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Tales of the Unexpected #17

DC · Series began 1956 · September 1957

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Dates

Cover date: September 1957
On sale: July 16, 1957
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Ruben Moreira, Ray Thompson, Jack Kirby, Bill Ely, Henry Boltinoff, Bernard Baily, Jim Mooneyinks: Ruben Moreira, Jack Adler, Ray Thompson, Jack Kirby, Bill Ely, Henry Boltinoff, Bernard Baily, Jim Mooneyscript: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoffletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

Who Is Mr. Ashtar? · 6 pages
A hotel detective helps a man from the future get a picture of blueprints of a weapon necessary to repel a Martian invasion in 2957.
Beware the Thinking Cap · 6 pages
Johnny Manton steals a cap from a museum reputed to give its wearer great intelligence, but Manton doesn't know that the cap only allows itself to be used for good.
Hamid the Hypnotist · 1 pages
The Bullet Man · 6 pages
Due to a mixture of elements from a meteorite and scrap metal from an atomic research lab in his ID tag, inmate Chick Durant is able to leave his cell for 25 minutes at a time. But Durant is stuck on an uncharted island when he reshapes his tag, altering the mixture.
Strange Visit from Venus · 1 pages
The Impossible Voyage · 6 pages
As a prank, aliens take people lining up for a new amusement ride on a real ride through the solar system.

Reprinted in

Mystery in Space (1958), Fantastic Tales (1963), Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected (2012), House of Mystery (1951), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (1957), DC Special (1968), The Jack Kirby Omnibus (2011)