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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #14
Publication Date: June 1957
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Issues: #14 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: 04/16/1957
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (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 Green Gorilla!

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Genres: fantasy
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In Content Item: FlagHistorias Fantásticas #9 published November 1958
as El gorila verde [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Joe Kubert [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Tales of the Unexpected #14 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Forbidden Game

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A sorcerer gives Alex Denton unlimited power as long as he never rides in a vehicle of a certain color, but the sorcerer refuses to say which color. Denton tricks the sorcerer into revealing the color, but then he is in accident that leaves him color blind and he accidentally enters a car of the forbidden shade.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper DC Giant #S-23 published March 1971
as The Forbidden Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Forbidden Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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You'll Want to Join Up with Sgt. Bilko

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Feature(s): Sgt. Bilko
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: How do you do, sir? I'm selling subscriptions to this magazine!
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Cry, Clown, Cry

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Tom Grayson follows his father into the family business as a circus clown, though the family line is subject to an ancient curse. But Tom finally breaks the curse by learning to laugh at himself.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Cry, Clown, Cry [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Strange Beliefs!

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Account of New Year's Day customs.
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Worldwide Adventures in Science!

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion, science and technology
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The Man Who Owned King Arthur's Sword

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Criminals use a phony sword of King Arthur to defraud the public, but when one of the criminals kills his partner and then loses the sword in the ocean he must dive for it. Below he finds the real sword of King Arthur, but it severs his air hose and he dies too.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as The Man Who Owned King Arthur's Sword [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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They Vanished Into Space

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The Green Gorilla

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A blackmailer is pursued by a green gorilla only he can see or hear thanks to the mystical Tibetan statue he extorts from one of his victims.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Amazing!" "Oh, there's no pain involved...
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products Corp.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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