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CATALOG RECORD

Tales of the Unexpected #14

DC · Series began 1956 · June 1957

Dates

Cover date
June 1957
On sale
April 16, 1957
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Mort Meskin, Henry Boltinoff, Bernard Baily, Ruben Moreira, George Pappinks: Sheldon Moldoff, Mort Meskin, Henry Boltinoff, Bernard Baily, Ruben Moreira, George Pappscript: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiffletters: Ira Schnapp

Stories

  • The Forbidden Game · 6 pages

    A sorcerer gives Alex Denton unlimited power as long as he never rides in a vehicle of a certain color, but the sorcerer refuses to say which color. Denton tricks the sorcerer into revealing the color, but then he is in accident that leaves him color blind and he accidentally enters a car of the forbidden shade.

  • Cry, Clown, Cry · 6 pages

    Tom Grayson follows his father into the family business as a circus clown, though the family line is subject to an ancient curse. But Tom finally breaks the curse by learning to laugh at himself.

  • The Man Who Owned King Arthur's Sword · 6 pages

    Criminals use a phony sword of King Arthur to defraud the public, but when one of the criminals kills his partner and then loses the sword in the ocean he must dive for it. Below he finds the real sword of King Arthur, but it severs his air hose and he dies too.

  • They Vanished Into Space · 2 pages
  • The Green Gorilla · 6 pages

    A blackmailer is pursued by a green gorilla only he can see or hear thanks to the mystical Tibetan statue he extorts from one of his victims.

Reprinted in

Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (2012), Superman Annual (1951), Century Plus Comic (1960), Super DC Giant (1970)

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