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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #9
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #9 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: 11/18/1956
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (6 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 Man Who Ate Fire!

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Genres: science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Tales of the Unexpected #9 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Inside front cover.
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The Amazing Cube!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harvey Hacker
Synopsis: Harvey Hacker meets a fellow gambler who has made his own dice from a meteor and with which he cannot lose. Following him, Hacker is able to snatch one when the other gambler crashes his car outside an atomic station. Planning to analyze the cube later, Hacker finds that it is apparently getting larger and larger through the night, nearly crushing him in his own house. But when scientists arrive from the atomic station, Hacker realizes it is he and his house that have been shrinking due to the combination of the radiation and meteor the cube was made of.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #169 published September 1967
as The Amazing Cube! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Amazing Cube! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script credit from the index for the World's Finest Comics issue reprinting this story.
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Meet the League of Death-Cheaters!

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Feature(s): Showcase; Challengers of the Unknown
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The Talking Head!

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Genres: fantasy, historical
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The Carbon Copy Man

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Genres: mystery
Synopsis: Frank Dorne has been faking teleportation with the help of his twin brother George, whose existence is unknown to the outside world since the brothers were brought up in separate orphanages. When a trick goes wrong and George is killed, Frank figures the gig is over until it appears that George has fulfilled his part of the act once again. Investigating, Frank is fatally wounded, but not before being meeting a third brother -- triplets all separated at birth -- who was trying to join in the scam.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #135 published May 1972
as The Carbon Copy Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #10/1975 published October 1975
as Blåkopimannen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #39 published November 1975
as Der kopierte Mann [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Carbon Copy Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: That's great, Swordo!
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The Day Nobody Died

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dr. Tom Morgan; Jim; Dr. Sampson; Death
Synopsis: Dr. Tom Morgan is worried about performing his first surgery, but he notices an odd man about who seems to be able to ensure no one dies. He tries to get him to his surgery the next day, but Death's vacation is over.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #94 published October 1971
as The Day Nobody Died [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as The Day Nobody Died [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Day Nobody Died [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Mystery of the Talking Mongoose

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: fantasy, historical
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Pages: 2
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The Man Who Ate Fire

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Tommy Briggs discovers that Edward Hermes is really an alien from Mercury and sent to Earth to prepare an invasion, but Tommy and his father alert the authorities and prevent it, with the help of the Statue of Liberty.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Man Who Ate Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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