The Unexpected #190

(March-April 1979)

[Have You the Nerve to Face the Unexpected] (Table of Contents)

The Unexpected / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike W. Barr

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Madame Xanadu; Abel

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover introductory sequence with indicia at bottom of page.

The Jigsaw Corpse (Table of Contents)

The Unexpected / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Kashdan

Pencils:

Frank Redondo

Inks:

Frank Redondo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #36 (August 1979)

Death Warmed Over (Table of Contents)

The Unexpected / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

ER Cruz

Inks:

ER Cruz

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Death Took The Curtain Calls (Table of Contents)

The Unexpected / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Bill Payne

Inks:

Bill Payne

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Getting Rid of Robert (Table of Contents)

The Unexpected / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Murray Boltinoff [as Bill Dennehy]

Pencils:

Jess Jodloman

Inks:

Jess Jodloman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

"Shh, don't say a word reader.!" (Table of Contents)

The House of Secrets / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz?

Pencils:

Romeo Tanghal?

Inks:

Romeo Tanghal?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Abel; Jack C. Harris

Every Silver Lining's Got A Cloud (Table of Contents)

House of Secrets / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Pasko [as Kyle Christopher]

Pencils:

George Rupert

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Abel (host)

Indexer Notes

Script: Kyle Christoper pseudonym pointed out by Jeff Clem.

Lola Is A Lethal Lady (Table of Contents)

House of Secrets / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Ding Castrilla

Inks:

Ding Castrilla

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Abel (host)

A Plague of Rats (Table of Contents)

House of Secrets / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Wessler

Pencils:

Ruben Yandoc

Inks:

Ruben Yandoc

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Abel (host)

Tapestry of Dreams (Table of Contents)

Doorway To Nightmare / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack C. Harris?

Pencils:

Mike W. Kaluta

Inks:

Mike W. Kaluta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Madame Xanadu

Indexer Notes

Intended for the unpublished Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #6. Printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1. Trade elements and artist signature removed, and most of original logo removed and replaced with a caption.

Tapestry of Dreams (Table of Contents)

Doorway To Nightmare / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Burkett

Pencils:

Juan Ortiz

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

Clem Robins

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Madame Xanadu; Mr. Hazel [Azazel]; Stephen Prince; Laurel; Mr. Jaffe

Synopsis:

After Madame Xanadu dismisses a mysterious visitor, she greets Stephen Prince, whose romance with Laurel has been complicated by the arrival of their new neighbor, Mr. Hazel. Madame Xanadu explains that Mr. Hazel is an incubus who creates tapestries from his victims' dreams. If these tapestries are destroyed, the incubus loses his power, but his victims also die. Stephen enters Laurel's dreams in order to defeat Mr. Hazel and release his victims.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39 (May 1980)

Indexer Notes

Story originally scheduled for unpublished Doorway to Nightmare #6. Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1. Title of story, logo, and indicia removed, but with art extension on the bottom of the first page. Lettering credit from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1.