Tales of the Unexpected #83

(June-July 1964)

Are You a Good Neighbor? (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

Synopsis:

The boys learn a lesson about littering.

Indexer Notes

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

The Anti-Hex Merchant (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Sherman

Inks:

Howard Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Meet the New J'onn J'onzz (Table of Contents)

J'onn J'onzz, Manhunter from Mars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Zook

Indexer Notes

House ad for House of Mystery #143 (June 1964), first appearance of the J'onn J'onzz feature in that title (moved from Detective Comics).

Emerging from His Cloak of Shadows (Table of Contents)

I -- Spy! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

King Faraday

Indexer Notes

House ad for Showcase #50 (May-June 1964) featuring King Faraday

["The crystal ball says sunny and warm today..."] (Table of Contents)

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Moolah the Mystic

Synopsis:

The newspaper weather report turns out to be more accurate than the crystal ball.

Doom Was My Treasure! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Two Great Heroes... in One Magazine! (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger; Adam Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; science fiction

Characters:

Space Ranger; Myra Mason

Indexer Notes

House ad for Mystery in Space #92 (June 1964), first appearance of the Space Ranger feature in that title (moved from Tales of the Unexpected).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

True Tales of the Unexpected / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

occult

["At last! I have perfected my machine."] (Table of Contents)

Odd-Ball Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor; science fiction

Synopsis:

Otto has invented a machine to do "practically anything a person can do."

The King of Nightmare Jungle (Table of Contents)

Green Glob / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood ?

Pencils:

George Roussos

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult; science fiction

Characters:

Green Glob; Alfred Meeks; Bill Bragan; Katung

Synopsis:

The Green Glob, a strange "mass of energy," drifts around the world causing strange things to happen to people on whom it happens to settle. In this story, Alfred Meeks is transported to the Nightmare Jungle of Tubos, where he saves its inhabitants from the wizard Katung, who has sent weird monsters to menace them. This gives Meeks the self-confidence he needs to get his girlfriend back when he returns to Earth.

Indexer Notes

writer identification by Bob Hughes