The Unexpected
#191
(May-June 1979)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-02-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070506
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #165.
[no title indexed]
cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-944
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #23 (juin 1982) [Page de droite encadrée [Framed right page]]
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover art.
[no title indexed]
Abel; The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-5914
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Abel, don't be so shy!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel; Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Night of the Voodoo Curse
comic story / 7.5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Alfredo Alcala (signed)
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Alfredo Alcala
- Job Number
- J-5811
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Len Carver; Louis Goudreau; Philippe Goudreau; Papa Grenouille; Annette; Michele; Alan Chaumont
- Synopsis
- Len Carver takes his cellmate's place when he is paroled.
- Reprints
-
in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 (1979?) - in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #22 (mars 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- cemetery; French Quarter; Mardi Gras; New Orleans; voodoo; zombie
Scream Along with Sammy
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-5810
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sam Chapman; Carole; Lieutenant Warren
- Synopsis
- Someone is stalking Sam Chapman and threatening to kill him.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #36 (August 1979)
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #22 (mars 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- schizophrenia; stalking
What Demon Dwells Within Me
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5772
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Colonel Morrel; Garkwadj; Bral
- Synopsis
- Colonel Morrel finds an alien spacecraft and accidentally releases an interplanetary demon.
- Reprints
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #23 (juin 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- demon; space station
[no title indexed]
Abel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-5914
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H-Hello, Readers -- I would tell you all about the thrilling stories...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel
Indexer Notes
Introductory page to House of Secrets stories.
The Darkness Beyond
Abel / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5184
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Michael Allison
- Synopsis
- Michael Allison kills three women in an attempt to raise a demon.
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 (1979?)
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #24 (septembre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- demon; human sacrifice
The Dead Don't Cry
Abel / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3906
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Franz Horthy; Dr. Henry Frankenstein
- Synopsis
- A mortician turns to robbing graves but is caught and killed by villagers.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #36 (August 1979)
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #24 (septembre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- grave robbing; mortician
The Harpies Are Coming!
Abel / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- J-3386
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Hector Elliot; Higgins; Dr. Davis; Mr. Podges; Tyrone Rutledge; Walter Stewart; Wilfred Butler; Mrs. Peggoty
- Synopsis
- Hector gets ESP after an industrial accident but only uses his powers to save the lives of those that can afford to pay for his service.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #36 (August 1979)
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #24 (septembre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- extra-sensory perception; harpy
Witch Works
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- Dave Manak ?
- Letters
- Dave Manak
- Job Number
- J-5620
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch how quick this new frog powder works, Flossie!
- Genre
- humor
[Witching Hour]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- E. R. Cruz (credited as ER Cruz)
- Inks
- E. R. Cruz (credited as ER Cruz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J 5780
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm worried! Mildred went to do some shopping...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Introductory page for stories from The Witching Hour.
The Ouija's Omen
The Three Witches / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Stephen R. Bissette (credited as SR Bissette)
- Inks
- Stephen R. Bissette (credited as SR Bissette)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-5748
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred (host); Sheriff Bufford; Rosa
- Synopsis
- Sheriff Bufford kills Rosa after she refuses to date him.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 ([June 1980]) [Illustration of Morded (host) removed from pp1. First panel of pp5 with Modred deleted and artwork from panel two extended; Mordred illustration deleted from last story panel.]
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #24 (septembre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- fortune teller; gypsy; Ouija board
Sing a Song of Sorcery
The Three Witches / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Roger McKenzie
- Pencils
- Vicente Alcázar (as Alcazar)
- Inks
- Vicente Alcázar (as Alcazar)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Job Number
- J-5721
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred (host); Dr. Adams; Dr. Pearson; Andre Borst; Lydell Billings; Matilda
- Synopsis
- Lydell Billings asks the witch Matilda to kill his nemesis, Borst, so Lydell can become the greatest opera singer.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #12 ([January 1980]) [Illustration of Mildred (host) and her word balloon (except for story title) removed from pp1. First panel of pp2 with Mildred deleted and panel two extended to replace it. Head shot of Mildred on page two, panel five deleted. Artwork on last panel of story altered to change Mildred to the witch Matilda."]
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #19 (octobre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- insane asylum; opera; witch; witchcraft
The Fine Art of Murder!
The Three Witches / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors
- Jerry Serpe
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- J-5725
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cynthia (host); Spigel; Ludwig
- Synopsis
- When Herr Spigel turns down Ludwig for the job of circus tattooed man, Ludwig flies into a rage and kills Spigel.
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 (1979?)
- in La Maison du Mystère (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #19 (octobre 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
- Keywords
- circus; tattoo
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-248
Indexer Notes
On the inside back cover. Includes a letter from Charles David Haskell and an editorial by Jack C. Harris on the new format.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
On inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
["Come on, Abel, don't be so shy!"]
Abel; The Three Witches -
2.
Night of the Voodoo Curse
-
3.
Haunting Fear
-
4.
Scream Along with Sammy
-
5.
What Demon Dwells Within Me
-
6.
["H-Hello, Readers -- I would tell you all about the thrilling stories..."]
Abel -
7.
The Darkness Beyond
Abel -
8.
The Dead Don't Cry
Abel -
9.
The Harpies Are Coming!
Abel -
10.
Witch Works
-
11.
[Witching Hour]
The Three Witches -
12.
The Ouija's Omen
The Three Witches -
13.
Sing a Song of Sorcery
The Three Witches -
14.
The Fine Art of Murder!
The Three Witches -
15.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
16.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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