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Issue: The Unexpected #139
Publication Date: September 1972
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Issues: #139 of 118 Issues (156 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/25/1972
Volume: 17
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Unexpected #138 and Comic Reader #86.
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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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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #29 published November 1977
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1456
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The 2 Brains of "Beast" Bracken!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bracken
Synopsis: After being shot with a shotgun, the inmate known as "Beast" Bracken loses his violent ways.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #7/1975 published July 1975
as De 2 hjernene til Bracken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #36 published August 1975
as Die 2 Ichs der "Bestie" Bracken! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Bracken
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: B-695
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Roger's Super Skittle Bowl

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Roger Staubach
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Aurora Olympic Size Skittle Bowl game, featuring NFL quarterback Roger Staubach.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Harold Auerbach, Matt Royce and Richard R. Lee.
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First Startling Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Kamandi
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Kamandi #1, with cover depicted. "On sale Aug. 29"
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Let's Scare Lisa to Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Arthur; Lisa; McNeil
Synopsis: Arthur and Lisa spend a night in a haunted house for the promise of ten thousand dollars if they make it until morning.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #12/1973 published December 1973
as Vi skremmer Lisa til døde! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #17 published January 1974
as Nichts für schwache Nerven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #29 published November 1977
as Let's Scare Lisa to Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1316
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Kenner's Smash-Up Derby

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Kenner SSP Smash-Up Derby model car kit.
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How to Get Rid of a Corpse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jacques Monaud; Eddie Robard
Synopsis: Jacques kills Eddie, but where can he hide the body?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #8/1974 published August 1974
as Hvordan skulle han bli kvitt liket! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #25 published September 1974
as Wie werde ich nur die Leiche los! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1194

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