The Unexpected
#192
(July-August 1979)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-04-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070508
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #167.
[no title indexed]
cover / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Inks
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-979
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #42 ([November 1979])
-
Indexer Notes
wraparound cover
[no title indexed]
Abel; Madame Xanadu / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-6011
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- W-welcome, Madame Xanadu, t-to the House of Secrets...
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Abel; Madame Xanadu
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover sequence with indicia information at bottom of page.
A Killer Cold and Clammy
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- E. R. Cruz (signed)
- Inks
- E. R. Cruz (signed)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Erik Santos ?
- Job Number
- J-5793
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Rajah Bahadur; Zakir; Sergeant Shastri; Khrisna
- Synopsis
- Zakir has himself turned in to a snake to assassinate Rajah Bahadur.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #140 - in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #42 ([November 1979])
-
in La Créature du Marais (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 - Le combat des démons (avril 1982)
-
- Keywords
- India; mongoose; snake
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
The Mind That Could Murder
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-5774
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Luke Marconi; Jon Marconi; Lieutenant Ryan
- Synopsis
- A magician uses his telekinetic powers to take revenge on the Judge that sentenced his son to prison.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- magician; telekinesis
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
The Hideous Trogs
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- The Redondo Studio
- Inks
- The Redondo Studio
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Erik Santos ?
- Job Number
- J-5794
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Armand; Gaston; Lisette; Marguerite
- Synopsis
- Armand hates the ape-people that live in the mountains above his village.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #143
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #41 ([September 1979])
-
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
Fright at the End of the Tunnel
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- David Allikas
- Pencils
- Daniel Tolentino
- Inks
- Daniel Tolentino
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Erik Santos ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnson; French
- Synopsis
- Two convicts attempt to dig their way out of prison.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #131
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #41 ([September 1979])
-
- Keywords
- electrocution; prison; tunnel
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
Final Entry
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-5813
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nigel; Clive
- Synopsis
- Nigel wants to leave the rubber plantation.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- natives; rubber plantation
The Face of Abel
Abel / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jack C. Harris (credited as Michael C. Carmichael)
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada
- Inks
- Ric Estrada
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Ric Estrada
- Synopsis
- Abel asks the artist Ric Estrada to draw a new portrait of himself.
- Keywords
- wanted poster
Female of the Species
Abel / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-3364
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Frank Gannon; Louise; Kay; Charley; Joan Sawyer
- Synopsis
- A serial killer is stopped by the ghost of another serial killer.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #123
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #41 ([September 1979])
- in La Créature du Marais (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #2 - Le combat des démons (avril 1982)
-
- Keywords
- ghost; serial killer
Freak of Nature
Abel / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3568
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Allen Porter; John Tracy; Anne
- Synopsis
- Seeking revenge on his partner, Porter summons a demon who gives him the power to take over his rival's life.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- demon; devil summoning
[no title indexed]
Madame Xanadu / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-933
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu
- Reprints
Wheel of Fortune
Madame Xanadu / comic story / 25 pages
- Job Number
- J-5513
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu; Joyce Anson; Erica; Damon; Ann
- Synopsis
- Madame Xanadu helps Joyce stop a cult that is using a disco to sacrifice young ladies to demons.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #125
- in Madame Xanadu (K. G. Murray, 1980 ? series) ([May 1982] ?)
-
- Keywords
- disco; tarot cards
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-269
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["W-welcome, Madame Xanadu, t-to the House of Secrets..."]
Abel; Madame Xanadu -
2.
A Killer Cold and Clammy
-
3.
The Mind That Could Murder
-
4.
The Hideous Trogs
-
5.
Fright at the End of the Tunnel
-
6.
Final Entry
-
7.
The Face of Abel
Abel -
8.
Female of the Species
Abel -
9.
Freak of Nature
Abel -
10.
[no title indexed]
Madame Xanadu -
11.
Wheel of Fortune
Madame Xanadu -
12.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail
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