The Unexpected
#160
(November-December 1974)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 19
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-08-08
- 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 #109.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #33 ([February 1978]) [from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 Series) #18 (October 1957)]
-
Death of an Exorcist; The Man Who Was Death; Over My Dead Body
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as NC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-2211
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #18 ([March 1976])
-
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-2147
Indexer Notes
Detail from the cover art to The Unexpected #126, flipped and modified. We previously credited Pat Broderick, who may have had a hand in the modification.
Death of an Exorcist
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-2099
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Clyde; Marla Peters; John Peters; Satan
- Synopsis
- A warlock makes a deal with Satan to try to trick John Peters into killing himself.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #49 - in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #18 ([March 1976])
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #20 (3ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]], #20 (3ème trimestre 1981) [Page 6 panel 3 only]
-
- Keywords
- exorcist
Over My Dead Body
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Ruben Yandoc (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Yandoc (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-2005
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. George Mowbray; Lucille Mowbray
- Synopsis
- Dr. Mowbray needs fresher corpses to continue his research.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #50
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #18 ([March 1976])
-
The Fear Master
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-2149
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Harold Jukes; Vincent Adler
- Synopsis
- When Dr. Vincent Adler dies suddenly, his assistant Harold Jukes steals his last invention, a ray that causes instant fear, and embarks on a crime spree.
- Reprints
-
from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #88 (April-May 1965)
-
Bewitched for a Day
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-2149
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Henry; Elise; Wilson; Johnson
- Synopsis
- Henry believes that a strange little man has granted his wish to change his life, but it's just a prank played by his wife and a hidden camera TV show.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #5 (September 1956)
-
The Riddle of the Glass Bubble
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1255
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Ward
- Synopsis
- A mysterious globe arrives on Earth and will destroy the planet in 12 days unless a way is found to deactivate it.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #18 (October 1957)
-
- Keywords
- atomic bomb
Panic in the Dark
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff (credited as Bill Dennehy)
- Pencils
- Lee Elias
- Inks
- Lee Elias
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- B-1763
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mrs. Tenborg; Ben Tenborg
- Synopsis
- When a burglar breaks in, the squirrels that Ben has been feeding come to his rescue.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #50
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #25 ([October 1976])
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #20 (3ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
The Wizard of the Diamond World
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-2150
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Nardan; Hugh Ordway; Dan Phillips; Zatina
- Synopsis
- Professor Hugh Ordway uses an experimental ray to travel to another world inside a diamond atom where he helps a beautiful queen against a usurper who uses primitive science. After returning to his lab he wants to go back, but finds that time passes differently on the diamond world, and the civilization he found there is long gone.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #93 (February-March 1966)
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[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 2 pages
- Job Number
- B-2208
Indexer Notes
Includes a note by Jerry Grandenetti on a story he wrote.
Doom Was My Inheritance
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-2218
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Simon Horst; Adam Lake; Esmeralda; Matt Lake
- Synopsis
- Adam Lake takes a challenge to reach Simon Horst's emerald mine, 20 miles into the jungle.
- Reprints
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #74 (December 1962)
-
The Man Who Was Death!
comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- B-2219
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fred Jones; Helen Jones; Ted Jones
- Synopsis
- Fred Jones believes that his touch causes death.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #5 (August 1952)
-
Rest in Pieces
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-2220
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Tim
- Synopsis
- Tim makes his own tombstone, complete with date of death.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #119 (June-July 1970)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 ([June 1980])
-
The Unlucky Birthstones
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-2221
- Genre
- crime; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Jim; Joe; Swami Salo
- Synopsis
- A cursed bracelet of birthstones causes disaster for whoever holds the bracelet during the month of their birth.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #56 (November 1956)
-
The Enchanted Costumes
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1249
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Roger Newton; Ronald; Joan; Clarisse
- Synopsis
- Three enchanted costumes cause their wearers to experience the same fate as the costume's original owner.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #6 (September-October 1957) [retitled]
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Bewitched Costumes."
Among Us Dwells a Man-Beast
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- B-1896
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Pieter; Mayor Hendrick; Otto
- Synopsis
- A werewolf is on the loose.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #143
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #15 ([February 1975])
-
- Keywords
- werewolf
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Death of an Exorcist; The Man Who Was Death; Over My Dead Body
-
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Death of an Exorcist
-
3.
Over My Dead Body
-
4.
The Fear Master
-
5.
Bewitched for a Day
-
6.
The Riddle of the Glass Bubble
-
7.
Panic in the Dark
-
8.
The Wizard of the Diamond World
-
9.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
10.
Doom Was My Inheritance
-
11.
The Man Who Was Death!
-
12.
Rest in Pieces
-
13.
The Unlucky Birthstones
-
14.
The Enchanted Costumes
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15.
Among Us Dwells a Man-Beast
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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