Unusual Tales (1955 Charlton) comic books 1961

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Sal Trapani. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. Jonathan's obsession with racing faster and faster leads him to new dimensions humankind was not meant to visit, in a story (and cover) with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Geoffrey sees a flying saucer once, and he's ready for it when he sees it again twelve years later. A pocket watch gives Jack clues to a murder plot and an alien invasion. Speed Crazed; The Unseen; Where Is Amelia?; Fantasia; Nightmare!. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. A strange subterranean boring machine gives a man a vision of the future, in a story (and cover) with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Jonathan meets Jada in his dreams and learns his destiny lies there, in dream world. Charles tries to prove that a house is not haunted. Dr. Sino's Mistake; The Man in the Well; The Apparition; The Ghost Getter in Venor's Valley; A Look Into the Future. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, Vince Alascia and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. Mr. Korex returns from the dead, but remains shrouded in mystery. Survivors of a nuclear holocaust decide to send their stone-age mutant cousins, Ada and Ee, to a new planet they can have for their own. A modern-day hunter stumbles on the tracks of a saber-toothed tiger that has somehow survived to the present, in a story (and cover) featuring a great monster-tiger. The Man Who Wasn't; Bail Out to Venus; In the Beginning; The Magic Mirror of Morgenstern; The Saber-Toothed Tiger and Modern Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Joe Gill, Bill Molno, Sal Trapani, and Vince Alascia. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. Square Stanley hangs out with Gigi at her Beatnik parties, where she says things like "Isn't this the uttermost?...Take off, cube, and fly!", in a story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. Baxter is eccentric anyway, but when he starts talking about a woman no one else can see, it seems he's finally lost it. A commuter boards a bus that suddenly takes off and flies, and he realizes he should have taken the local, not the express. Where Does It Go?; The Mirage; Who's Crazy?; Been There Before?; The Wanderers; Way Out, Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. Aliens rescue a fisherman and adopt him into their society. Scientists examine a feral boy raised by wolves. Hunters get the feeling there is something hiding in a notch in the hills. Never Return; A Small Matter of Time; Good Guesser; Wego the Wolf Boy; The Thing in the Ledge! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, and Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Strange stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror that fit within the guidelines of the new Comics Code. Scientists send Sammy the monkey into space, but the ape that comes back is a lot bigger, meaner, and knows how to mix chemicals to create nitroglycerin! A space soldier who has never encountered an enemy ship meets one that looks just like his ship, after he comes out of a "time jump." Newlyweds James and Donna find the perfect house...only it's a little TOO perfect. Cover includes a panel from Konga #1 by Steve Ditko. The Strange Case of Sammy; The Enemy; The World Beyond; The Home of Happiness. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.