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CATALOG RECORD

Tales of the Unexpected #11

DC · Series began 1956 · March 1957

Dates

Cover date
March 1957
On sale
January 15, 1957
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Leonard Starr, Bernard Baily, Ruben Moreira, Nick Cardy, Henry Boltinoff, Bill Ely, Ray Thompsoninks: Leonard Starr, Bernard Baily, Ruben Moreira, Nick Cardy, Henry Boltinoff, Bill Ely, Ray Thompsonscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Liebowitzletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

  • Who Am I? · 6 pages

    A man with amnesia is forced to steal against his will by a disembodied head. He is a robot, and the head belongs to his creator. When the police trail the robot home, the scientist tries to escape, but he and the robot end up falling to their deaths.

  • I Was a Man from the Future · 6 pages

    Blake travels back in time through a crevice in a mountain side where he frees a good man and falls in love with a beautiful girl. To protect his new friends he returns to the present for a weapon, but when he tries to rejoin them the crevice is gone and he is stuck in the present.

  • The Ghost of Hollywood · 6 pages

    Miles Turner makes a deal with a ghost to help him create realistic special effects for a film. But when he is forced to break the deal, through no fault of his own, the ghost ruins the film.

  • The Bewitched Vehicle · 1.75 pages
  • The Man Who Hated Green · 6 pages

    The paintings of Jean Malreaux put their owners into comas. Hector Abbott notices the paintings lack the color green and deduces that the painter is an impostor with an aversion to the color green, striking out at people associated with that color.

Reprinted in

Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (2012), House of Mystery (1951), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), Blackhawk (1957), Five-Score Comic Monthly (1958), Mighty Comic (1960), Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery (2006)

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