The Unexpected
#132
(February 1972)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-12-23
- 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 Comic Reader #77.
The Edge of Madness
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1102
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Debbie; Howard Partridge; Mildred Partridge; Johnny
- Synopsis
- Debbie is asked to babysit for the new family in town.
- Reprints
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]] -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #21 ([October 1976])
-
The Diary of a Dead Man!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-532
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Crawford; Assistant State Attorney Barney Roberts; Rod Hathaway; Sheriff Blanton; Heloise Hathaway
- Synopsis
- Barney Roberts tries to solve the death of Mr. Crawford.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #6 ([August 1973]), #6 ([August 1973])
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
-
Experiment 1000
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1205
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Ralph Scott; Dr. Kitteridge; Professor Simms; Professor Parsons
- Synopsis
- An experimental gorilla learns to talk.
- Reprints
-
from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #6 (September-October 1957) - in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #9 ([February 1974])
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- gorilla
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1199
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Helen Ericson; Jerry Wilson, Juan Mendoza and Tony Isabella.
The Sorcerer's Handcuffs
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1204
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A set of magical handcuffs binds any two people together until good triumphs over evil.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #1 (November-December 1956)
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #10 ([April 1974])
-
- Keywords
- handcuffs
Death Watch!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway ?
- Job Number
- B-743
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man steals a watch that makes him younger.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- pocket watch
A Will to Kill!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-755
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jacob; Bernard; Seymour; Arnold; Sybil
- Synopsis
- Uncle Jacob tells his three evil nephews that his entire fortune will go to the last one of them alive, so they plot to kill each other.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #38 ([February 1980])
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Edge of Madness
-
1.
The Edge of Madness
-
2.
The Diary of a Dead Man!
-
3.
Experiment 1000
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
5.
The Sorcerer's Handcuffs
-
6.
Death Watch!
-
7.
The Absolutely Obsolete Man
-
8.
A Will to Kill!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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