The Unexpected
#129
(November 1971)
DC,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-09-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Deadly Widow's Web
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- B-1117
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #2 (1972) [cover] -
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #2/1972 ([August] 1972) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #2 (September 1972) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #2/1972 ([september] 1972) -
in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #2/1972 (8 september 1972) -
in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #301 (4 de diciembre de 1972) -
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([June 1973] ?)
-
- Keywords
- black widow spider
Farewell to a Fading Star
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- B-1011
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Norma Deering; Joel; Jeanie Deering; Howard Hanson
- Synopsis
- A famous movie actress can't accept that she is getting older.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #14 ([December 1974])
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 ([June 1980]) [Splash page: artwork extended (above story title) to fill page after original indicia removed.]
-
The Brain Thief
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1119
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Great Dante
- Synopsis
- After having his mind-reading show exposed as a fraud, The Great Dante gains the ability to actually read minds.
- Reprints
-
from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #2 (January-February 1957) - in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #9 ([January 1979]) [Job number (B-1119) deleted from this reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- mind reader
Beyond the Shadows
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-581
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Vincent Harrow; Laura
- Synopsis
- Vincent has a recurring nightmare that his wife is in danger.
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #5 (1972)
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #5/1972 ([November] 1972)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #5 (December 1972)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #5/1972 ([desember] 1972)
-
in Kamandi (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Menace of the Maze
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1116
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Laird Barth; Warren; King Thutmose
- Synopsis
- Two explorers are trapped in a maze of ancient Egyptian pharaoh King Thutmose.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #70 (January 1958)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #6 (1973)
-
- Keywords
- maze
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1110
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Lt. Ben H. Lloyd, Jim Hoffman and Katherine Belvoir.
The Deadly Widow's Web!
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- B-596
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Gustave Rausch; Lydia Arachane; Ruth Rausch; Ann Rausch
- Synopsis
- Gustave Rausch takes advantage of a kindly old woman, but a spider makes sure he gets what he deserves.
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #6 (1973)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #6 (January 1973)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #1/1973 ([januar] 1973)
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([June 1973] ?)
-
in Dario Argento presenta Profondo Rosso (Edizioni Eden, 1990 series) #4 - I delitti di Edgar Allan Poe (marzo 1991)
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- Keywords
- black widow spider
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Deadly Widow's Web
-
1.
Farewell to a Fading Star
-
2.
The Brain Thief
-
3.
Beyond the Shadows
-
4.
The Menace of the Maze
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5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
6.
The Deadly Widow's Web!
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7.
D.C. Sweeps A.C.B.A. Awards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Jochen G.
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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