Unusual Tales
#15
(February 1959)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1958 ?
- 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
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- The street comes to life and threatens a couple of bystanders.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- occult
If This Be Earth
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- 4864
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A crew of astronauts are returning home from space and land on Earth. They find it odd that the planet was much closer then they thought. It turns out it was a copy of Earth built by aliens for a pageant because they love our planet so much.
- Reprints
Worthless World
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- 4770
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Earthmen land on Venus and are disappointed that the planet is devoid of any resources. When they leave the Venusians make themselves and their cities visible. They hid everything because they didn't want their planet to be exploited.
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #48 - in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #13
-
in Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #34 (March 1979) - in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #186 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
-
They Must Be Like Us
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S4582
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A professor theorizes that aliens must look like humans. When aliens arrive he sees a couple of human looking beings and a robot. It turns out the robot is the living being and the human-like beings are really lifeless automations.
- Reprints
- in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #13 (1963 ?)
- in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #[1] (2002)
- in Steve Ditko: Space Wars (Vanguard Productions, 2005 series) (February 2005)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #6 - Outer Limits (April 2016)
-
The Mirror
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S4841
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A magic mirror convinces landlord Peter Festro to change his ways.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #48
- in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #13
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #186 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
- in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #[1] (2002)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #6 - Outer Limits (April 2016)
-
The Mystery Ship
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Severin (signed as LePoer)
- Inks
- John Severin (signed as LePoer)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 3609
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The Golden Lion is led safely to shore by a ghost ship.
- Reprints
- in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #13 (1963 ?)
-
The Juggernauts of Jupiter
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S4714
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The warlike beings of Neptune want to conquer the peaceful inhabitants of Jupiter. The Jupertians are able to defend themselves by hiding their magnificent cities underground with the flick of a switch and using giant balls to crush the invading ships.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #33
- in Space War (Charlton, 1959 series) #33 (February 1979)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #244 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
-
in UFO (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) #1 (1998) - in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #[1] (2002)
- in Steve Ditko: Space Wars (Vanguard Productions, 2005 series) (February 2005)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #6 - Outer Limits (April 2016)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
If This Be Earth
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2.
Worthless World
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3.
They Must Be Like Us
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4.
The Mirror
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5.
The Mystery Ship
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6.
The Juggernauts of Jupiter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Mike White
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