The Unexpected
#140
(October 1972)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-08-29
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from The Unexpected #139 and Comic Reader #87.
The Anatomy of Hate
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Art credits from Daniel Serna via the GCD Error List. Mr. Serna bases his identification on the original artwork which includes Cardy's signature on the lower right hand side and which is deleted on the published cover: https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/covers/nick-cardy-original-co…
The Anatomy of Hate
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1881
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cort Roberts; Greg Roberts; Karen Roberts; Mona Roberts
- Synopsis
- Cort Roberts tried to control his family until his son became a seething mass of hatred.
- Reprints
-
in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #43 (1975) -
in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #8/1975 ([august] 1975) -
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #37 (September 1975) -
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #36 ([1978]) -
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #16 (4ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Born Under an Evil Star
The Mad, Mod Witch / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Job Number
- #25
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mad Mod Witch (host); Owen Rogg; John Turner; Fleming; Pratt
- Synopsis
- Owen Rogg kills his friend John Turner and takes his place on an expedition.
- Reprints
-
in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #15/1973 ([November] 1973) - in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #12/1973 ([desember] 1973)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #21 (1974)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #17 (January 1974)
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #13 (1er trimestre 1978) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- astrology; horoscope
Blind As the Night!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff (under house name Bill Dennehy)
- Pencils
- Lee Elias
- Inks
- Lee Elias
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- B-1126
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Henry Jessup; Peter
- Synopsis
- Henry Jessup is a millionaire who would pay anything to see again.
- Reprints
- in Skrækmagasinet (Williams, 1972 series) #15/1973 ([November] 1973)
- in Skrekk Magasinet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1972 series) #12/1973 ([desember] 1973)
- in Shock Classics (Classics/Williams, 1972 series) #21 (1974)
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #17 (January 1974)
- in Weird Mystery Tales Annual (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #1 ([1975])
-
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1488
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Jack Krause and Robert Burroughs.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Anatomy of Hate
-
1.
The Anatomy of Hate
-
2.
Born Under an Evil Star
The Mad, Mod Witch -
3.
Blind As the Night!
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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