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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #79
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 08/22/1963
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (4 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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science fiction, superhero
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Play It Safe!

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informational, non-fiction, opinion
A day in the life of a forest ranger (billed as a "true story from the records of the Minnesota Warden Service").
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Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Big Show on Planet Earth!

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science fiction
An alien actor with the power to change his appearance (but not to change back without special pills) is framed for the murder of a theater manager.
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Try a Tongue Teaser!

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superhero
The Flashiest news of the year...
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House ad for Flash Annual (DC, 1963 series) #1, on sale August 15
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This coupon entitles you to free admission...
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humorous, science fiction
King Zog
I want you to go to the planet Earth.
King Zog orders his astronauts to bring him some dogs from Earth.
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Earth's Alien Traitor

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An alien friendly to Earth invents a machine that will make all weapons obsolete, but others from his world force him to reveal the secret so they can use it to invade.
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[untitled]

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Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!
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Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations

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207 Stamps

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Mysteries of the Comets

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Captives of the Insect-Men

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Space Ranger and his crew become involved in a long-running battle between a race of insect-men and a race of spider-men.
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FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #18 published January 1966
as Captives of the Insect Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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For party fun!
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[untitled]

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Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
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Blast Off

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Task Force

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Sold by Helen of Toy.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25

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104 Kings' Knights

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[untitled]

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Boys, girls, men, women...
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Inside back cover.
204 Revolutionary War Soldiers

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Back cover.

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