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Unusual Tales #14

Charlton · Series began 1955 · December 1958

Dates

Cover date
December 1958
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Charles Nicholas, Steve Ditko, Max Elkan, Dick Malmgren, Bill Molnoinks: Vince Alascia, Steve Ditko, Max Elkan, Dick Malmgrenscript: Joe Gillletters: Jon D'Agostino

Stories

  • Giant From the Unknown · 7 pages

    A farmer uncovers a giant while digging for a well. The authorities think it's a fake like the "Cardiff Giant".

  • Approaching Normalcy · 5 pages

    A mother is concerned that her prodigy ingenious little boy spends too much time studying and not playing with the other children in the neighbourhood. He builds a robot duplicate of himself to play with the other kids while he continues his studies.

  • Time Theory · 2 pages

    Various theories about aging and the fundamentals of time.

  • The Stubborn House · 5 pages

    It seems a house doesn't like the idea of being torn down and replaced.

  • Alone · 3 pages

    A bitter and angry man wants to be left alone. One night during a fierce storm he gets angry at his neighbours for continuously calling on him, not realizing they are trying to warn him of an approaching flood.

  • The Greater Life · 5 pages

    A man wakes up from a coma after three years and finds out everyone is being modified into Venusians after the Earth has been invaded.

Reprinted in

Uncanny Tales (1963), The Steve Ditko Archives (2009), The Return of Gorgo (2020), Weird Planets (1962), Monster Hunters (1975), Doomsday + 1 (1998)

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