Tales of the Unexpected #13 Values

Publisher: DC, 1957

About Tales of the Unexpected #13

Jack Kirby cover. Kirby, Bill Ely, Mort Meskin, and Nick Cardy art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Face Behind the Mask!

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Jack Kirby

Letters: Ira Schnapp

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Weapons of Destiny

Synopsis: A man with no memory is compelled to steal three weapons, but he doesn't know why. When he sees Professor Desmond on television, he senses he can solve the mystery. And he does, by telling the man he is artist Ted Thorn and he is to draw those weapons for the professor's latest book.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Otto Binder ?

Pencils: Bill Ely

Inks: Bill Ely

Letters: Pat Gordon ?

Reprints: World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #152 (September 1965)

Notes: Script credit from the index for the World's Finest Comics issue reprinting this story. Binder is not credited in the reprint.

Title: The Thing from the Skies

Synopsis: Rupert Corbin sees a small spaceship land, but is told by its inventor that it is only a mechanical prop. Corbin figures he can make money to pay back his gambling debts from pictures of the craft anyway, and kills Professor Lucas to do it. But Corbin is visited by small space travelers who reveal that Lucas was their contact on Earth and they take him home to their planet to face justice.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Mort Meskin

Inks: Mort Meskin

Reprints: Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-23 (March-April 1971)

Title: I Was a Prisoner of the Supernatural

Characters: Jasper Murdock; Mr. Robley; Gilda Greene; Mephistopheles; Tom Shields

Synopsis: Jasper Murdock, an actor playing the role of Mephistopheles, agrees to a deal with the Devil, but refuses to fulfill the contract and is rewarded.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Ed Herron

Pencils: Nick Cardy

Inks: Nick Cardy

Reprints: The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #18 (December 1971-January 1972)

Notes: Writer credit taken from the reprint.

Title: The Face Behind the Mask

Characters: Zoe Ann Kerns; Freddie White; Jay Hamilton

Synopsis: Jay Hamilton woos an actress who spends each night with her face covered in bandages. She claims to be 300 years old and to have a magic potion that keeps her young for a short period of time. Since she has run out of the potion, Jay and his father accompany her to meet the sorcerer who sells her the elixir, but Zoe Ann admits it's all a scam and the men turn the "sorcerer" over to the police.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Ed Herron

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Jack Kirby

Reprints: The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #18 (December 1971-January 1972)

Notes: Writer credit taken from reprint.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9

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