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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published October-November 1964
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff

Cover Details - "The Day Red Turned to Green!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page public service announcement "Smoking Is for Squares!"

Synopsis Paulette Breen (winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

7 page story "The Man Who Stole My Powers"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Howard Purcell
Inks Howard Purcell

Half page Moolah the Mystic story "Moolah, why are you soaping yourself?"

Characters Moolah the Mystic
Synopsis Moolah figures out how to take a shower during a drought.
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page The Green Glob story "The Tall Tale That Came To Life"

Characters Green Glob; Todd Tyler; Zoka-Rel
Synopsis The Green Glob is a green cloud-like thing that makes unexpected events occur. Explorer Todd Tyler is telling a made-up story to the Explorers' Club when he is transported into the tale for real.
Genre occult; science fiction
Script Dave Wood ?
Pencils George Roussos
Inks George Roussos
Notes writer identification by Bob Hughes.

1 page True Tales of the Unexpected text article

Genre occult
Letters typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue of The Unexpected"

Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Subscription form for Tales of the Unexpected, Sea Devils, Metal Men, and Green Lantern (10 issues for $1.00, 20 issues for #2.00).

7 page story "The Day Red Turned to Green!"

Genre science fiction
Script Dave Wood ?
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Notes writer identification by Bob Hughes