The Unexpected
#111
(February-March 1969)
DC,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-12-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Wheel of Misfortune
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Peril; Mad Mod Witch
Mission Into Eternity!
Johnny Peril / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling
- Inks
- Jack Sparling
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny Peril; Masters of the Cosmos; Eric Starr; Zarko; Khirwa; Varnu the Seer; Kirg
- Synopsis
- Johnny Peril becomes the human agent of the Masters of the Cosmos and helps Khirwa in his battle against Zarko.
- Reprints
-
in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #24 (juillet 1975) [N&B [B&W]]
-
The Wheel of Misfortune
The Mad, Mod Witch / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Bill Draut
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Feature Logo
- Tales of the Mad, Mod Witch
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mad Mod Witch (host); Eric "The Schemer" Frazer; "Cracker" Benson; Ralph "The Racer"; "Bull's-Eye"
- Synopsis
- The deaths of four criminals are predicted by the wheel of misfortune.
- Reprints
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #8 (3ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
What Makes DC Run?
The Wonderful World of Comics / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Mark Hanerfeld
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
8 in a series.
The Baby Who Had But... "One Year to Die"...
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood (credited as D. W. Holtz)
- Pencils
- Angel Luna
- Inks
- Angel Luna
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Gaynor; Father Time
- Synopsis
- A baby is dropped off at an orphanage but he seems to be aging very rapidly.
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 1972 series) #18 (June-July 1974) -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #37 ([November 1979]) - in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #15 (1er trimestre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 2010 series) ([April] 2010)
-
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Barbara Miles, Jonathan Jensen, William M. Houghton, Warren Somers, Tony Isabella and Yak Yatta.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Wheel of Misfortune
-
1.
Mission Into Eternity!
Johnny Peril -
2.
The Wheel of Misfortune
The Mad, Mod Witch -
3.
What Makes DC Run?
The Wonderful World of Comics -
4.
The Baby Who Had But... "One Year to Die"...
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail
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