Issue Details

Issue	#88
Published	April-May 1965
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff

Cover Details - "Curse of the Mystic Mask!"

Genre	occult; science fiction
Pencils	Dick Dillin
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp

7 page story "The Fear Master"

Synopsis	When Dr. Vincent Adler dies suddenly, his assistant Harold Jukes steals his last invention, a ray that causes instant fear, and embarks on a crime spree.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Jack Sparling
Inks	Jack Sparling
Reprinted	in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #160 (November-December 1974)

Half page statement of ownership

Letters	typeset
Notes	Statement of October 1, 1964 No circulation numbers given Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, J. S. Liebowitz, P. H. Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, S. U. Sampliner, Sonia Iger

Half page Doctor Fate; Hourman promo (ad from the publisher) "It Started with the Flash!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #55 (March-April 1965) [Doctor Fate and Hourman Silver Age revival]

Half page Professor Eureka story "I'm getting terribly absent-minded lately."

Characters	Doctor Eureka
Genre	humor; science fiction
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

8 page story "Beware the Weirdos"

Synopsis	People are fascinated by a line of robots that can perform various tasks, but when rich owners buy them, they are suddenly the victims of crime.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Dave Wood ?
Pencils	Gil Kane (signed)
Inks	Gil Kane
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes

1 page public service announcement "Are You a Silent Witness?"

Synopsis	Kids learn that it pays to stick around and help the cops as a witness to a crime.
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Half page Flash promo (ad from the publisher) "If You Missed the Most Famous Flash Story..."

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	House ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #9 (April 1965) [Flash]

1 page True Tales of the Unexpected text article

Letters

typeset

7 page Green Glob story "The Curse of the Mystic Mask"

Characters	Green Glob; Doug Douglas
Synopsis	Doug Douglas has given up medical school to become an actor, but the Green Glob intervenes to transform him into the living image of a monster costume he wore for a publicity stunt. He returns to normal only when he realizes that the shallow fame of an actor is not what he really wants.
Genre	occult; science fiction
Script	Dave Wood ?
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	writer identification by Bob Hughes