The Unexpected
#131
(January 1972)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume:
- 17
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1971-11-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines:
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC [character]
- 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.
in 
Run for Your Death
comic story / 8 pages
- Script:
- George Kashdan [as Jack Phillips]
- Pencils:
- Bob Brown
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Job Number:
- B-1029
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Lance Ervin; Carruthers
- Synopsis:
- Lance wants to join a hunting club but ends up being the hunted, not the hunter.
- Reprints:
- Keywords:
- avalanche
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script:
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- B-1163
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Randy, George Entreman, and Gail Davis.
The Beast of Bristol
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Mooney (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Mooney (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Pat Gordon
- Job Number:
- B-1174
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Alex Kent; Elliot Smathers; Meeker
- Synopsis:
- English horror actor Elliot Smathers fears to lose his mind. Is he really going on nightly killing sprees in his sleep? Or is it a scheme of his agent to drive him insane?
- Reprints:
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #20 (November 1953)
-
If Time Runs Out!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script:
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils:
- Dick Dillin [as Dick Dillon]
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway
- Job Number:
- B-803?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Ian Cheevers; Carter Cavendish; Lenore
- Synopsis:
- Ian Cheevers steals a cursed clock, if it stops so will his life.
- Keywords:
- curse; ghost
We Cruised into the Supernatural!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Nick Cardy
- Inks:
- Nick Cardy
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Stan Starkman
- Job Number:
- B-1173
- Genre:
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters:
- Maki; Marsh; Alex; Peters
- Synopsis:
- A sorceror named Maki offers a group of adventurers a voyage into the supernatural.
- Reprints:
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #30 (April 1959)
-
The Upside Down World of Harry Updyke
comic story / 8 pages
- Script:
- Murray Boltinoff [as Bill Dennehy]
- Pencils:
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks:
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number:
- B-981
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Harry Updyke
- Synopsis:
- Harry believes that when he sleeps, his dreams reveal to him the real world, while the waking world is just a dream.
- Keywords:
- electric chair
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Run for Your Death!
-
1.
Run for Your Death
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
3.
The Beast of Bristol
-
4.
If Time Runs Out!
-
5.
We Cruised into the Supernatural!
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6.
The Upside Down World of Harry Updyke
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- Gregg Whitmore
- Nick Caputo
- Mike Nielsen
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Jim Van Dore
- Ramon Schenk
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- Max Capp
- R S
- Ramon Schenk
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