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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #52
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 06/14/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (6 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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Guardian Beasts of the Life Stone!

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Prisoner on Pluto

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Walt Coates helps Weeb, a Plutonian who crash-landed near his home. However, Weeb is a wanted criminal on Pluto and Walt is arrested and taken there to stand trial as an accomplice.
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

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House of Secrets; My Greatest Adventure; Mystery in Space
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humorous, science fiction
Another missile lost in the ocean, Dr. Rocket!
Dr. Rocket figures out a way to keep his missiles from being lost.
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Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"

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opinion, superhero
When he sees some boys being unfriendly to a refugee boy, Superman takes them across the world to see the conditions refugees have come from and tells them that they need to be nicer.
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Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!

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House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1.
The Chameleon of Space

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Astronaut York Barton tests the Cellulizer, an invention that can transform men into creatures that are able to adapt to other planetary conditions.
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Last Man on the Moon

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First Into Space

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facts about flight
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The Guardian Beasts of the Life Stone

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Mr. Gorba (villain); Bart Jeffers; Dr. Pedri
An old space prospector tells Space Ranger and his crew about the mysterious Life Stone which has kept him alive for 200 years. The villainous Gorba plots to acquire the Life Stone for himself.
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Blackhawk; Challengers of the Unknown
For the very best...
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Midwest Card Company
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Back cover.

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