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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #83
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #83 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: 04/16/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Schiff
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from ad in House of Mystery #143 and copyright registration. On-sale date of April 9 in ad in Strange Adventures #164.
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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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King of Nightmare Jungle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Feature(s): Green Glob
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: The boys learn a lesson about littering.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
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The Anti-Hex Merchant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Sherman
Inker(s): Howard Sherman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Meet the New J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Zook
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for House of Mystery #143 (June 1964), first appearance of the J'onn J'onzz feature in that title (moved from Detective Comics).
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Emerging from His Cloak of Shadows

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): I -- Spy!
Character(s): King Faraday
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase #50 (May-June 1964) featuring King Faraday.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Moolah the Mystic
Character(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: The crystal ball says sunny and warm today...
Synopsis: The newspaper weather report turns out to be more accurate than the crystal ball.
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Pages: 1
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Doom Was My Treasure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
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Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Dillin
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Space Ranger; Adam Strange
Character(s): Space Ranger; Myra Mason
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mystery in Space #92 (June 1964), first appearance of the Space Ranger feature in that title (moved from Tales of the Unexpected).
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): True Tales of the Unexpected
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Odd-Ball Otto
First Line: At last! I have perfected my machine.
Synopsis: Otto has invented a machine to do "practically anything a person can do."
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The King of Nightmare Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Wood ?
Penciller(s): George Roussos
Inker(s): George Roussos
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, science fiction
Feature(s): Green Glob
Character(s): Green Glob; Alfred Meeks; Bill Bragan; Katung
Synopsis: The Green Glob, a strange "mass of energy," drifts around the world causing strange things to happen to people on whom it happens to settle. In this story, Alfred Meeks is transported to the Nightmare Jungle of Tubos, where he saves its inhabitants from the wizard Katung, who has sent weird monsters to menace them. This gives Meeks the self-confidence he needs to get his girlfriend back when he returns to Earth.
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Three Weird Thrillers...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Adventures
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): 100 Magnets
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126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fighting Ships
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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