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Issue: The Unexpected #136
Publication Date: June 1972
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Issues: #136 of 118 Issues (156 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/25/1972
Volume: 17
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #83.
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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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Disclose Reprinted From2
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Stranger from the Swamp

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #2/1974 published February 1974
as Han utryddet det onde [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #19 published March 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1358
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An Incident of Violence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Bannister; Valerie Bannister; Frank
Synopsis: Frank tries to kill his girlfriend's father so they can inherit his old mill.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #2/1974 published February 1974
as Han utryddet det onde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #19 published March 1974
as Im Dunkeln lauert der Tod [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: B-1290
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Don't Let Me Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lloyd Garber; Jack Hurley
Synopsis: Jack returns from an icy grave to get revenge on his killer.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #10/1973 published October 1973
as Ikke la meg dø! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #15 published November 1973
as Im Schatten eines Toten! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: B-397
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The Curse of the Kung Lo Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): James Malcolm; Lieutenant Kirkland; Kung Lo; Peal; Red Martin; Harvey Weston
Synopsis: A cursed diamond is cut up into smaller diamonds and appears to be spreading the curse all over town.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #52 published January 1962
was The Curse of the Kung Lo Diamond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1258
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Die a Deep Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Manuel; Dolores
Synopsis: Manuel robs the mine's payroll so he can spend it on Dolores but a cave-in reveals his crime.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: 33
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The Exile from Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Kirk Randall
Synopsis: Kirk Randall uses an ancient Egyptian ring, which makes him invulnerable as long as he doesn't touch the ground, to commit a string of robberies.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #16 published August 1957
was The Exile from Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1254
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Please -- Kill Me Once More

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Cronin; Willie Wilson; Doc Karnes
Synopsis: During a near-death experience Mr. Cronin meets a robber who gives him a clue to where his loot is hidden.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #9/1973 published September 1973
as Drep meg en gang til [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #14 published October 1973
as Bitte...tötet mich noch einmal! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1235
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1359
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Sylvia Hoover, Susan Kazan, Steve Barasch and Eugene Comean.

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