The Unexpected
#161
(January-February 1975)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 20
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-10-10
- 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 #111.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [The wording “and 10 Jolting Tales of Tension” deleted from cover blurb.]
-
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (illustration)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- L-429
- Reprints
-
from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #134 (April 1972) [as index page]
-
Indexer Notes
Table of Contents page with illustration from cover of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #134.
Has Anyone Seen My Killer?
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-2084
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Miss Heather; Professor Tinsley; Boynton Beast; Angus Rudd
- Synopsis
- Professor Tinsley experiments to bring back the dead Boynton Beast but instead becomes the feared killer himself.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #54 - in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Job number (B-2084) deleted from this reprint.]
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #20 (3ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
The Haunted Dollhouse
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1984
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Randall; Mrs. Karpe; Mandy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Randall buys a dollhouse for his daughter Mandy but soon the dolls inside come to life.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #54
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #7 ([October 1978]) [Job number (B-1984) deleted from this reprint.]
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #16 (4ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- dollhouse
The Face in the Ball!
comic story / 4.67 pages
- Job Number
- L-420
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Benson; Leland; Julia
- Synopsis
- John Benson finds his future by gazing into a crystal ball.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #118 (April-May 1970)
-
- Keywords
- crystal ball
The Supernatural Swindler
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- L-417
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Warren; Baron Hazar; Gaylord Wood
- Synopsis
- Warren makes a living selling bogus supernatural items, but has he stumbled onto the real thing?
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #11 (July-August 1958)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #4 ([September 1977]) [Job number (L-417) deleted from this reprint. Page headings deleted: “The Unexpected” (left pages) and “The Supernatural Swindler” (right pages).]
-
- Keywords
- Aladdin's Lamp; alchemy; witch doctor
Ball of String!
comic story / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- L-431
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ethan
- Synopsis
- Ethan collects a huge ball of string.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #116 (December 1969-January 1970)
-
Roehmer's Revenge!
comic story / 3.67 pages
- Job Number
- L-416
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Schmidt; Dr. Roehmer
- Synopsis
- In the closing days of World War II a low-ranking Nazi officer has a plastic surgeon change his face so he can remain free from capture.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #106 (April-May 1968)
-
- Keywords
- Nazi; plastic surgeon; World War II
The Queen Who Lived Again!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Gordon
- Job Number
- L-419
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Moira Fate; Mr. Stander
- Synopsis
- Moira Fate is hired to star in a movie about three historical Queens, and she seems to already know more about them than anybody else.
- Reprints
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #8 (March-April 1956) [retitled]
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #28 ([August 1977])
-
- Keywords
- Aztec; Egypt; pyramid; sarcophagus
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Queen and I."
The House That Hate Built!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- L-430
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Clem Atwill; Rusty; Lydia Fowler; Frank Fowler
- Synopsis
- Clem Atwill tries to use his money to become powerful but soon realizes that he's wasted his money on a mirage.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #117 (February-March 1970)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #3 ([June 1977]) [Job number (L-430) deleted from this reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- quicksand; swamp
Death of the Man Who Never Lived
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- L-414
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Adams; Mr. Hubbard; Lemuel Rogers; Mr. Bremer
- Synopsis
- After a robbery goes wrong and Bremer kills Mr. Hubbard, he tries to pin the murder on Adams only to discover that Adams is a robot.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #117 (February-March 1970)
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #4 ([September 1977]) [Job number (L-414), and copyright details deleted from reprint.]
-
- Keywords
- robot
Wake Me Before I Die!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- L-418
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Arthur Kinnison
- Synopsis
- Arthur Kinnison is slowly driven mad by lack of sleep when he can't decide what is reality and what is a dream.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #49
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #18 ([August 1975])
-
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala (illustration)
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-2291
Indexer Notes
Letters from Willie Joe Landers, Ray Scott and Alan Levinson.
The Menace of Wrecker's Reef!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Job Number
- L-413
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Big Ed Williams; Brad; Mal Leslie
- Synopsis
- Big Ed and his friends are trapped by a sea monster.
- Reprints
- from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #72 (October 1962) [retitled]
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #22 ([August 1976])
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "We Mastered the Menace of Wrecker's Reef!"
The Day Nobody Died!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- L-415
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Kroeger; Cardagan; Hans; Death
- Synopsis
- Hans manages to capture Death, preventing anyone in the area from dying.
- Reprints
- from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #115 (October-November 1969)
-
Mis-Judgment Day
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1956
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Terrence; Simon; Ester
- Synopsis
- A con man and his wife trick a cult into believing he is their savior.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #59
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #18 ([August 1975])
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #16 (4ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Has Anyone Seen My Killer?
-
3.
The Haunted Dollhouse
-
4.
The Face in the Ball!
-
5.
The Supernatural Swindler
-
6.
Ball of String!
-
7.
Roehmer's Revenge!
-
8.
The Queen Who Lived Again!
-
9.
The House That Hate Built!
-
10.
Death of the Man Who Never Lived
-
11.
Wake Me Before I Die!
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12.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
13.
The Menace of Wrecker's Reef!
-
14.
The Day Nobody Died!
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15.
Mis-Judgment Day
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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