Tales of the Unexpected #104

(December 1967-January 1968)

Why Fight? Read All Three!! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Oksner ?

Inks:

Bob Oksner ?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Bob Hope; Scooter; Stanley Dover; Spot

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series), Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series), and The Fox and the Crow (DC, 1952 series) [starring Stanley and His Monster]

Master of the Voodoo Machine! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror; science fiction

Synopsis:

Inventor Jon Garson's duplicator machine has an unexpected voodoo effect which Garson attempts to capitalize on by killing a romantic rival, but retribution still makes him pay for his crime.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #162 (March-April 1975)
• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #25 ([February 1977])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gil Kane; Carmine Infantino (illustrations)

Inks:

Sid Greene; Mike Esposito (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Listing of DC comics on sale mid-October 1967; includes cover art from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #57 and Batman (DC, 1940 series) #197
Placed between pp.4 and 5 of the previous sequence.

["I'm going to make a handy holder for storage..."] (Table of Contents)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number:

6592

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Miles Sweep

I Was King of Dagger Island! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr

Inks:

Leonard Starr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

Two submarine crewmen are stranded on a tropical island where the natives believe them to be gods.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #1 (January-February 1955)

The 24-Hour Nightmare (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Abel

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

Royce Yates inexplicably finds himself in a town which keeps going back in time every hour.

Bad News! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 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) #202 [80 Page Giant #G-42, Tales of the Bizarro World], on sale October 17

Curses and Hexing Candles (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck ? (illustrations)

Inks:

Don Heck ? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fact; occult

Greatest Action Teams in History! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mike Sekowsky; Bruno Premiani; Dick Dillin; Joe Orlando (illustrations)

Inks:

Bernard Sachs; Bruno Premiani; Charles Cuidera; Mike Esposito (illustrations)

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; humor

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; house ad promoting DC's superhero teams, including the Justice League of America, the Doom Patrol, the Blackhawks, and the Inferior Five