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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #74
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 10/11/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
The Man Who Petrified Heroes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Darmbua; Njoly; Ro-Dura
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
various
various
Subject Matter
Hawkman; Dobie Gillis; Maynard G. Krebs; Blackhawk
Hi, everybody! Meet Johnny DC...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad introducing Johnny DC as Superman DC Publications' official mascot; on inside front cover.
Prison Camp on Asteroid X-3!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as El terrible asteroide prisión X-3 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
We accidentally landed on the planet Og.
Two astronauts from Earth have trouble adjusting to the low gravity of Og.
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
Subject Matter
Showcase; Tommy Tomorrow
Hi! I'm Johnny DC...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
House ad for Showcase #41 (November-December 1962) featuring Tommy Tomorrow.
Prospector-- In Outer Space!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
A Spaceman-at-Work Feature
Birch; W'all
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as Inventores interplanetarios. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
They Shoot the Stars

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Article describing the work of astronomers using observatory telescopes to map the universe.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Two Spectacular Heroes!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
Calypso the Sorceress
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
House ad for Aquaman #6 and Rip Hunter #11 (both November-December 1962).
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
How do mushrooms differ from most other plants?
Questions about various scientific facts.
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
informational, non-fiction
Phobos -- Mars' closest satellite...
statistical facts
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as [untitled] [Filler on Interior Page(s)]
FlagStrange Adventures #88 published January 1958
was [untitled] [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Man Who Petrified Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Darmbua; Jyno-27 of Pluto; Kikoki of Mercury; Ro-Dora of Mars; Njoly of Saturn
Space Ranger and Cryll are captured by the evil Darmbua, who plans to turn all his enemies to stone.
Reprinting
FlagHistorias Fantásticas #82 published June 1963
as El hombre que petrificaba héroes. [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
opinion, superhero
Joe doesn't see the purpose of collecting money for UNICEF while trick-or-treating until Superman takes him and his friend Tom on a trip around the world to see what UNICEF does for children in other lands.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover promo for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Schwinn Typhoon
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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