Unusual Tales
#42
(November 1963)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
Charlton [corner box]
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (executive editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Prisoner in the Atom
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #9, #65, #108 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #192 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
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![Cover Thumbnail for Unusual Tales (1955 series) #42 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1210/w100/1210849.jpg?2011688012680346025)
Prisoner in the Atom
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-2883
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Scientist invents a shrinking formula to get away from the troubles in this world but when he shrinks to atomic levels, he finds the same world he just left.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #9, #65, #108 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #192 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
Man from Mars!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-2564
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An alien disguises himself as human and moves to the suburbs.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5, #58, #120 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
-
Macklin's Miracle
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-2886
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A drowning scuba diver is saved by underwater people.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #62, #5 ([1963? ]) [Black and white ]
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #102 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
-
Radiation and Space Travel
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as RAM)
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as RAM)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-1070
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Synopsis
- Science facts about radiation and space travel.
- Reprints
The Land of Peace
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- A-2902
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Three scientists who have discovered ultimate power weapons are convinced not to reveal their secrets.
- Reprints
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5, #58, #120 ([circa 1976 - 1977])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Prisoner in the Atom
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1.
Prisoner in the Atom
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2.
Man from Mars!
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3.
Martian Mistake
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4.
Macklin's Miracle
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5.
Radiation and Space Travel
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6.
The Land of Peace
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Bill Devine
- James Ludwig
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Matt Tauber
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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