The Unexpected
#116
(December 1969-January 1970)
DC,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date
- 1969-10-07
- 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
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age and Modern Age U. S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Mostly Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #157-162)
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Express Train to Nowhere!
The Mad, Mod Witch / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Art Saaf
- Inks
- Art Saaf
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Milt Snapinn ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Mad Mod Witch (host); Alex; Linda; Zaroff; Doc
- Synopsis
- Four passengers on a train are dropped off in a strange fantasy world and they must attempt to reboard the train before it leaves the station.
Indexer Notes
Dave Wood credit confirmed in the letter column to issue #118.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-405
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Jerry Crown, Ted Niemeyer, Frank Haver and Eric Knight.
Includes a lengthy response to a letter where Murray Boltinoff details the career of Jerry Grandenetti.
Steps to Disaster!
comic story / 3.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pat Boyette (signed)
- Inks
- Pat Boyette (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hans
- Synopsis
- A criminal steals a pair of wooden shoes.
- Reprints
-
in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #162 (March-April 1975)
-
- Keywords
- Titanic
Mad to Order
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Murphy Anderson ?
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- B-358
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man is fitted for a straight jacket.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 1972 series) #18 (June-July 1974)
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39 (May 1980) -
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #15 (1er trimestre 1982) [N&B [B&W]] - in Showcase Presents: Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 2010 series) (2010)
-
- Keywords
- straight jacket
Ball of String!
comic story / 1.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Berni Wrightson
- Inks
- Berni Wrightson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- B-317
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ethan
- Synopsis
- Ethan collects a huge ball of string.
- Reprints
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #127 ([Circa March 1970])
- in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #161 (January-February 1975)
-
Ashes to Ashes, Dustin to Dust?
comic story / 5.5 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff [as Al Case]
- Pencils
- Sid Greene
- Inks
- Sid Greene
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Job Number
- B-335
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Amy; Dustin; Doctor Fields
- Synopsis
- Dustin secretly tried to kill his wife and father-in-law, but his wife survived.
- Reprints
- in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #62 ([April 1970] ?)
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #29 (mai 1973) [N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed]
-
Indexer Notes
The fact that Al Case is really Murray Boltinoff was confirmed in the letter column to issue #118.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Express Train to Nowhere!
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1.
Express Train to Nowhere!
The Mad, Mod Witch -
2.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
3.
Steps to Disaster!
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4.
Mad to Order
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5.
Ball of String!
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6.
Ashes to Ashes, Dustin to Dust?
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Mike Nielsen
- Jerry Hillegas
- Dan Kocher
- Jim Van Dore
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Matthew Head
- Lou Mazzella
- James Ludwig
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Max Capp
- R S
- Ramon Schenk
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