The Unexpected
#169
(October 1975)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 20
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale date
- 1975-07-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff; Jack Harris (assistant editor)
- 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 Comic Reader #120.
in 
What Can Be Worse Than Dying?
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
- Inks
- Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
- Colors
- Liz Berube
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1513
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Matt Halstead; Reza; Pete Halstead; Sally
- Synopsis
- Matt Halstead blew up his own oil wells and used Reza as his fall guy. Reza places a curse on Matt.
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #25 ([February 1977]) -
in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #16 (septembre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Indexer Notes
Colorist credit from the letter page of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #172.
How Ugly the Face of Death!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1754
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Wilson
- Synopsis
- Doctors try unsuccessfully to cure Wilson of radiation poisoning.
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #17 ([1980] ?)
- in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #16 (septembre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- radiation
5 Miles to Midnight
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff [as Wesley Marsh]
- Pencils
- Lee Elias
- Inks
- Lee Elias
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-1886
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- James Macrae; Donald Macrae; Angus Ferguson
- Synopsis
- Angus Ferguson stages his death to see the reaction by his town when he passes and is disgusted that all celebrate his death, except two strangers.
- Reprints
- in L'Insolite (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #16 (septembre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- Scotland
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
What Can Be Worse Than Dying?
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2.
How Ugly the Face of Death!
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3.
Minerva Menace!
Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
5 Miles to Midnight
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5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail
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