The Unexpected
#197
(April 1980)
DC,
1968 Series
- Volume
- 25
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-01-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893070504
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #176.
My Ghost-Writer-- The Vampire!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Inks
- Luis Dominguez (signed as LD [overlapping])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-280
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Horror (BSV - Williams, 1972 series) #113 -
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #42 ([February 1981])
-
Last Laugh of a Corpse
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5733
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- George Hoskins; Brad; Harold; Ernie; Lina
- Synopsis
- When George Hoskins died he left a fortune to whichever of his nieces and nephews could find it, knowing they would kill each other in greed.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #40 ([August 1980])
-
in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #3 - Vision d'horreur (février 1982)
-
[no title indexed]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- J-5779
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at this bracelet I bought today!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia
- Synopsis
- Mildred gets a tattoo.
- Keywords
- tattoo
Indexer Notes
The Witching Hour
A Pound of Flesh... and Blood
The Three Witches / comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-5790
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred (host); Mr. Grigg; Larry
- Synopsis
- Mr. Grigg tries to put Mildred's cat to sleep.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Originally scheduled for Witching Hour #86.
Mildred is the host and also appears as a participant in the story.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-458
Indexer Notes
Letters from Scott Pierson and Pam Miller.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Letters
- typeset
[Vampire Do's and Don't]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Manak
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Manak (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6329
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Abel (host)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- vampire
My Ghost Writer the Vampire
Abel / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- J-5428
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Abel (host); Prentice Vaughn
- Synopsis
- In exchange for a safe place to sleep during the day a vampire offers horror writer Prentice Vaughn true tales for his novels.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #42 ([February 1981])
- in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #3 - Vision d'horreur (février 1982)
-
- Keywords
- vampire
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
My Ghost-Writer-- The Vampire!
-
1.
Last Laugh of a Corpse
-
2.
The Borrower
Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman -
3.
["Look at this bracelet I bought today!"]
The Three Witches -
4.
A Pound of Flesh... and Blood
The Three Witches -
5.
[no title indexed]
Unexpected Mail -
6.
Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
-
7.
[Vampire Do's and Don't]
-
8.
My Ghost Writer the Vampire
Abel -
9.
DC Puzzle
-
10.
[no title indexed]
The Answer Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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