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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #17
Publication Date: September 1957
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Issues: #17 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: 07/16/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (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 Impossible Voyage!

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Genres: science fiction
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
as Tales of the Unexpected #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game!

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
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Who Is Mr. Ashtar?

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A hotel detective helps a man from the future get a picture of blueprints of a weapon necessary to repel a Martian invasion in 2957.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Jack Kirby Omnibus #1 published October 2011
as Who Is Mr. Ishtar? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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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Danger Prejudice at Work!

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Beware the Thinking Cap

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Johnny Manton steals a cap from a museum reputed to give its wearer great intelligence, but Manton doesn't know that the cap only allows itself to be used for good.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hamid the Hypnotist
First Line: I can't seem to fall asleep!
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In Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #129 published December 1962
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm worried about the professor.
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[untitled]

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The Bullet Man

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Due to a mixture of elements from a meteorite and scrap metal from an atomic research lab in his ID tag, inmate Chick Durant is able to leave his cell for 25 minutes at a time. But Durant is stuck on an uncharted island when he reshapes his tag, altering the mixture.
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In Content Item: FlagMighty The 100-Page Comic! #4 published March 1958
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In Content Item: FlagDC Special #4 published July 1969
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Strange Visit from Venus

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
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The Impossible Voyage

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Synopsis: As a prank, aliens take people lining up for a new amusement ride on a real ride through the solar system.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected #1 published October 2012
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[untitled]

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Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!

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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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