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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #68
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #68 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/17/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 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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Prisoner of the Giant Robot!

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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Walaba
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Add 3 inches of steel-like muscles to your arms
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The Braggart from Planet Brax

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Tootsie Roll Makes History!

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Re-Live the Adventures of Superman When He Was a Boy!

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Disclose Notes: House ad for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #93 (December 1961). This is the first 12-cent issue of Superboy. The price does not appear on the cover pictured in this ad.
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People Are People!

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Silk Gauze

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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #13 published April 1953
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The Man Who Inherited a Planetoid

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First Line: I'm a fudge judge!
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Mystery of the Sky Arrows

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[untitled]

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First Line: Well, here it is - the planet Og!
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The Prisoner of the Giant Robot

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Character(s): Brecker; Chief Luroa; Prof. Nurb; Walaba
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Kids Flip Their Lids For…

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Big-Big-Big News About a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero

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Feature(s): Showcase; The Atom
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #35 (November-December 1961).
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America's Most Exciting War Game

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Disclose Notes: Ad for complete war game including plastic naval and land pieces, and two battlefields, for $1.00, from Helen of Toy Co., Rego Park 74, New York.
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Reward $2,000 for This Coin!

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[untitled]

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Daisy B*B Gun Gift Ideas!

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Disclose Notes: Send for free Daisy catalog. This ad highlights the Model 1894 Winchester, Model 25 Pump Gun, Model 94 Western Carbine and the Peacemaker Single Action 12-Shot Repeating Pistol. From Daisy Manufacturing Company of Rogers, Arkansas
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