Tales of the Unexpected

    (DC, 1956-1968)
™ and © DC Comics
Series continues in The Unexpected #105

Tales of the Unexpected was one of several DC anthology titles from the 1950s, bridging the gap between the hard science fiction of Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures and the soft-edged horror of House of Mystery and House of Secrets. Early issues featured action-oriented suspense and adventure tales, including a few memorable entries by Jack Kirby. With issue #40, Tales of the Unexpected became home to Space Ranger, a science-fiction hero whose lighthearted exploits continued through the 1960s. Eventually, the contents changed back to story-length mystery and adventure, with no continuing features. The title was shortened to The Unexpected after issue #105, and continued with a sharper horror/mystery focus into the early 1980s.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1956
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    A: John Prentice, Howard Purcell, Charles Paris, Will Ely
    Feb-Mar issue
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  • 2
    #2
    May 1956
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    A: Ruben Moreira, Bill Draut, Mort Meskin, Will Ely, Leonard Starr
    Apr-May issue
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1956
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    A: Howard Purcell, Mort Meskin, Mort Drucker, John Prentice
    Jun-Jul issue
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  • 4
    #4
    Aug 1956
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    A: Will Ely, Sheldon Moldoff, Leonard Starr, John Prentice
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Sep 1956
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    A: Ruben Moreira, Will Ely, Sheldon Moldoff, John Prentice
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Oct 1956
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    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Nov 1956
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    A: Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff, George Roussos, Nick Cardy
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1956
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    W: George Kashdan  ·  A: Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $34.00
  • 9
    #9
    Jan 1957
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    A: Bernard Baily, George Papp, George Roussos, Leonard Starr
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    Feb 1957
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    A: Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff, Will Ely, Mort Meskin
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Mar 1957
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    A: Bernard Baily, Nick Cardy, Will Ely, Leonard Starr
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Apr 1957
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    A: Nick Cardy, Mort Meskin, Jack Kirby, Will Ely
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    May 1957
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    W: France Edward Herron  ·  A: Will Ely, Mort Meskin, George Papp, Nick Cardy, Jack Kirby
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    Jun 1957
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Mort Meskin, Bernard Baily, George Papp, Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Jul 1957
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Bernard Baily, George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 16
    #16
    Aug 1957
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    W: Dave Wood  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Mort Meskin, Sheldon Moldoff, Ruben Moreira
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Sep 1957
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Jack Kirby, Will Ely, Jim Mooney, Henry Boltinoff, Bernard Baily
    No copies available
  • 18
    #18
    Oct 1957
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    A: Jim Mooney, Mort Meskin, NIck Cardy, Jack Kirby
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Nov 1957
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    A: Nick Cardy, Jim Mooney, Will Ely, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 20
    #20
    Dec 1957
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    A: Nick Cardy, Will Ely, Bernard Baily, Ruben Moreira
    No copies available
  • 21
    #21
    Jan 1958
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    A: Bernard Baily, Jim McArdle, Jack Kirby, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 22
    #22
    Feb 1958
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    W: Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker  ·  A: Bernard Baily, Howard Purcell, Joe Maneely, Jack Kirby, Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker
    No copies available
  • 23
    #23
    Mar 1958
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    W: Mort Drucker, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Will Ely, George Roussos, Jim Mooney, Jack Kirby, Mort Drucker, Henry Boltinoff
    Reprint from Mystery In Space #8 (Jun-Jul 1952)
    No copies available
  • 24
    #24
    Apr 1958
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Kirby, Lou Cameron, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 25
    #25
    May 1958
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    A: Bernard Baily, Howard Purcell, Jim Mooney, Lou Cameron
    No copies available
  • 26
    #26
    Jun 1958
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Henry Boltinoff, Howard Purcell, Nick Cardy, Mort Meskin, George Roussos
    1 copy for $18.00
  • 27
    #27
    Jul 1958
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    W: Mort Drucker, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Nick Cardy, Mort Meskin, George Papp, Lou Cameron, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker
    No copies available
  • 28
    #28
    Aug 1958
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    A: Will Ely, Bernard Baily, Jim Mooney, Howard Purcell
    No copies available
  • 29
    #29
    Sep 1958
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    A: Ruben Moreira, George Roussos, Lou Cameron, Howard Purcell
    No copies available
  • 30
    #30
    Oct 1958
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bernard Baily, George Roussos, Nick Cardy, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    Binky: Lost, A Free Education (PSA)
    No copies available
  • 31
    #31
    Nov 1958
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Purcell, Will Ely, Doug Wildey, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 32
    #32
    Dec 1958
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    A: Jim Mooney, Will Ely, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Jan 1959
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    A: Jim Mooney, Howard Purcell, Doug Wildey, Nick Cardy
    No copies available
  • 34
    #34
    Feb 1959
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    A: George Roussos, Howard Purcell, George Tuska, Mort Meskin
    No copies available
  • 35
    #35
    Mar 1959
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Mort Meskin, Henry Boltinoff, Doug Wildey
    No copies available
  • 36
    #36
    Apr 1959
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    A: George Roussos, Jim Mooney, Lee Elias
    No copies available
  • 37
    #37
    May 1959
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    A: Jim Mooney, George Roussos, Bernard Baily
    No copies available
  • 38
    #38
    Jun 1959
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Nick Cardy, Howard Purcell, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff
    Clyde Beatty & Cole Brothers Circus admission ticket
    No copies available
  • 39
    #39
    Jul 1959
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    A: Nick Cardy, Jim Mooney, Bernard Baily
    No copies available
  • 40
    #40
    Aug 1959
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    W: Arnold Drake, Morris Waldinger, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Howard Purcell, Morris Waldinger, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker, Bob Brown
    Space Ranger stories begin
    No copies available
  • 41
    #41
    Sep 1959
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Nick Cardy, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Mort Drucker, Bernard Baily
    No copies available
  • 42
    #42
    Oct 1959
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Jim Mooney, George Roussos, Lee Elias
    No copies available
  • 43
    #43
    Space Ranger cover
    Nov 1959
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Nick Cardy, Howard Purcell
    1 copy for $84.00
  • 44
    #44
    Dec 1959
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Jim Mooney, George Roussos, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $27.84
  • 45
    #45
    Jan 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, Nick Cardy, Jim Mooney
    1 copy for $19.95
  • 46
    #46
    Feb 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bernard Baily, George Roussos, Jim Mooney, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 47
    #47
    Mar 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Nick Cardy, Howard Purcell, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 48
    #48
    Apr 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Jim Mooney, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 49
    #49
    May 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Lee Elias, Russ Heath, Jim Mooney
    No copies available
  • 50
    #50
    Jun 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Murphy Anderson, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 51
    #51
    Jul 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake, Martin Naydel, Mort Drucker, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Howard Purcell, Bob Brown, Martin Naydel, Mort Drucker, Henry Boltinoff
    Reprint from Strange Adventures #14 (Nov 1951)
    No copies available
  • 52
    #52
    Aug 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Nick Cardy, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 53
    #53
    Sep 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Nick Cardy, Jim Mooney, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 54
    #54
    Oct 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, Nick Cardy, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 55
    #55
    Space Ranger cover by Bob Brown
    Nov 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, Bob Brown, Nick Cardy
    Includes 1-page Dr. Rocket humor feature; Includes 1/2-page Professor Eureka humor feature; Includes Keep Learing PSA
    No copies available
  • 56
    #56
    Dec 1960
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: George Roussos, Howard Purcell, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 57
    #57
    Jan 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bob Brown, Will Ely, Henry Boltinoff, George Roussos
    A Space Man-At-Work Feature; Reprint from Mystery in Space #12 (Feb-Mar 1953)
    No copies available
  • 58
    #58
    Feb 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bob Brown, Nick Cardy, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff
    Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation for October 1, 1960
    No copies available
  • 59
    #59
    Mar 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff, Bernard Baily
    Reprint from Mystery in Space #32 (Jun-Jul 1956)
    No copies available
  • 60
    #60
    Apr 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Purcell, John Giunta, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 61
    #61
    May 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    1 copy for $1.10
  • 62
    #62
    Jun 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bob Brown, Howard Purcell, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, George Roussos
    1 copy for $37.95
  • 63
    #63
    Jul 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 64
    #64
    Aug 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Carmine Infantino, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 65
    #65
    Sep 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Jack Schiff  ·  A: George Roussos, Howard Purcell, Bob Brown, Bernard Baily
    1 copy for $8.50
  • 66
    #66
    Oct 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Mort Meskin, Will Ely, Bob Brown, Bernard Baily
    1 copy for $5.25
  • 67
    #67
    Nov 1961
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 68
    #68
    Jan 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 69
    #69
    Mar 1962
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Lee Elias, George Roussos, Bob Brown
    Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation for October 1, 1961
    No copies available
  • 70
    #70
    May 1962
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Will Ely, Lee Elias, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 71
    #71
    Jul 1962
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    W: Arnold Drake  ·  A: Ruben Moreira, Will Ely, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 72
    #72
    Sep 1962
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    W: George Kashdan  ·  A: Lee Elias, Howard Purcell, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 73
    #73
    Nov 1962
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Sherman, George Roussos, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 74
    #74
    Jan 1963
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    W: Arnold Drake, Jack Miller, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Julius Schwartz, Jack Schiff  ·  A: George Roussos, Sid Greene, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Sheldon Moldoff
    1 copy for $44.16
  • 75
    #75
    Mar 1963
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo  ·  A: Howard Sherman, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff, George Roussos, Horace Elmo
    Feb-Mar issue; Reprint from Mystery in Space #47 (Oct 1958); Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation for October 1, 1962
    1 copy for $25.00
  • 76
    #76
    May 1963
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    W: Arnold Drake, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Sherman, George Roussos, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 77
    #77
    Jul 1963
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    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Bob Brown, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $11.00
  • 78
    #78
    Sep 1963
    Cover: $0.12
    A: George Roussos, Howard Sherman, Phil Kelsey
    2 copies from $4.95
  • 79
    #79
    Nov 1963
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    W: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Sherman, George Roussos, Phil Kelsey, Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff
    Oct-Nov issue
    2 copies from $10.00
  • 80
    #80
    Jan 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, John Giunta, Phil Kelsey, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 81
    #81
    Mar 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Arnold Drake, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Phil Kelsey, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 82
    #82
    Space Ranger cover by Bob Brown
    May 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Phil Kelsey, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 83
    #83
    Jul 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Sherman, Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of the Green Glob
    1 copy for $7.50
  • 84
    #84
    Sep 1964
    Cover: $0.12
    W: France Edward Herron  ·  A: Howard Sherman, Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Sheldon Moldoff
    1 copy for $9.00
  • 85
    #85
    Nov 1964
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Howard Purcell, George Roussos, Jack Sparling, Henry Boltinoff
    2 copies from $6.98
  • 86
    #86
    Jan 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Julius Schwartz  ·  A: George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Dick Dillin, Morris Waldinger
    1 copy for $20.00
  • 87
    #87
    Mar 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Howard Sherman, Jack Sparling, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 88
    #88
    Green Glob cover by Dick Dillin
    May 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Jack Sparling, Gil Kane, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 89
    #89
    Jul 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jack Schiff  ·  A: George Roussos, Jack Sparling, Lee Elias, Win Mortimer
    1 copy for $4.95
  • 90
    #90
    Sep 1965
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    W: Dave Wood, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Bernard Baily, Jack Sparling, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $17.50
  • 91
    #91
    Nov 1965
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Lee Elias, Jack Sparling, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Automan; Origin of Automan
    2 copies from $8.00
  • 92
    #92
    Jan 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Roussos, Jack Sparling, Howard Purcell, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $12.00
  • 93
    #93
    Mar 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    A: George Roussos, Will Ely, Jack Sparling
    1 copy for $5.80
  • 94
    #94
    May 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Dave Wood, Bob Haney, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: George Roussos, Bernard Baily, Will Ely, Henry Boltinoff
    2 copies from $6.95
  • 95
    #95
    Jul 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Joe Certa, Jack Sparling, Bernard Baily, Henry Boltinoff
    4 copies from $6.95
  • 96
    #96
    Sep 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jack Schiff  ·  A: George Roussos, Jack Sparling, Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff
    Aug-Sep issue; Green Glob adventure; Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation for October 1, 1965
    6 copies from $11.00
  • 97
    #97
    Nov 1966
    Cover: $0.12
    A: George Roussos, Mort Meskin, Jay Scott Pike
    Reprints House of Secrets #5 (story); A Green Glob Adventure; Automan appearance (last of the Silver Age); End Automan feature; Last Automan appearance in the Silver Age; Oct-Nov issue; “The Human Stallion”reprinted from House of Secrets #5
    6 copies from $3.25
  • 98
    #98
    Jan 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Dave Wood, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bob Brown, George Roussos, Howard Purcell, Henry Boltinoff
    A Green Glob Adventure; Dec-Jan issue
    2 copies from $7.75
  • 99
    #99
    Mar 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Bernard Baily, John Prentice, Jack Sparling, Henry Boltinoff
    Reprint from My Greatest Adventure #10
    3 copies from $15.00
  • 100
    #100
    May 1967
    Cover: $0.12
    A: Bernard Baily, George Roussos, Jack Sparling
    3 copies from $3.60
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