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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #5
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #5 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: 07/17/1956
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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The Secret Life of Geoffrey Hawkes!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Tales of the Unexpected #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Partial comics-form advertisement.
Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Laughed at Locks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Carl Farr; Emmet Durham
Synopsis: Inventor Carl Farr "haunts" his friend and rival Emmet Durham to coerce a confession.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #130 published December 1971
as The Ghost Who Laughed at Locks [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #24 published December 1976
as The Ghost Who Laughed at Locks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Man Who Laughed at Locks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Here Are the Prizes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
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I Was Bewitched for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Henry; Elise; Wilson; Johnson
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #160 published November 1974
as Bewitched for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #26 published April 1977
as I Was Bewitched for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as I Was Bewitched for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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"Ghostly" Bandit

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror, non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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The Living Paintings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Mr. Martin; Harvey Sterling; Jared Voss; Cordot
Synopsis: Art expert Mr. Martin tells how he once used gimmicked paintings to produce a confession.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury Plus Comic #55 published January 1961
as The Living Paintings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Living Paintings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ? (letters and background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tony Curtis (photo)
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Pages: 0.5
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The Big Dance

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: PSA for National Social Welfare Assembly.
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The Second Life of Geoffrey Hawkes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): George Hale; Geoffrey Hawkes (flashback); Mr. Nelson (director); Rake (bandit chief, flashback); Theobold (thief, flashback); Jethroe (assistant director); Sam Wright (actor)
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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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #160 published September 1966
as The Second Life of Geoffrey Hawkes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Second Life of Geoffrey Hawkes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim Norman (photo); George F. Jowett (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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