The Unexpected
#176
(November-December 1976)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-08-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Barcode
- 0709893070512
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor); Jack C. Harris (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #134.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #29 ([June 1977]), #29 ([June 1977]), #29 ([June 1977])
-
Having a Wonderful Crime
cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-2915
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #29 ([June 1977])
-
- Keywords
- skeleton
Having a Wonderful Crime
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- E. R. Cruz (credited as ER Cruz)
- Inks
- E. R. Cruz (credited as ER Cruz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-2843
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Roy Wilson; Paul; Freddy Barnes
- Synopsis
- A camp initiation goes horribly wrong.
- Reprints
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #15 (2ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #18 (avril 1988) [N&B/B&W]
-
- Keywords
- premature burial; skeleton
Green Lantern and the Fruit Pie Scene
Green Lantern; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
What Haunted Herbert
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-1900
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Herbert Rodman
- Synopsis
- A psychologist puts Herbert into a trance and makes him think he's gone into the past where he is going to be beheaded.
- Reprints
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #15 (2ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Spectral (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #16 (avril 1988) [N&B [B&W]]
-
- Keywords
- decapitation; guillotine
Justice for All Includes Children, 7
Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Escape to Treachery
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan (credited as Jack Philips)
- Pencils
- Gerry Talaoc
- Inks
- Gerry Talaoc
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- B-2621
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Rafael; Pedro Ruiz
- Synopsis
- Pedro has only weeks to live so he decides to assassinate El Presidente.
- Reprints
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #15 (2ème trimestre 1980) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris (responses)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-2896
Indexer Notes
Letters from Paul Misler, Linda Wasden and Tom Quase.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Having a Wonderful Crime
-
1.
Having a Wonderful Crime
-
2.
Green Lantern and the Fruit Pie Scene
Green Lantern; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
What Haunted Herbert
-
4.
Justice for All Includes Children, 7
Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman -
5.
Escape to Treachery
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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