Tales of the Unexpected #3

(June-July 1956)

The Highway to Tomorrow (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery; science fiction

Synopsis:

A futuristic highway project is sabotaged by a man posing as a Native American shaman.

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)

Pioneers of 1976! (Table of Contents)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Binky; Allergy

Synopsis:

Binky gets the kids to see that they too might be able to make important scientific discoveries in the future.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

The Man Nobody Could See (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A man discovers the formula to invisibility and uses it to make himself wealthy, but he misplaces the antidote. In order to become visible again, he must turn himself over to the police.

Reprints:

• in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #3 ([Circa1956-1960])
• in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #130 (December 1971)
• in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #40 ([1979])
• in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)

["I'm convinced that some early specimen..."] (Table of Contents)

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Professor Eureka

Reprints:

• in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #54 (June-July 1964)
which is reprinted
• in Aquaman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #2527 (1972)
• in Top Comics Wassermann (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #112

I Lost My Past (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Synopsis:

Paul Martin returns to his home town but finds that none of his old friends remember him. But it is all part of a plot to restore his memory of a Nazi formula.

Reprints:

• in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #10 ([Circa 1957-1958])
• in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #216 (January-February 1969)
• in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)

Secrets of the Voodoo (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

George Kashdan

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

non-fiction

Superstitions about Spiders (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction

Reprints:

• from Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #109 (May-June 1952)

The Man With 100 Wigs (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

John Prentice

Inks:

John Prentice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis:

A man steals a trunk of wigs that give the wearer the abilities of the people the wigs represent.

Reprints:

• in The Doom Patrol (DC, 1964 series) #117 (February 1968)
• in Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 2012 series) #1 ([August] 2012)