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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #12
Publication Date: April 1957
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Issues: #12 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: 02/17/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (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
Format Notes:  
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The Indestructible Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHistorias Fantásticas #7 published September 1958
as El indestructible [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Tales of the Unexpected #12 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Draw Me!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Four Threads of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Joe Ranse; Nick Torek; Brick Herrond; Cy Brogan; Clotho; Lachesis; Atropos
Synopsis: Four convicts on their way to death row escape but are re-captured as destined by the threads woven by the three Fates of ancient Greek myth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Witching Hour #19 published February 1972
as The Four Threads of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #14 published January 1979
as The Four Threads of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Four Threads of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Four Threads of Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Buzzy Learns about Careers in Nursing

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Witch's Statues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Wygand Cornish fakes the deaths of valuable animals, creates statues of the animals for their owners, then replaces the statues with the real things in order to collect money from the grateful owners. But his plot is discovered when he makes a statue not quite as accurate as it needed to be.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCentury, The 100 Page Comic Monthly #15 published August 1957
as The Witch's Statues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Witch's Statues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Mysterious Painting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #3 published April 1952
was The Mysterious Painting! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
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First Line: Did you enter the DC slogan contest?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The All-Seeing Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A newspaperman inherits the "all-seeing eye" which allows him to make all kinds of scoops. But when criminals try to steal it from him, he uses it to alert the police and decides it is too dangerous to keep.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 published October 2011
as The All-Seeing Eye [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The All-Seeing Eye [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: -And I see a great future for you.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #nn [28] published July 1957
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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His Double - In Death

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Indestructible Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man is safe from all harm and can commit any crime as long as he wears a special glove covering his vulnerable spot. But when he dips his hand in what he thinks is ink, but is really poison, he is struck dead.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #96 published February 1972
as The Indestructible Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The House of Secrets #1 published October 2008
as The Indestructible Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Indestructible Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
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Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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