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Unusual Tales #1

La Caverna del Pasado

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

Hoping to sell a big story to his editor, reporter Jim Foster fakes photographs of prehistoric animals in a legendary Latin American cave, but when he takes Professor charles Beaduy to the cave, they find more than what was promised.

The cave does bring together animals and people from different times, but whether any actual time travel occurs is debatable. And before you ask, I don’t know what a mastondia is either.

— Michael Main
Time must have stood still in this region of Earth. Take a picture of this mastondia before it goes for us.

“La Caverna del Pasado” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #1 (Charlton Comics, November 1955).

Unusual Tales #2

Madam Futura

by Joe Gill [?] and Mark Swayze [?]

Madam Futura has an infallible knack for seeing the future—a knack that businessman Ben Gainer plans to exploit, even though he figures her for a fake.
— Michael Main
That Madam Futura knows everything! She can see the past, the present, and the future!

“Madam Futura” by Joe Gill [?] and Mark Swayze [?], Unusual Tales #2 (Charlton Comics, January 1956).

Unusual Tales #2

Ramakos II Doubled

by Joe Gill [?] and Charles Nicholas [?]

After actor John Montaro immerses himself in the role of Ramakos II, he receives a visit from the original Ramakos II, who takes Montaro back to ancient Egypt.
— Michael Main
Won’t things become rather confused if people see and hear there are two of us?

“Ramakos II Doubled” by Joe Gill [?] and Charles Nicholas [?], Unusual Tales #2 (Charlton Comics, January 1956).

Unusual Tales #3

Don Alvarado’s Treasure

[writer unknown]

Young Frank Winston has everything a man could ever want, but for the past three months, he's been unable to move on in his ideal life because he’s haunted by dreams of a band of 18th-century Spanish soldiers who buried a treasure chest in the desert north of Mexico.
— Michael Main
"Oh, Professor," half chided Helen Crane, "You don’t mean to say that you believe in these dreams. That the past can actually come back into the present."

“Don Alvarado’s Treasure” [writer unknown], Unusual Tales #3 (Charlton Comics, April 1956).

Unusual Tales #3

The Lodestone

by Joe Gill [?] and Ernie Bach

Businessman Burt Carpe and his scientist sidekick Jeff struggle with coming up with a plan to make money from their time machine. In the end, they take a large lump of carbon back to an unspecified ice age a few million years in the past. Can you guess why?
— Michael Main
There she is, my cyclo-metronome, a real live time-machine!

“The Lodestone” by Joe Gill [?] and Ernie Bach, Unusual Tales #3 (Charlton Comics, April 1956).

Unusual Tales #3

Why?

by Joe Gill [?] and Charles Nicholas

The Bailys are the perfect family with the perfect baby, until one day young Billy wails all night long.
— Michael Main
He cried all night—he didn’t stop till just now! He can’t be just teething! I’m taking the day off . . . We’re going to the doctor to find out why!

“Why?” by Joe Gill [?] and Charles Nicholas, Unusual Tales #3 (Charlton Comics, April 1956).

Unusual Tales #5

The Man Who Changed Times

by Joe Gill [?] and Dick Gordano [?]

A prisoner, Vincent Rand, is offered a way out of his ten-year sentence.
— Michael Main
Wouldn’t you prefer being free, even five hundred years in the past, to serving out a ten year sentence in this prison?

“The Man Who Changed Times” by Joe Gill [?] and Dick Gordano [?], Unusual Tales #5 (Charlton Comics, September 1956).

Unusual Tales #6

Caveman

by Joe Gill [?] and Charles Nicholas

Herman Pringle despairs of ever having the respect of his wife Clara, so much so that he daydreams of living the life of of a caveman where every man’s wife was his servant.
— Michael Main
But she’d never push me around if we lived back in the time of the cavemen! No, siree! I’d be boss.

“Caveman” by Joe Gill [?] and Charles Nicholas, Unusual Tales #6 (Charlton Comics, February 1957).

Unusual Tales #10

Man from the Ages

by Joe Gill [?] and [?Bill Molno[/exn]

A military post in Alaska discovers a prehistoric man frozen in ice.
— Michael Main
You are right, Jason. This is big!! A beast-like human, frozen solid for who knows how many thousands of years . . . perhaps millions of years, and perfectly preserved!

“Man from the Ages” by Joe Gill [?] and [?Bill Molno[/exn], Unusual Tales #10 (Charlton Comics, January 1958).

Unusual Tales #11

Dream On . . . !

by Joe Gill [?] and Maxwell Elkan

Fred Cotton refuses to sleep because each of his nightmares later comes true!
— Michael Main
He fought sleep like a man fighting demons! But no man can stay awake forever! His eyelids began to close, heavy with fatigue, his head began to nod . . .

“Dream On . . . !” by Joe Gill [?] and Maxwell Elkan, Unusual Tales #11 (Charlton Comics, March 1958).

Unusual Tales #11

Noise in the Cellar

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

Once again, a plumber receives an emergency call from 12 Hedge Row.
— Michael Main
Will you come right over? My water heater looks dangerous!

“Noise in the Cellar” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #11 (Charlton Comics, March 1958).

Unusual Tales #11

Second Chance

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

After Dr. Paul Faine accomplishes his life’s work, he begins to reflect on the past and whether the world is ready for limitless power.
— Michael Main
Now we will see into the coree of the atom . . . the core which is the basis of all things! We will be able to produce life in the test tube, blow up the world with the touch of a finger!

“Second Chance” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #11 (Charlton Comics, March 1958).

Unusual Tales #12

Time of the Dragon

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

RAF pilot Clive St. George is a snooty chap because of his fine ancestry until one day he has motor trouble while flying through a storm.
— Michael Main
Motor trouble! Must go down! According to my reckoning I must be close to my ancestral home in West Croyden . . .

“Time of the Dragon” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #12 (Charlton Comics, July 1958).

Unusual Tales #13

After Tomorrow!

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

While preparing for war against Bulavia, King Gustave of Translovia sees two visions of the future by way of a magnificent timepiece.
— Michael Main
I have had a vision of my victory tomorrow!

“After Tomorrow!” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #13 (Charlton Comics, September 1958).

Unusual Tales #14

Giant from the Unknown

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

While digging a well, farmer John Grainey stumbles upon a buried giant.
— Michael Main
I believe your giant was in some scientific vault from another age [. . .]

“Giant from the Unknown” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #14 (Charlton Comics, December 1958).

Unusual Tales #15

The Mystery Ship

by John Severin

In a violent storm, the Golden Lion follows another ship, the Mary Ann, to a safe port.
— Michael Main
Look! Another ship in front of us.

“The Mystery Ship” by John Severin, Unusual Tales #15 (Charlton Comics, February 1959).

Unusual Tales #20

The Time Cap

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

Phil Winship, an executive at an American company in Iran, finds an odd cap in the desert that transports him to a strange laboratory.
— Michael Main
Now I realize what happened! This cap is some sort of time-travelling device!

“The Time Cap” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #20 (Charlton Comics, January 1960).

Unusual Tales #20

The Forbidden Camera

by Joe Gill [?], Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia

Archeologist Wayne Banford ignores the sanskrit warning to leave the camera where he found it in a cave with an idol.
— Michael Main
He who would claim this camera as his own will have a life of woe heed this warning.

“The Forbidden Camera” by Joe Gill [?], Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia, Unusual Tales #21 (Charlton Comics, March 1960).

Unusual Tales #25

The Confederate Girl

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

Civil War mythbuster Hiram White moves to a small Georgia town where the townspeople believe that Confederate ghosts still ride through the dusk.
— Michael Main
Miss Belle Herbert once lived here! During the Civil War she was a southern spy and captured by Major Joshua White!

“The Confederate Girl” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #25 (Charlton Comics, December 1960).

Unusual Tales #26

Where Is Amelia?

by Joe Gill [?], Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia

At a happenin’ party, a beatnik puts Amelia into a trance, sending her to, like, the the 25th century!
— Michael Main
Sleep, chick, sleep deep! You will like go into another world. A world without squares. A world where everyone is like real sweep people!

“Where Is Amelia?” by Joe Gill [?], Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia, Unusual Tales #26 (Charlton Comics, February 1961).

Unusual Tales #27

Look into the Future

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

Decades ago, a prescient dream gave a young man confidence to ruthlessly pursue his ambitions.
— Michael Main
The mine did cave later . . . but mining is a dangerous business and some always die! The important thing is, I got production!

“Look into the Future” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #27 (Charlton Comics, April 1961).

Unusual Tales #29

Where Does It Go?

by Joe Gill [?], Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia

J. L . Standish finds himself unexpectedly on a flying bus to the future where the automata have a job for him.
— Michael Main
But what would I do? If your automated processes are as efficient as I believe, a mere mortal cannot be important to you!

“Where Does It Go?” by Joe Gill [?], Bill Molno, and Vince Alascia, Unusual Tales #29 (Charlton Comics, August 1961).

Unusual Tales #30

A Small Matter of Time

by Joe Gill [?] and Rocco “Rocke” Mastroserio

The title suggests that Professor Amos Shute’s intrepid travelers are going back in time to four planets that are identical in every way to our own, but then again, perhaps those four planets were merely at earlier times to begin with. We won’t say one way or another, but we are glad that the Spanish Flu pandemic, World War I, World War II, and World War III were all averted on some Earth.
— Michael Main
In what time period will you find yourselves when you land at your particular destinatoin!

“A Small Matter of Time” by Joe Gill [?] and Rocco “Rocke” Mastroserio, Unusual Tales #30 (Charlton Comics, October 1961).

Unusual Tales #32

Out of “Ur”

[writer unknown]

A man and his future wife show up in the 20th century with a bag of diamonds and a fabulous story of ancient royalty.
— Michael Main
I refuse to make any statement about whether or not those two crossed a Time Barrier.

“Out of ‘Ur’” [writer unknown], Unusual Tales #32 (Charlton Comics, February 1962).

Unusual Tales #33

Death of a Hot Rod

by Joe Gill [?], Charles Nicholas, and Rocco “Rocke” Mastroserio

After high school, young Joe Bragan is offered a job driving his hot rod around the deserts of Libya.
— Michael Main
He looks for real! So does the chariot!

“Death of a Hot Rod” by Joe Gill [?], Charles Nicholas, and Rocco “Rocke” Mastroserio, Unusual Tales #33 (Charlton Comics, mAY 1962).

Unusual Tales #47

The Unwelcome Guest

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno

After a car accident, Steve Teller stumbles into a house that takes him from one time to another.
— Michael Main
Open up! I’ve had enough of this! Whatever crazy explanation there is, I want it now!

“The Unwelcome Guest” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #47 (Charlton Comics, November 1964).

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