The Unexpected
#159
(September-October 1974)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 19
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-06-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor); Paul Levitz (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #107.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #29 ([June 1977])
-
A Cry in the Night; Frozen in Fear; Creature That Never Existed
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- B-2120
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Unexpected Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff ?
- Pencils
- Pat Broderick (signed)
- Inks
- Pat Broderick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- B-2059
A Cry in the Night
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-2087
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Horst; Marie; Walter; Baron
- Synopsis
- Horst has another person pose as a "wild boy of the forest" to kill the Baron so he can marry Marie.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
-
Schocker
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-2002
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jim Laskey; Officer Ryan
- Synopsis
- Criminal Jim Laskey is judged by a ghostly jury after he gunned down Officer Ryan.
- Reprints
- in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #118 ([February 1975] ?)
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #30 (1978)
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #20 (3ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- cable car
The Creature That Never Existed!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-2060
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Duncan; Professor Alex Miles; Keller
- Synopsis
- Just as Professor Miles is about to present his evidence that the Quoquarto beast is merely a legend, the beast appears from nowhere and attacks him.
- Reprints
-
from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #89 (June-July 1965) - in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
-
The Telltale Hand!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-2069
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- George Karyl; John Putnam; Detective Bruce
- Synopsis
- George Karyl kills his client John Putnam and hides the body but the lines on his palm begin to form a hangman's noose.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #6 (September 1952)
-
- Keywords
- palm reading
I Was Blackmailed by a Phantom
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-1255
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain Cordoba; Santos; Renaldo; Bernardo (dog)
- Synopsis
- A ghost helps lead Santos's army to overthrow the dictator of his country but afterwards tries to blackmail Santos into trading places.
- Reprints
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #67 (May 1962)
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #21 ([October 1976])
-
- Keywords
- dogs
Frozen in Fear
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- B-1952
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Pietro; Vitelli; Gian; Giuseppe
- Synopsis
- A cemetery watchmen is attacked by two criminals but the ghosts of the cemetery come to his aid.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (2ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- cemetery; ghost
The Swami of Broadway
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1251
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- From the mysterious jungles of Bengal to the glittering lights of an American city came the Swami--bringing with him a magic emerald possessing the power to unlock the forbidden secrets of the future!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dean Hall; Orry Kane; swami [Jones]
- Synopsis
- Dean Hall and Orry Kane are on a trip in Bengal. Kane tries again to persuade Hall to sell him his theater, Hall again refuses. They enter a village and see a swami who predicts an elephant stampede. The square is emptied just in time. A month later Hall auditions acts for his theater when the swami appears on stage. He makes two predictions which comes true. Later the swami is asked to appear at the theater and he says he will not enter as it will be struck by a meteor. Hall sells the theatre to Kane and leaves. The swami is then revealed to be a fake. Then a meteor hits the theatre.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #14 (November 1958)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 ([October 1978]) [Job number (B-1251), and copyright details deleted from reprint. Page headings deleted: “The Unexpected” (odd pages) and “The Swami of Broadway” (even pages), except for pp1.]
-
- Keywords
- swami
The Rainbow Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1265
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Hargate; Tod Milling
- Synopsis
- Dr. Hargate discovers how chameleons change color and gives himself the same abilities in order to commit crimes. But he doesn't realize he has a color-blind neighbor who can spot him.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #15 (July 1957)
-
- Keywords
- chameleon
The Night I Watched Myself Die!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-2073
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Paul Galen; Phil Toledo; Willard Knox
- Synopsis
- A hired killer is after reporter Paul Galen.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #105 (February-March 1968)
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #21 ([October 1976])
-
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-2115
The Demon Gun!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-2074
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jim Folson; John Ellis; Tiwa
- Synopsis
- Jim Folson believes that big game hunter John Ellis has a magical gun that never misses.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #30 (September 1954)
-
The Strange Experiment of Dr. Grimm!
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-2122
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nick Nolan; John Grimm; Warden Lewis; Dave Strong
- Synopsis
- John Grimm keeps a convicted murderer's brain alive after his execution but finds himself controlled by the brain to commit murder.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #2 (February-March 1952)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #4 ([September 1977]) [Job number (B-2122) deleted from this reprint.]
-
Who's That Lying in My Coffin?
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1771
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Herb Mowery; Addie Mowery
- Synopsis
- A couple has shared dreams about one of them dying.
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #21 ([February 1976])
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #20 (3ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Cry in the Night; Frozen in Fear; Creature That Never Existed
-
1.
Unexpected Table of Contents
-
2.
A Cry in the Night
-
3.
Schocker
-
4.
The Creature That Never Existed!
-
5.
The Telltale Hand!
-
6.
I Was Blackmailed by a Phantom
-
7.
Frozen in Fear
-
8.
The Swami of Broadway
-
9.
The Rainbow Man
-
10.
The Night I Watched Myself Die!
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
12.
The Demon Gun!
-
13.
The Strange Experiment of Dr. Grimm!
-
14.
Who's That Lying in My Coffin?
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Paul Robinson
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.