Unusual Tales
#13
(September 1958)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Pat Masulli (Executive Editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- An alien watches an artist draw him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- occult
in 
The Man Who Sold Darkness
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 3880
- Synopsis
- A robber steals a bottle of darkness from a salesman, but when he tries to use it to hide from the police it doesn't work.
- Reprints
After Tomorrow
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 5540
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A King plans on invading a neighbouring country. When a mysterious watch he finds allows him to see into the future, he finds out nothing but death and plague will result from the war. He decides to forge diplomatic relations with the country instead.
- Reprints
The It Creatures
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A group of Earth astronauts travel to the moon and encounter huge creatures they call "It".
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #41 - in Tales of Dread Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) #[nn] (1959)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #193 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
A Thirst For Gold
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 3825
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dennis Raft
- Synopsis
- An escaped convict steals a canteen from a prospector only to discover later in the desert it holds only gold dust.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #54
- in Tales of Dread Album (G. T. Limited, 1959 series) #[nn] (1959)
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #1 (1966), #100 ([circa 1973 - 1974]), #129 ([circa 1977 - 1978]), #160 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
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Indexer Notes
Elkan can be spotted by his faces with eyes often out of line and copious hair under the hats and on the neck.
The Comfort Crystal
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- 3845
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A salesman helps a man sell thousands of small crystals that act as a comforting therapeutic. It turns out the man is from an enemy nation and is using the crystals to hypnotize people, thus allowing his nation to conquer the world.
- Reprints
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Man Who Sold Darkness
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2.
After Tomorrow
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3.
The It Creatures
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4.
A Thirst For Gold
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5.
A Day of "Fun With Pop"
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6.
The Comfort Crystal
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