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Unusual Tales
Date | Number: 20 | Lang: English (en)
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PublicationJanuary 1960 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly
 
ContentGenre: Fantasy; Science Fiction
 
Comic StoryThe Unbelievable Stone Man (7 pages)
SynopsisWhen an alien rock creature literally crashes on Earth, John Travers, fishing nearby, unwittingly reassembles him. Revealing his race's ominous plan to plunder the Earth, he begins transforming a giant rock into a spaceship to report back to his world. Travers saves the day by blowing up Norkan and his ship. Luckily, the Highway Dept kept a box of dynamite and a detonator in a shack in the woods, secured by only a small padlock.
CreditsLetters: typeset | Job #: 5967
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: John Travers; Norkan (alien)
 
Publisher advertisementHey Kids! Terrific Prizes! (1 page)
NotesTerrific prizes for mailing in the red corner and CDC from front covers. Offer expired December 31, 1960.
 
Comic StoryThe Time Cap (5 pages)
SynopsisWhen part time explorer Phil Winship finds an ancient helmet in an an Iranian cave in the desert, he puts it on and is instantly transported 20,000 years into the past. Invisible to anyone in the past, Phil observes a scientist, Adab and his beautiful daughter Accara, and falls in love. Meanwhile, back in the present, some boys smash the helmet (existing in both times) and Phil materializes. The scientist informs Phil that he is now stuck in the past, where Phil ultimately finds happiness... and love.
CreditsLetters: typeset | Job #: 5681
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: Phil Winship; Adab; Accara
 
Text StoryBubbling Magic (2 pages)
SynopsisA policeman uses a death mask, a dummy, and a lot of salt to solve a murder at a nearby mountain lake.
CreditsLetters: typeset
 
Comic StoryThe Demon Within (7 pages)
SynopsisA painter struggles with his own work.
CreditsLetters: typeset | Job #: 5476
ContentGenre: Fantasy | Characters: Paul Duval; Suzette
 
Comic StoryThe Incredible Advice (5 pages)
SynopsisA man hears a mysterious disembodied voice that tells him the ingredients to create a serum that will cure a worldwide pandemic.
CreditsLetters: typeset | Job #: 5312
ContentGenre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dr. John Selwyn; Dr. Sprague
NotesBaker pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Vince Colletta. Only story not advertised on the cover.
 
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