Tales of the Unexpected #77

(June-July 1963)

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Alvin thinks about leaving school until he talks to his dropout friend George, who has to go back to night school because he can't get a good job.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

Dateline--Outer Space (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

Characters:

Tom Conroy

Synopsis:

War correspondent Tom Conroy involves himself too closely in his work by spying and becoming embroiled in interplanetary politics.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes

The Swing Is to DC! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Characters:

Johnny DC

Indexer Notes

House ad for DC Comics. Includes small cover reproductions of Batman (DC, 1940 series) #155, Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #32, The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #81, Atom (DC, 1962 series) #7.

["We're landing on the planet now!"] (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:

Two Earth astronauts get a speeding ticket on Og when they come in for a landing too fast.

The Double Dimension Man (Table of Contents)

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:

Scientist John Burke is told by a group of aliens that he is one of them, sent to spy on Earth, but he has no memory of this and refuses to believe it.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes

[The combined gravitational pull of Saturn's five innermost satellites] (Table of Contents)

Strange Satellites / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tommy Nicolosi

Colors:

?

Letters:

Milt SNapinn

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Information about the moons of Saturn and Jupiter.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #94 (July 1958)

The Giant Boom! (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Article about the explosion of Krakatoa in 1883.

The Beast Oracle of Uranus (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; Cryll; Sarob; Oracle of Bunyki; Olono; Kofa Ny

Synopsis:

Pursuing the Martian criminal Kofa Ny to the planet Uranus, Space Ranger and Cryll encounter a strange tribal oracle who forecasts doom.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

H. T. Elmo ?

Inks:

H. T. Elmo ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Reprints:

• from ?