The Unexpected
#197
(April 1980)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 25
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-01-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070504
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #176.
My Ghost-Writer-- The Vampire!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Inks
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-280
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #113 -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #42 ([February 1981])
-
Last Laugh of a Corpse
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5733
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- George Hoskins; Brad; Harold; Ernie; Lina
- Synopsis
- When George Hoskins died he left a fortune to whichever of his nieces and nephews could find it, knowing they would kill each other in greed.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #3 - Vision d'horreur (février 1982)
-
The Borrower
Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman
[no title indexed]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-5779
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this bracelet I bought today!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia
- Synopsis
- Mildred gets a tattoo.
- Keywords
- tattoo
Indexer Notes
The Witching Hour
A Pound of Flesh... and Blood
The Three Witches / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-5790
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred (host); Mr. Grigg; Larry
- Synopsis
- Mr. Grigg tries to put Mildred's cat to sleep.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Originally scheduled for Witching Hour #86.
Mildred is the host and also appears as a participant in the story.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-458
Indexer Notes
Letters from Scott Pierson and Pam Miller.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
[Vampire Do's and Don't]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6329
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Abel (host)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- vampire
My Ghost Writer the Vampire
Abel / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5428
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Prentice Vaughn
- Synopsis
- In exchange for a safe place to sleep during the day a vampire offers horror writer Prentice Vaughn true tales for his novels.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #42 ([February 1981])
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #3 - Vision d'horreur (février 1982)
-
- Keywords
- vampire
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- F-127
Indexer Notes
Questions from Rusty Allen, Larry Allen, Mark McGrath, Chris Geraci, John White, David Bryant, David Baca, David Martinez, William Belew, Matt Levan, Robert Sasser, Thomas B. Jones, Janella Oltorik and James Janis.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
My Ghost-Writer-- The Vampire!
-
1.
Last Laugh of a Corpse
-
2.
The Borrower
Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman -
3.
["Look at this bracelet I bought today!"]
The Three Witches -
4.
A Pound of Flesh... and Blood
The Three Witches -
5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
6.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
7.
[Vampire Do's and Don't]
-
8.
My Ghost Writer the Vampire
Abel -
9.
DC Puzzle
-
10.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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