The Unexpected
#152
(November 1973)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 18
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1973-08-14
- 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 Comic Reader #99.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #31 ([October 1977])
-
Dark Secret of the Swamp
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1836
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #17 ([June 1975]), #17 ([June 1975])
-
- Keywords
- swamp
Death Wears Many Faces!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-702
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Harry Drummond; Mort; Angela Todd
- Synopsis
- Harry Drummond has created a serum that prevents a person from dying but he needs someone to test it on.
- Reprints
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (1er trimestre 1979) [N&B [B&W]] - in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #16 (avril 1988) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Creeping Beauty
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala (signed)
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1709
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ilona Carrie; Edmund Carver; Alfred; Mr. Finch
- Synopsis
- Ilona uses her beauty to twist men to do her bidding.
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #11 (December 1978)
-
The Dark Secret of the Swamp
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1694
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Frank Mandrill; Manfred
- Synopsis
- Frank hides out in the swamp and discovers the secrets of the old couple living in a forlorn house.
- Reprints
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (1er trimestre 1979) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Névrose (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #14 (juin 1987) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- swamp
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1830
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Greg W. Myers and Will Nash.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Dark Secret of the Swamp
-
1.
Death Wears Many Faces!
-
2.
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Behind the Scenes at the DC Comic World -
3.
Creeping Beauty
-
4.
The Dark Secret of the Swamp
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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