Tales of the Unexpected #69

(February-March 1962)

[Dear Boys and Girls] (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as The Editors]

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; letter regarding the price increase from ten cents to twelve cents.

Doom on Holiday Asteroid (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils:

Lee Elias

Inks:

Lee Elias

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Jason Bell has come to Holiday Asteroid after a prospecting accident has left him with only a few days to live. He uncovers a plot to steal a hidden super-weapon and in the resulting shootout he is miraculously cured of the condition that was killing him.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by bob Hughes

Scientific Word Origins (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Origins of the words muscle, galaxy, and cloud.

Let Science Serve You! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger ?; Tommy Nicolosi ?

Inks:

Morris Waldinger ?; Tommy Nicolosi ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Facts about scientific discoveries and a reminder to have an annual physical to take advantage of advances in medicine.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Another Giant Batman Collection! (Table of Contents)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Sheldon Moldoff; Dick Sprang

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2

Pioneers of Midway Planet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Tim Springer and Arne Brand are recruited for a mysterious mission on another planet, working with aliens from different worlds. Together they learn the value of teamwork, which turns out to be the true goal of the mission.

["Hello! I come from the planet Earth!"] (Table of Contents)

On the Planet Og / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Synopsis:

An astronaut lands on Og and finds out he is not the first visitor from space.

Reprints:

• in Supermann (Semic AS, 1977 series) #11/1979 (uke 42 1979)

Watch for the Fourth Superman Annual! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4

Riddle of the Giant-Makers (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

The Man Who Could Move Worlds (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; superhero

Characters:

Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Turner; Buna Karr; Kleeb

Synopsis:

On Saturn, a strange underwater accident gives explorer Turner telekinetic powers but also turns him evil and Space Ranger and Cryll must defeat him.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1961.
Average monthly circulation 195,000.
Ownership: National Periodical Publications, Inc.: H. Donenfeld, I. Donenfeld, S. Iger; H. Donenfeld Foundation, J.S. Liebowitz; P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.