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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #39
Publication Date: July 1959
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Issues: #39 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: 05/14/1959
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (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 Experimental Man!

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Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
Synopsis: When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.
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The Creatures from the Space Globe

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Arnald Arnaldo; Manduu
Synopsis: Arnald Arnaldo finds a replica of a long lost planet in a Venusian curio shop. While studying it back on Earth, two figures come to life and go on a rampage. After they return to the globe, Arnaldo takes the globe to Mercury, thinking Earth's atmosphere has awakened them, but the process repeats itself there with four creatures coming to life. Arnaldo discovers that the globe isn't a model of Krx, but is the planet itself. Scientists had decided to shrink Krx in size to eliminate the problems it created, but it had drifted off in space before the process was complete.
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Your Passport to Strange Journeys...

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Genres: science fiction
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Disclose Notes: House ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #88 and My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #33.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Rocket; Dr. Floogle
First Line: This is our rocket we hope to get off to the moon.
Synopsis: Dr. Rocket's moon missile launches prematurely, with Dr. Floogle still inside.
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The Space Musketeers

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Lark; Odar; Gel; James Blane; Professor Lugo Berks; Webbas
Synopsis: Lark, Odar, and Gel are the three Space Musketeers, hired to track down a scientist who crashed on an alien planet with his latest invention. Gel's people can fly and ride wind currents; Odar's people can generate heat and melt their way through mountains; and Lark's people have super-strength. Using these abilities, the three manage to recover the scientist, his weapon, and capture the criminals trying to get to the weapon first.
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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First Line: Hmm -- This used to be such a nice neighborhood!
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superman
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park...
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Operation Blackhawks!

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Genres: adventure
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #138.
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The Weather Witch

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: A community is visited by an old woman who claims she can control the weather, for a price.
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The Experimental Man

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Thor Larkin; Luga; Rab; Doctor Kura; Professor Sog; Professor Bok; Gur
Synopsis: Thor Larkin has to eject from his ship when trouble arises. He makes a water landing and is captured by fishermen who believe him to be some ancient ancestor of their own people. Taken to scientists, he is used as a test animal for a matter transporter beam.
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Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Fudge
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Publicity News Stunts

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Genres: non-fiction
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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