The Unexpected
#128
(October 1971)
DC,
1968 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1971-08-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
There's More Than One Way to Get Framed
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- B-1093
Where Only the Dead Are Free!
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-865
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Horne; Munjo
- Synopsis
- Horne escapes a jungle prison, only to find a madman and his man-servant in the jungle who chain him up and force him to work their diamond mine.
- Reprints
-
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #19 (1973) -
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #13/1973 ([Oktober] 1973) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #11/1973 ([november] 1973) -
in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #11/1973 ([november ?] 1973) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #16 (December 1973) [original title: Where Only The Dead Are Free!] -
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([October 1974])
-
The Vengeful Ghost of Glenville Gap!
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-250
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jud Harrow; Wayne Rutland; Grey; Mac Busby
- Synopsis
- Has the ghost of Jud Harrow returned from the grave to seek revenge on those that prosecuted him?
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #19 (1973)
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #6 ([August 1973])
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #13/1973 ([Oktober] 1973)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #11/1973 ([november] 1973)
- in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #11/1973 ([november ?] 1973)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #16 (December 1973)
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
-
Indexer Notes
Greene draws the judge as a caricature of Julius Schwartz.
The Prisoner of a Dead World
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-1090
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jonathan Lathrop; King Morandas; K'al; Sevro Manthos; King Andrea
- Synopsis
- A magical coin traps whomever touches it inside but releases the previous captive.
- Reprints
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #94 (January 1960) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Prisoner of the Wizard's Coin."
The Haunted Violin
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-1091
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Paul Drake
- Synopsis
- Paul Drake wants to be respected as a concert violinist, but due to his average performance skills only gets offers to be a musical clown. When he hears the legend of the violin of Lajos, he decides that it will change his destiny. Little does he know how right he is.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #89 (August 1959) [retitled]
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #19 (1973)
-
- Keywords
- violin
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Enchanted Violin."
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1089
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter from Charles Grimm and a brief bio of Carl Wessler.
There's More Than One Way to Get Framed!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Inks
- Bernie Wrightson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-320
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ivan O'Toole; Sybil
- Synopsis
- Ivan has a magic candle that allows him to enter any painting.
- Reprints
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #19 (1973)
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #13/1973 ([Oktober] 1973)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #11/1973 ([november] 1973)
- in Skräckmagasinet (Williams Förlags AB, 1972 series) #11/1973 ([november ?] 1973) which is reprinted
- in Mysterieserier (Semic, 1983 series) #1/1983 ([14 januari] 1983)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #16 (December 1973)
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 ([June 1974])
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1976) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Iskalde Grøss (Semic, 1982 series) #3/1984 ([juni] 1984) [2. translation]
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Indexer Notes
Bernie Wrightson's signature can be found in the picture frame on page 9.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
There's More Than One Way to Get Framed
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1.
Where Only the Dead Are Free!
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2.
The Vengeful Ghost of Glenville Gap!
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3.
The Prisoner of a Dead World
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4.
The Haunted Violin
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5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
6.
There's More Than One Way to Get Framed!
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