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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #46
Publication Date: February 1960
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Issues: #46 of 104 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1959
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (Editor); Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Challenge of the Alien Champion!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Space Ranger
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Hi-Power Binoculars
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Duplicate Doom!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
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Synopsis: Mysterious phenomenon appear on both sides of a county line, and on both sides a mysterious man asks the townspeople how they would get rid of it. Then the solution magically appears to varying degrees of success. As it turns out, it's all part of an alien betting game.
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

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Feature(s): Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Strange Adventures #113, My Greatest Adventure #40, and House of Mystery #95.
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Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Eureka
First Line: It's finished! At last I can present my robot...
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Continental Schools, Inc.
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Space Stunts for Sale

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
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Synopsis: Steve Stacy arranges publicity stunts for his clients until they mysteriously start going wrong, endangering people.
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Genres: informational
Feature(s): Our Strange Universe
First Line: According to astronomical estimates, the mass of our Milky Way galaxy...
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Statement of Ownership

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Hostage City

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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Challenge of the Alien Champion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Space Ranger
Character(s): Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll
Synopsis: Space Ranger, Myra, and Cryll are lured into an ambush and kidnapped. Space Ranger is "invited" to a one-on-one combat with the champion of Illyrion. If he refuses, Earthmen will be thought of as cowards; if he accepts and is killed, Earth may go to war with Illyrion.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Aircraft Carrier
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Feature(s): 150 Civil War Soldiers
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Body Building
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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