Tales of the Unexpected #73

(October-November 1962)

The Convict Defenders of Space (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Three former space patrolmen convicted of conspiracy are being flown to prison when the transport ship is attacked by the very raider they were supposed to be helping. The convicts stay to help the crew instead of fleeing, and it is finally revealed that only one of them was truly evil and helped to frame the other two.

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes

["It'll be easy to land here..."] (Table of Contents)

On the Planet Og / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; science fiction

Nature's Prize Pupil! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Humans have managed to copy some of the best protective attributes of animals.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Aliens For Hire (Table of Contents)

Spaceman-at-Work / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Shloob from the planet Jorxia tries to get a job with Peters Interplanetary Employment Agency (which matches aliens with specific jobs based on their otherworldly abilities), but all he can do is deteriorate his molecular structure into fluid, and no one has any call for a "melting man."

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes

The Story We Never Dared Print, Until Now! (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 (DC, 1939 series) #156 [The Last Days of Superman!]

Signals from the Stars (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Article about the development and use of the radio-telescope for the exploration of space.

The Demon Sorcerer of Saturn (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; superhero

Characters:

Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Kjorsta the Sorcerer; Dr. Noho

Synopsis:

When Space Ranger is seemingly killed in a battle with a Saturnian sorcerer, Cryll and Myra have a robot duplicate built to continue the fight. The robot locates the missing Space Ranger and helps to expose the "magic" as trickery.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes

The Haunted Beach! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Ely

Inks:

Bill Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Indexer Notes

House ad for My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #72