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