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Issue: The Unexpected #116
Publication Date: December 1969
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Issues: #116 of 118 Issues (156 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/07/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US, standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-156, #163-222); squarebound (#157-162)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Express Train to Nowhere!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Nick Cardy credits confirmed in the letter column of issue #118 and again in issue #120.
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Express Train to Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Mad Mod Witch (host); Alex; Linda; Zaroff; Doc
Synopsis: Four passengers on a train are dropped off in a strange fantasy world and they must attempt to reboard the train before it leaves the station.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Dave Wood credit confirmed in the letter column to issue #118.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-405
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Jerry Crown, Ted Niemeyer, Frank Haver and Eric Knight.

Includes a lengthy response to a letter where Murray Boltinoff details the career of Jerry Grandenetti.
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Steps to Disaster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Hans
Synopsis: A criminal steals a pair of wooden shoes.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #162 published March 1975
as Steps to Disaster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.67
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Mad to Order

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man is fitted for a straitjacket.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of Sinister House #18 published June 1974
as Mad to Order [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #39 published May 1980
as Mad to Order [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Secrets of Sinister House #[nn] published April 2010
as Mad to Order [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-358
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Ball of String!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Ethan
Synopsis: Ethan collects a huge ball of string.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #127 published March 1970
as Ball of String [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #161 published January 1975
as Ball of String! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Job Number: B-317
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Ashes to Ashes, Dustin to Dust?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Amy; Dustin; Doctor Fields
Synopsis: Dustin secretly tried to kill his wife and father-in-law, but his wife survived.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #62 published April 1970
as Ashes to Ashes, Dustin to Dust? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.5
Job Number: B-335
Disclose Notes: The fact that Al Case is really Murray Boltinoff was confirmed in the letter column to issue #118.

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