The Unexpected
#213
[Newsstand]
(August 1981)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-05-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 070893070508
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor); Cary Burkett (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #191.
This issue is a variant of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #213 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #213 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed as
BUCKLER) - Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed as
Giordano) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Job Number
- C-643
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing..! I've never seen a skull like this before...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- Keywords
- skull
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[no title indexed]
Abel; The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris ?
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (signed)
- Inks
- Rodin Rodriguez (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-7221
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gr-gr-greeting, readers...
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Cynthia; Mordred; Mildred
- Synopsis
- Abel tries to cook a meal for the Three Witches.
Indexer Notes
Introductory page.
The Woman Who Died Forever!
Johnny Peril / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Mike W. Barr
- Pencils
- Trevor Von Eeden
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Cary Burkett
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Peril; Edward Sinclair; Inspector Dennison; Specs; Bruise; Heather Storm; Lucy Angell; Morgan Sinclair
- Synopsis
- Johnny Peril discovers why Lucy Angell has stolen the necklace known as "The Angel's Smile."
- Keywords
- curse; immortality
The Laughing Gas Bandits
Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Bring Me Back to Life
The Three Witches / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5789
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred (host); John Benson [Walter Casper]; Trunche; Hilda Benson; Professor Scott
- Synopsis
- John Benson, wanted for murder, has the warlock Trunche transform him into another person.
- Reprints
-
in The Witching Hour (K. G. Murray, 1982 series) ([April 1982]) -
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #25 (décembre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- witchcraft
Indexer Notes
Originally scheduled for Witching Hour #86.
The Skull That Lived!
The Three Witches / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-6629
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cynthia (host); Professor Curtin; Mandy Long
- Synopsis
- Professor Curtin finds a strange ancient jawbone.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (Condor, 1989 series) #1 - in Beast of Darkness (K. G. Murray, 1981 series) ([1981])
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #26 (mars 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- archaeology; missing link; werewolf
Indexer Notes
cover story
The Curse of Captain Clown
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (illustration, signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (illustration, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-792
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Amazing..! I've never seen a skull like this before..."]
-
1.
["Gr-gr-greeting, readers..."]
Abel; The Three Witches -
2.
The Woman Who Died Forever!
Johnny Peril -
3.
The Laughing Gas Bandits
Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman -
4.
Bring Me Back to Life
The Three Witches -
5.
The Skull That Lived!
The Three Witches -
6.
The Curse of Captain Clown
This issue was modified by
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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