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Issue: Unusual Tales #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1960
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Issues: #20 of 49 Issues (61 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Planets #11 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAstounding Stories #47 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Unbelievable Stone Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Travers; Norkan (alien)
Synopsis: When an alien rock creature literally crashes on Earth, John Travers, fishing nearby, unwittingly reassembles him. Revealing his race's ominous plan to plunder the Earth, he begins transforming a giant rock into a spaceship to report back to his world. Travers saves the day by blowing up Norkan and his ship. Luckily, the Highway Dept kept a box of dynamite and a detonator in a shack in the woods, secured by only a small padlock.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 5967
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Hey Kids! Terrific Prizes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Terrific prizes for mailing in the red corner and CDC from front covers. Offer expired December 31, 1960.
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The Time Cap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Phil Winship; Adab; Accara
Synopsis: When part time explorer Phil Winship finds an ancient helmet in an an Iranian cave in the desert, he puts it on and is instantly transported 20,000 years into the past. Invisible to anyone in the past, Phil observes a scientist, Adab and his beautiful daughter Accara, and falls in love. Meanwhile, back in the present, some boys smash the helmet (existing in both times) and Phil materializes. The scientist informs Phil that he is now stuck in the past, where Phil ultimately finds happiness... and love.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: 5681
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Bubbling Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A policeman uses a death mask, a dummy, and a lot of salt to solve a murder at a nearby mountain lake.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Demon Within

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Paul Duval; Suzette
Synopsis: A painter struggles with his own work.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 5476
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The Incredible Advice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. John Selwyn; Dr. Sprague
Synopsis: A man hears a mysterious disembodied voice that tells him the ingredients to create a serum that will cure a worldwide pandemic.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: 5312

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