Unusual Tales
#45
(June 1964)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1964
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
Charlton [corner box]
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (credited) (executive editor)
Issue Notes
Some copies assembled with sequences in reverse (4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3) due to interior pages being folded in the opposite direction (i.e., page 1 is right hand page in centerfold).
Portrait of Father
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #20, #82 ([circa 1971 - 1972]), #112 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #142 ([circa 1979 - 1980])
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Portrait of Father
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- A-2604
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Elgin Manley speaks to his son Marc through his portrait in a dream, revealing the exact circumstances of his murder at the hands of Jerome Courtny.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #20, #82 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) [Black and white.], #112 ([circa 1975 - 1976])
-
The Nightmare
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-3077
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #99
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #12 ([Circa 1967]) [Black and white ], #106 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #139 ([circa 1979 - 1980]), #194 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
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Death Leaves an Image
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Lorenzo Langsford's killer left an impression on his very eyes.
The Striped Ones
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-3470
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Tim Kilray, Laura Rawlins, and Jonathan Jaynes fight back cat-like aliens who try to make the most weak-willing among them into a striped man like them.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #12 ([Circa 1967]) [Black and white ], #106 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #139 ([circa 1979 - 1980]), #194 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
Dineen's Dilemma
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-2251
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #12 ([Circa 1967]) [Black and white ], #106 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #139 ([circa 1979 - 1980]), #194 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Portrait of Father
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1.
Portrait of Father
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2.
The Nightmare
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3.
Death Leaves an Image
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4.
The Striped Ones
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5.
The Tracks from Time
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6.
Dineen's Dilemma
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Bill Devine
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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