sardor who has captured and shrunk several planets to extract their elemental resources. But Wells traps Sardor, returns the planets to their proper sizes and positions, and returns to Earth.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
was The Man Who Collected Planets [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Tales of the Unexpected #19

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Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #19 published November 1957
was The Menace of the Fireball! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Man From Two Worlds

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens convince a man he is one of them in order to get his help procuring radium, but he realizes they are lying about him being an alien and he tricks them into leaving empty-handed.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #19 published November 1957
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D-Day on Planet Vulcan

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Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
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Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #19 published November 1957
was D-Day on Planet Vulcan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Human Lie Detector

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man's face changes colors when in the vicinity of someone lying. He aids the police until gangland hears of his ability and kidnaps him. As he escapes from them, he hits high-voltage wires and loses his ability.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #19 published November 1957
was The Human Lie Detector [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Menace of the Fireball

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist accidentally draws a fireball towards Earth and nothing seems able to stop its course until his wacky inventor father provides just the machine needed.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #19 published November 1957
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[untitled]

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Tales of the Unexpected #20

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Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
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Genres: science fiction
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #20 published December 1957
was You Stole Our Planet! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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The Earth Gladiator

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Aliens will take possession of Earth unless John Trent can defeat their champion in a game of survival. Though out-gunned, Trent uses his wits to protect the world.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #20 published December 1957
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The Remarkable Mr. Multiplier

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ely
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Thad Merkel invents a machine to mass-produce copies of things like cars and planes, but the machine seems to have a childlike mind of its own. This playfulness helps the inventor stop a group of thieves, but the idea of a self-aware machine is too dangerous, and Merkel destroys its master circuit.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #20 published December 1957
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I Was Marooned on Planet Earth

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A Saturnian is accidentally rocketed to Earth where he must find a source of radium in order to return home.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #20 published December 1957
was I Was Marooned on Planet Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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You Stole Our Planet

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ruben Moreira
Inker(s): Ruben Moreira
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Working on a way to create a barrier against nuclear fallout, two scientists are visited by creatures accusing humans of having stolen their world. Eventually the creatures realize they are not on their planet and the scientists reverse their experiment, sending the creatures back to their universe.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #20 published December 1957
was You Stole Our Planet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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The Graphic Novels Section of DCCOMICS.com

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Tales of the Unexpected Volume 1

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Backcover promotional text with cover images of other Showcase Presents volumes.

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