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TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #97

Cover Date: October-November 1966
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1966-8-11

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jay Scott Pike


Story: "One Month to Die!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood (?)
ArtGeorge Roussos
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Green Glob

Supporting Character(s):

Roger Boyd (first appearance; a 26 year old with a rare virus, given one month to live)

Villain(s):

a band of "Creature-Men" (first appearance for all; can transform into icen men of fire beings; destroyed)

Other Character(s):

Princess Eda Harrye (first appearance)
the King (first appearance)
Roger Boyd's doctor (first appearance)
the office nurse (first appearance; initials "E.H.," like the princess)

Location(s):

Switzerland
an unidentified village
United States of America
an unidentified city or town
an unidentified reality

Comment(s):

A month passes over the course of this story.


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Second Story (reprint): "The Human Stallion" (6 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

ArtMort Meskin
EditingJack Schiff

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from House of Secrets #5 (July-August 1957)

Comment(s):

As this story is not part of DC Universe continuity, it will not be fully indexed.


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Third Story: "Automan vs. Mutant-Man!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder (?)
ArtJay Scott Pike
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Automan (last in issue #94/3; next in DC Comics Presents #33/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Miller Sterling (last in issue #94/3)

Villain(s):

Mutant-Man (Doc Barton; first appearance; creates a genetic ray which can transform a subject into a hulking mutant)
"Holdup" Hogan (first appearance; transforms himself into a second Mutant-Man)

Location(s):

Loon Island (first appearance)


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