The Unexpected
#194
(November-December 1979)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 24
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-08-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070512
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #171. On-sale date of August 23 in the house ad in this issue.
The Curse of Ozzie and Mary!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Inks
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- C-152
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Have I Got a Ghoul for You
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-5743
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ormond Mitchell; Gertrude Judd; Jim Lawson; Roger Lumley
- Synopsis
- Gertrude schemes for riches in hopes of flaunting them in the face of Ormond Mitchell.
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #112 -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #38 ([February 1980]) -
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 - Message posthume (2ème trimestre 1981)
-
- Keywords
- computer dating; grave robbery
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
Home to Your Grave
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan (credited as Jack Phillips)
- Pencils
- Tenny Henson
- Inks
- Tenny Henson
- Colors
- Bob LeRose
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-5769
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Korman; Pyter Rajik; Pflaum
- Synopsis
- Korman escapes from America and his crimes by being hidden in a coffin that is being shipped to Europe.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #107
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 - Message posthume (2ème trimestre 1981)
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #42 ([February 1981])
-
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
Bound Man's Bluff
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-5735
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Luke Barone; Michener
- Synopsis
- A thief tries to steal the valuables of a performer.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #121
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 - Message posthume (2ème trimestre 1981)
-
- Keywords
- ventriloquism
Indexer Notes
The Unexpected
The Rack!
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6092
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Abel / comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-5904
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, well, it's good to see you again, my little freakos!
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel
- Keywords
- vampire
The Curse of Ozzie and Mary
Abel / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-5673
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Ozzie; Mary; Vargas
- Synopsis
- Ozzie hires Vargas to turn his co-star into a rat.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #112
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 - Message posthume (2ème trimestre 1981)
- in Weird Mysteries (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #46 ([March 1981])
-
The Dancing Dead
Abel / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- J-3288
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Dan Baker; Amy Baker; Charley Bear
- Synopsis
- A corrupt Indian agent kills his wife when she discovers that he has been cheating the Indians on his reservation.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #133
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39 (May 1980)
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #2 - La tapisserie infernale (4ème trimestre 1981)
-
- Keywords
- American Indians; Indian agent; Indian reservation; medicine man
Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Madame Xanadu / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Wm. Kaluta (signed)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-932
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu
Moonlight and Laughter
Madame Xanadu / comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Stuart Hopen; Catherine Barret Andrews
- Pencils
- Jess Jodloman
- Inks
- Jess Jodloman
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu; Lyle Morgan; Mina Desanto; Vanessa
- Synopsis
- A werewolf hunter tries to become normal but when a pack of werewolves kidnap his fiance his is forced to fight them.
- Reprints
- in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #138
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #17 ([1980] ?)
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #2 - La tapisserie infernale (4ème trimestre 1981)
-
- Keywords
- tarot; werewolf
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Curse of Ozzie and Mary!
-
1.
Have I Got a Ghoul for You
-
2.
Home to Your Grave
-
3.
Bound Man's Bluff
-
4.
The Rack!
-
5.
["Well, well, it's good to see you again, my little freakos!"]
Abel -
6.
The Curse of Ozzie and Mary
Abel -
7.
The Dancing Dead
Abel -
8.
Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies -
9.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
10.
[no title indexed]
Madame Xanadu -
11.
Moonlight and Laughter
Madame Xanadu
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- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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