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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #7
Publication Date: November 1956
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Issues: #7 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: 09/18/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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 Face in the Clock

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Genres: horror, occult
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Tales of the Unexpected #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Pen That Never Lied!

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A magic quill pen only produces the truth, no matter what its user writes.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Pen That Never Lied! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5.67
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Anra, Inc.
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Binky's Special Election Exhibit

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Genres: opinion, teen
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Beware, I Can Read Your Mind

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Tello the Great [Johnny Carter]; Doctor Benson
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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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #157 published May 1974
as Beware, I Can Read Your Mind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Beware, I Can Read Your Mind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Here Are the Prizes

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Genres: humorous
First Line: By the prophet's beard...
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The Forbidden Wish

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Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Cal Colby; Helen
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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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #134 published September 1958
as The Forbidden Wish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #200 published March 1972
as The Forbidden Wish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Mystery #2 published May 2007
as The Forbidden Wish [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Forbidden Wish [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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The Deadly Dolls

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The Face in the Clock

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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.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper DC Giant #S-23 published March 1971
as The Face in the Clock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Face in the Clock [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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