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Issue: Tales of the Unexpected #97
Publication Date: October 1966
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Issues: #97 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: 08/11/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (3 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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Automan vs. Mutant-Man!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mutant-Man
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Pages: 1
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For the First Time on the Motion Picture Screen in Color

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Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover; advertisement for the 20th Century Fox film BATMAN (1966)
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One Month to Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Green Glob
First Line: For Roger Boyd, every single minute of his last month of life was precious beyond words!
Synopsis: After Roger Boyd is given one month to live by his doctor, the Green Glob transports him to an alien world where he rescues a princess. He returns to Earth, cured by his ordeal.
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Pages: 7.67
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, superhero
First Line: He's not: as strong as... Superman...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: house ad for Plastic Man (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale September 22
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The Human Stallion

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Genres: fantasy, occult
First Line: I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him!
Synopsis: A cattle rustler rescues the last of the centaurs and learns the secret of becoming a centaur himself so that he can use his new form for crime.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #5 published July 1957
was The Human Stallion [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Special!

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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Disclose Notes: house ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #185 [80 Page Giant #G-27], on sale August 11; and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #161 [80 Page Giant #G-28], on sale August 18
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Automan vs. Mutant-Man!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mutant-Man; Professor Sterling
First Line: On a wild island, the mechanical marvel pursues and battles a giant humanoid
Synopsis: Automan fights a giant mutant who is actually a scientist who wishes to test his new form. When the scientist's machine that caused the mutation is stolen, Automan captures the crook responsible.
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Pages: 9.67
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Now -- in Your Daily Newspaper!

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Genres: superhero
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisements for the Batman daily syndicated comic strip and the 20th Century Fox feature film.
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The Ghost that Walked; The Deadly Role; Mystical Transfusion!

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Feature(s): True Tales of the Unexpected
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