The Unexpected
#138
(August 1972)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-06-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Unexpected #137 and Comic Reader #85.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #32 ([December 1977])
-
Shadow of the Devil-Doll
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1420
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- Keywords
- voodoo; voodoo dolls
Strange Secret of the Huan Shan Idol
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- B-1082
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Craig Kohlar; Choong Sun; Li Sun
- Synopsis
- Craig assists Choong Sun and his daughter in looking for a mystical Buddha statue.
- Reprints
-
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #28 (1974) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #5/1974 ([mai] 1974) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #22 (June 1974)
-
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling ? (illustration)
- Inks
- Jack Sparling ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1421
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter from Paul Emrath.
The Murder Machine
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-1022
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Kenneth Saxon; Kimberly
- Synopsis
- A writer falls in love with one of the characters in his novel.
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #29 (1974)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #6/1974 ([juni] 1974)
-
in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #6/1974 (7 juni 1974) - in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #23 (Juli 1974)
-
in Nick Carter (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4 (1975) [N&B [B&W]]
-
An Old Chinese Custom
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Bill Dennehy (house name)
- Pencils
- Fred Carrillo
- Inks
- Fred Carrillo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1304
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Chiao Hua
- Synopsis
- A coffin ends up being used as a life boat.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #5 ([June 1973] ?)
- in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #9/1975 ([5 september] 1974)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #44 (1975)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #9/1975 ([september] 1975)
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #3 (4ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- coffins; shipwrecks
Shadow of the Devil-Doll
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1306
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Jamison; Mr. Hurd; Kwami
- Synopsis
- A new hotel owner angers a voodoo priest.
- Reprints
- in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #5/1974 which is reprinted
- in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #8/1983 ([29 juli] 1983)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #28 (1974)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #5/1974 ([mai] 1974)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #22 (June 1974)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975])
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #2/1983 (1983) [2. translation]
- in Fantomen (Semic, 1958 series) #2/1994 (1994)
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #10/1994 (uke 20 1994)
-
- Keywords
- voodoo; voodoo dolls
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Shadow of the Devil-Doll
-
1.
Strange Secret of the Huan Shan Idol
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
3.
The Murder Machine
-
4.
An Old Chinese Custom
-
5.
Shadow of the Devil-Doll
This issue was modified by, among others
- Oliver Bürger
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Merlin Haas
- David Haglund
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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