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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #72
Publication Date: August 1962
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Issues: #72 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/14/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from house ad in House of Secrets #55 and 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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Space Ranger's Last Voyage!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Space Ranger
Character(s): Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Burvo
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Treasure Chest of Fun

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Feature(s): Honor House Prod. Corp.
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The Creature of 1,000 Dooms

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lee Elias
Inker(s): Lee Elias
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A band of space explorers take a small creature aboard their ship as a pet, but it soon begins to absorb nearby objects, growing in size and taking on the dangerous properties of the things it absorbs.
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First Line: Boys and girls...
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Batman and Robin's Most Fantastic Foes!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman and Robin
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #3
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See the Many Exciting Roles of Lois Lane...

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
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Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Lois Lane Annual (DC, 1962 series) #1
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The Cosmic King of Sports

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Writer(s): Jack Miller ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): A Spaceman-at-Work Feature
Character(s): Colin; Deering
Synopsis: Searching for more unusual exhibitions, sports promoter Colin plans to train animals from other worlds in sporting events, but it turns out they eat all metal and voraciously pursue more and more.
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Feature(s): Comicpac
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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
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Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): On the Planet Og
First Line: We landed on the planet Og!
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Feature(s): Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Mystery of the Moons

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Genres: informational
Synopsis: Information about the many moons of the planets in our solar system.
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Krypton, the World Where Superman Was Born, Lives Again!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #5
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Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Space Ranger's Last Voyage

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Writer(s): George Kashdan
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): The Space Ranger
Character(s): Space Ranger [Rick Starr]; Myra Mason; Cryll; Burvo
Synopsis: Martian criminal Burvo captures Space Ranger, reveals his secret identity, and plans to shoot him into a space warp.
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You Must Not Miss These Great Issues!

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Feature(s): Superman; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Batman
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Feature(s): Chet Atkins Method
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Feature(s): Frontier Cabin
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Feature(s): Revolutionary War Soldiers
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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Feature(s): Norton Products
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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