([June] 1997)

DC, 1997 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
14.95 USD; 20.95 CAD
Pages
196
On-sale Date
1997-04-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Paradox Press
Brand
Factoid Books; [Paradox Press]
ISBN
1-56389-254-5 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941207193 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Andy Helfer (credited as Andrew Helfer) (group editor); Jim Higgins (credited) (editor)
Color
color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions
8 1/2 inches by 10 7/8 inches
Paper Stock
cardstock cover; matte interior
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
one-shot

Issue Notes

Letterers for interior sequences are listed as a group on page below indicia: Bob Lappan, Roxanne Starr, Agnes Pinaha, Hugh Monhan, and Michael Price.

One of the seventeen Paradox Press series of Big Books:
1994 - The Big Book of Urban Legends
1995 - The Big Book of Death; The Big Book of Weirdos; The Big Book of Conspiracies;
1996 - The Big Book of Freaks; The Big Book of Little Criminals; The Big Book of Hoaxes; The Big Book of Thugs
1997 - The Big Book of Losers; The Big Book of The Unexplained; The Big Book of Martyrs; The Big Book of Scandal
1998 - The Big Book of Bad; The Big Book of the Weird Wild West
1999 - The Big Book of Vice; The Big Book of Grimm
2000 - The Big Book of the '70s

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Pencils
Glenn Barr (credited) (painting)
Inks
Glenn Barr (credited) (painting)
Colors
Glenn Barr (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

The Big Book of The Unexplained (Table of Contents: 1)

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Pencils
Hunt Emerson (credited) (illustration)
Inks
Hunt Emerson (credited) (illustration)
Letters
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Indexer Notes

Title page with illustration.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
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An Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Eric Shanower (credited)
Inks
Eric Shanower (credited)
Letters
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High Strangeness (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter One: High Strangeness.

Aggravating Agriglyphs (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli D'Emon Draughtsman)
Inks
Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli D'Emon Draughtsman)
Letters
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Senseless Synchronicities (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Robin Smith (credited)
Inks
Robin Smith (credited)
Letters
?

Moving Megaliths (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Steve Lieber (credited)
Inks
Steve Lieber (credited)
Letters
?

The Crystal Skull of Doom (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Jeff Parker (credited)
Inks
Jeff Parker (credited)
Letters
?

Reeling Rocks and Rolling Stones (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Gary Fields (credited)
Inks
Gary Fields (credited)
Letters
?

Not Quite Cats and Dogs (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Ted Slampyak (credited)
Inks
Ted Slampyak (credited)
Letters
?

Ancient Man (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Inks
Sergio Aragonés (credited)
Letters
?

As Above, So Below (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Ward Sutton (credited)
Inks
Ward Sutton (credited)
Letters
?

In No Space-Time Flat (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Randy DuBurke (credited)
Inks
Randy DuBurke (credited)
Letters
?

Close Encounters (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter Two: Close Encounters.

Classified Quotes (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Paul Guinan (credited)
Inks
Paul Guinan (credited)
Letters
?

The New Guinea Synchronicity (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Joe Orlando (credited)
Inks
Joe Orlando (credited)
Letters
?

The Best Photos Are Always Blurry (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Brent Anderson (credited)
Inks
Brent Anderson (credited)
Letters
?

South American Stud to the Stars (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Steve Mannion (credited)
Inks
Steve Mannion (credited)
Letters
?

The Valentich Vanishing (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
J. H. Williams III (credited)
Inks
J. H. Williams III (credited)
Letters
?

Alien Abduction Alternatives (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Donald David (credited)
Inks
Donald David (credited)
Letters
?

The Astronauts and the Aliens (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Russ Heath (credited)
Inks
Russ Heath (credited)
Letters
?

Waters of Bent Reality (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Letters
?

The Death of the Fifth Sun (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Rick Parker (credited)
Inks
Rick Parker (credited)
Letters
?

Pope of the Paranormal (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Hunt Emerson (credited)
Inks
Hunt Emerson (credited)
Letters
?

Eyes of the Beholder (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Gahan Wilson (credited)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (credited)
Letters
?

Impossible Entities (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter Three: Impossible Entities.

Crypto-Critters (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Andrew Wendel (credited)
Inks
Andrew Wendel (credited)
Letters
?

The Bigfoot Sleeping Bag Snatch (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Bill Alger (credited)
Inks
Bill Alger (credited)
Letters
?

The Mothman Visitations (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Graham Higgins (credited)
Inks
Graham Higgins (credited)
Letters
?

The Goatsucker (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Joe Sacco (credited)
Inks
Joe Sacco (credited)
Letters
?

Those Sinister Men in Black (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Bob Fingerman (credited)
Inks
Bob Fingerman (credited)
Letters
?

The Monsters of Loch Ness (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Joe Staton (credited)
Inks
Joe Staton (credited)
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Called "The Creatures of Loch Ness" in the table of contents.

The Kentucky Goblin Spree (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Sean Taggart (credited as S. M. Taggart)
Inks
Sean Taggart (credited as S. M. Taggart)
Letters
?

Dinosaur Alive (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Rafael Kayanan (credited)
Inks
Rafael Kayanan (credited)
Letters
?

The Sasquatch Saucers (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Joe Phillips (credited)
Inks
Joe Phillips (credited)
Letters
?

From the Beyond (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction to Chapter Four: From the Beyond.

Cosmic Trickster Quickies (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Jim Fern (credited)
Inks
Jim Fern (credited)
Letters
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Curse of the Mummy's Boy (Table of Contents: 38)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Rick Geary (credited)
Inks
Rick Geary (credited)
Letters
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The Versailles Timeslip (Table of Contents: 39)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Letters
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Imagics (Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Tayyar Ozkan (credited)
Inks
Tayyar Ozkan (credited)
Letters
?

Putting the Ick in Titanic (Table of Contents: 41)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Steve Smith (credited)
Inks
Steve Smith (credited)
Letters
?

Creeping Coffins of the Restless Dead (Table of Contents: 42)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
David de Vries (credited as Dave DeVries)
Inks
David de Vries (credited as Dave DeVries)
Letters
?

The Cosmic Trickster Returns (Table of Contents: 43)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Hilary Barta (credited)
Inks
Hilary Barta (credited)
Letters
?

Car Without a Rebel (Table of Contents: 44)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Ted Naifeh (credited)
Inks
Ted Naifeh (credited)
Letters
?

The Miraculous Mirabelli (Table of Contents: 45)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Fred Harper (credited)
Inks
Fred Harper (credited)
Letters
?

Bullet Ghosts (Table of Contents: 46)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Tom Sutton (credited)
Inks
Tom Sutton (credited)
Letters
?

Hollywood Hauntings (Table of Contents: 47)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Graham Manley (credited)
Inks
Graham Manley (credited)
Letters
?

Reprints

The Cosmic Trickster Giggles Again (Table of Contents: 48)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Gordon Purcell (credited)
Inks
Gordon Purcell (credited)
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Called "The Cosmic trickster Giggles" in the table of contents.

Afterword (Table of Contents: 49)

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

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Eric Shanower (credited)
Inks
Eric Shanower (credited)
Letters
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Biographies (Table of Contents: 50)

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Letters
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Indexer Notes

Short biographies on the writer and artists featured in the book.

Bibliography (Table of Contents: 51)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

List of sources.

Copyright Information (Table of Contents: 52)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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?
Letters
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Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Big Book of The Unexplained
  3. 2. Table of Contents
  4. 3. An Introduction
  5. 4. High Strangeness
  6. 5. Aggravating Agriglyphs
  7. 6. Senseless Synchronicities
  8. 7. Moving Megaliths
  9. 8. The Crystal Skull of Doom
  10. 9. Reeling Rocks and Rolling Stones
  11. 10. Not Quite Cats and Dogs
  12. 11. Ancient Man
  13. 12. As Above, So Below
  14. 13. In No Space-Time Flat
  15. 14. Close Encounters
  16. 15. Classified Quotes
  17. 16. The New Guinea Synchronicity
  18. 17. The Best Photos Are Always Blurry
  19. 18. South American Stud to the Stars
  20. 19. The Valentich Vanishing
  21. 20. Alien Abduction Alternatives
  22. 21. The Astronauts and the Aliens
  23. 22. Waters of Bent Reality
  24. 23. The Death of the Fifth Sun
  25. 24. Pope of the Paranormal
  26. 25. Eyes of the Beholder
  27. 26. Impossible Entities
  28. 27. Crypto-Critters
  29. 28. The Bigfoot Sleeping Bag Snatch
  30. 29. The Mothman Visitations
  31. 30. The Goatsucker
  32. 31. Those Sinister Men in Black
  33. 32. The Monsters of Loch Ness
  34. 33. The Kentucky Goblin Spree
  35. 34. Dinosaur Alive
  36. 35. The Sasquatch Saucers
  37. 36. From the Beyond
  38. 37. Cosmic Trickster Quickies
  39. 38. Curse of the Mummy's Boy
  40. 39. The Versailles Timeslip
  41. 40. Imagics
  42. 41. Putting the Ick in Titanic
  43. 42. Creeping Coffins of the Restless Dead
  44. 43. The Cosmic Trickster Returns
  45. 44. Car Without a Rebel
  46. 45. The Miraculous Mirabelli
  47. 46. Bullet Ghosts
  48. 47. Hollywood Hauntings
  49. 48. The Cosmic Trickster Giggles Again
  50. 49. Afterword
  51. 50. Biographies
  52. 51. Bibliography
  53. 52. Copyright Information
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Mark Semich
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore