The Unexpected
#217
[Direct]
(December 1981)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-09-01
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Dave Manak (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Colón (signed as Ernie Colón)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed as
Dick Giordano) - Colors
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Keywords
- Lincoln Memorial
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[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Robin Snyder
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (signed)
- Inks
- Rodin Rodriguez (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn
- Job Number
- J-7654
Indexer Notes
First and last pages of the issue.
Dear Senator
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Pencils
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Inks
- Sheldon Mayer (signed)
- Colors
- Carl Gafford
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- J-7645
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Abraham Lincoln; Mary Lincoln; John Wilkes Booth; Senator Frye
- Synopsis
- Abraham Lincoln is brought to the far future to run for President.
- Keywords
- assassination; Fords Theater; time travel
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Robin Snyder
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-847
Snow Woman
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-7558
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Higuchi; Tamoru; Sanjuro; Aki
- Synopsis
- Higuchi's brother is killed by a female vampire who returns years later and becomes Higuchi's wife.
- Reprints
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #26 (mars 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- 16th century; blizzard; Japan; vampire
Indexer Notes
Credits note that the story is based on a true Japanese legend.
The Fiends in Fedoras
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-7287
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Max Pearlman; Sophie Pearlman
- Synopsis
- A hat seller suddenly has a lot of customers.
- Reprints
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #26 (mars 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Bride of the Non-Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Vince Perez
- Inks
- Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan Jr)
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6621
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mervin; Tricia; Vera; Theodore; Sam Dobbs
- Synopsis
- Tricia is space-wrecked on a world full of mutants.
- Reprints
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #26 (mars 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Dear Senator
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3.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
4.
Snow Woman
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5.
The Fiends in Fedoras
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6.
Bride of the Non-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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