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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #56
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 10/18/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (7 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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Cover, Front
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Space Ranger's Super Girl Friend!

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science fiction, superhero
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

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The $10,000 challenge only Joe Weider dares to make!
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Inside front cover.
Invaders from Earth

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science fiction
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Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

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adventure
Mechanical monsters on the loose!
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Miscellaneous
0.33
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humorous
This phonograph record will recite the countdown...
The rocket countdown goes wrong.
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1
Children of Tomorrow!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction, opinion
Celebration of United Nations Day (October 24) with a description of the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of a Child.
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Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Man of 1,000 Alien Faces

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science fiction
A Spaceman-at-Work Feature
Human Chameleon [Lt. Rod Carter of Spaceways Police]; Dan Carter; Chief Steele; Nyron; the Titan Gang
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Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

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superhero
Metallo; Thing from 40,000 A.D.
The next giant Superman Annual...
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Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Superman Annual #2 (January 1961)
Destination Infinity

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
Edward C. Pickering

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informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Facts about astronomer Edward J. Pickering (1846 - 1919)
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Space Ranger's Super Girl Friend

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science fiction, superhero
King Doro of Ular
Space Ranger and his team go the planet Ular to rescue the kidnapped King Doro. A freak accident gives Myra temporary super-powers, which helps wrap up the case.
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9
[untitled]

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humorous
Ah, come right in.
Moolah's powers of prognostication don't work very well.
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FlagHouse of Mystery #41 published August 1955
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1
Task Force

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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Do you want spending money?
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

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A message from champions!
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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