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Issue: Unusual Tales #24 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #24 of 49 Issues (61 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagCharlton
Brand: A Charlton PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Charlton Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1960
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
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The Complete Annihilator

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Prison Ship in Space

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: In the future, the evil dictator of Eurasia captures a brilliant scientist from America and keeps him trapped in an orbiting ship above Earth's atmosphere so he won't help America during the global war between the two nations. While in isolation in the prison ship, the scientist masters telepathy and uses it to get the dictator to surrender ending the war.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: 6074
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Charlton Comics' Giant Jingle Contest!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Entries had to be postmarked by October 30, 1960.
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Power Wheel

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A couple of robotic aliens from another dimension have some fun with an Earthling, letting him believe he invented a perpetual motion wheel that produces unlimited power.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: 6252
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3 Wishes for Walter

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A struggling thief finds a magic horseshoe necklace that grants wishes. After wishing he got more money from the man he robbed and killed, he breaks down to the police worried the man might come back to life and come after him.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: 4789
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Oyster Ogre

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: The owner of a pearl diving business hires a famous diver to destroy a giant oyster called the "Oyster Ogre" that has been ruining his business. But it turns out this monster oyster is just two pieces of coral shell being manipulated by ocean currents.
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The Complete Annihilator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist who's fed up with mankind getting closer and closer to war, invents a powerful machine that can create a mini black hole. He plans on using this machine to threaten humanity to stop their destructive ways. After he's confronted by warlike aliens from another dimension who want the machine for themselves, he realizes he can't bring about peace by threatening people with violence.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: 6232
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

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