The Unexpected
#222
[Newsstand]
(May 1982)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 27
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1982-02-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070505
- Editing
- Dave Manak (editor); Dick Giordano (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #199.
This issue is a variant of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #222 [Direct].
This issue is a variant of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #222 [Direct].
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Lilacs in February
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-7658
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His wife died, but his baby lived!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Bill Crescent; Laura Crescent; Miracle Crescent
- Synopsis
- A bald little girl, whose mother died at her birth, is blamed for the death by her father, until aliens come to retrieve her and replace the mother with a clone.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- aliens; infertility; UFO
An Observation:
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- B. S. Watson
- Pencils
- Mike Clark (credited as Michael Clark)
- Inks
- John Celardo
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Job Number
- J-7658
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just as the human body or a piece of machinery needs a periodic checkup, so it is for cultures and civilizations.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- The Observers
- Synopsis
- The Observers check up on Earth.
- Keywords
- aliens
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Robin Snyder
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-982
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah. So good of you to return.
Indexer Notes
Comments from Laura Sammons, David Young, Paul Stachgowower, Bruce Lanthorn, Regina Holliday, William Howes, Aprille Curtis, Charles David Haskell, James Timlick, William Shirley, Jay Gilston, George McRobb, Boris Novak, and Mario Caya.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average circulation of 82,800 over the previous year; latest issue is 75,700.
Act of Contrition
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Martin Pasko
- Pencils
- Marc Silvestri
- Inks
- John Celardo
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Pierre Bernard Jr.
- Job Number
- J-7589
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Lord, help me-- The night is here again!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Tom; Brian; Mancuso
- Synopsis
- A police Lieutenant finds out his brother is a vampire.
- Reprints
-
in Beast of Darkness (K. G. Murray, 1981 series) ([1981])
-
- Keywords
- crucifix; nun; vampire
No Penny-- No Paradise
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen
- Inks
- Larry Mahlstedt
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Pierre Bernard Jr.
- Job Number
- J-7747
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the spring of 334 B.C. he led his army across the Hellespont.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Alexander the Great; Clitus; Philo; Charon
- Synopsis
- Alexander the Great has no penny to pay for passage to the underworld.
- Reprints
- in Unexpected (Federal, 1985 series) #[nn] (1985)
-
- Keywords
- River Styx; Tigris river
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Lilacs in February
-
2.
An Observation:
-
3.
["Ah. So good of you to return."]
Unexpected Mail -
4.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
5.
Act of Contrition
-
6.
No Penny-- No Paradise
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- CTGarry
- Mike Nielsen
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Jim Van Dore
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