The Unexpected
#198
(May 1980)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 25
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-02-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070505
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #177.
The Unexpected
Abel; The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Romeo Tanghal (signed)
- Inks
- Romeo Tanghal (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-6405
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The full moon cuts its dim light through...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia
- Reprints
Rage of the Phantom Brain!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-6208
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Langer; August Breuger; Hugo Mauche
- Synopsis
- August Breuger has his brain removed and hooked to a computer to prolong his life. His assistant tries to use the brain's mental powers to get rich.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- disembodied brain
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-475
Indexer Notes
Letters from David E. Brennan and Scott Smith.
Eye on Evil
Abel / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-6754
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Mr. Hart; Mr. Casey; Wilma; Sheriff Walters
- Synopsis
- When Mr. Casey is accidentally given the wrong glasses at the optometrist he learns of a secret devil-worshiping cult.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- devil worship; optometrist; witch
Never Hijack a Witch Craft!
The Three Witches / comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-5821
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred (host); Cynthia; Mildred; Farrod; Hassan; Dr. Amos Pribble
- Synopsis
- Terrorists take over a plane the three witches are riding on.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #134 -
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #3 - Vision d'horreur (février 1982) -
in The Witching Hour (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) ([April 1982])
-
- Keywords
- plane hijacking; terrorism; witchcraft
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
The Unexpected
Abel; The Three Witches -
2.
Rage of the Phantom Brain!
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
4.
An Arrow in Time
Green Arrow; Hostess Fruit Pies -
5.
Eye on Evil
Abel -
6.
Never Hijack a Witch Craft!
The Three Witches -
7.
Volume 80 Issue 8 - Week of February 25, 1980
Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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