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Issue: The Unexpected #157
Publication Date: May 1974
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Issues: #157 of 118 Issues (156 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [block]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/12/1974
Volume: 19
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #103.
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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:  
Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From8
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Who Will Kill Gigantus?; The Abominable Snowman; The Thing from the Dead Letter Office

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #144 published February 1973
was Curse of the Black Cat [Illustration on Cover, Front]as index page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: N-887
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents page with image from the cover of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #144.
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The House of the Executioner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Loren Grue; Sheldon Sutton; Gorse
Synopsis: The Grue family were executioners throughout the ages and their ghosts continue to haunt the family home.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Corpse in the Dead Letter Office

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Margaret Poe; Luanne Lowry
Synopsis: Ghosts attack a tour group in a ghost town.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1912
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Something's Alive in Volcano 13!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Professor Eric Fielding; Joe Hiller; Dr. Susan Acres; Professor J. A. Pringle
Synopsis: A reporter and two scientists use a digging machine to search for a scientist who went missing while exploring a volcano.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #83 published February 1959
was Something's Alive in Volcano 13! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1261
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The Man Who Cheated Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bill Lorman; "Big Benny" Doyle; Murdoch
Synopsis: "Lucky" Bill Lorman has a magic painting that protects him from death.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #101 published August 1960
was The Man Who Cheated Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1272
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The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lt. Jed Conway; Staley; Dick Larsen; Al Francis
Synopsis: A detective tries to catch a gang of crooks by tricking them into believing that three magic wands can help them in their crimes, but then it turns out that the wands really do work.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #118 published January 1962
was The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1274
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Phantom Duel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Pierre Monsard; Raoul D'Arles
Synopsis: Pierre Monsard's ghost returns from the dead to finish his duel with Raoul.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #1 published November 1956
was The Phantom Duel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: B-1248
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Beware, I Can Read Your Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Tello the Great [Johnny Carter]; Doctor Benson
Synopsis: As a child Johnny Carter is exposed to a strange radiation that gives him the ability to read minds.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #7 published November 1956
was Beware, I Can Read Your Mind [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1252
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I Battled the Abominable Snowman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Kurdu; Frank Martin; Jess Lewis; Mr. Tyndall; Floyd Jameson
Synopsis: Frank Martin braves the highest Himalayan mountains to capture a wild goat, but he must first discover if the legend of the Abominable Snowman protecting the wildlife on the mountain is true.
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From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #10 published July 1956
was I Battled the Abominable Snowman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1277
Disclose Notes: Art credits from index of original printing; art credited here to John Prentice.
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Born Loser!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lou Lowry; Mr. Bromley
Synopsis: Lou Lowry wants to go to jail so he'll get a decent meal and a place to sleep, but everything he tries to do to get arrested leads him to be a hero.
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In Content Item: FlagLois Lane Comic #114 published June 1976
as Born Loser [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1654
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The Dagger's Deed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Philippines studio)
Inker(s): ? (Philippines studio)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A fortune teller warns a criminal that he will die by a dagger if he commits an evil act.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #8 published December 1977
as The Dagger's Deed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1757
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The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ray Weede
Synopsis: Ray Weede, a safecracker, discovers that a child has a device that predicts the future. He tries to use it to become rich and gets caught in the process.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #92 published November 1959
was The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: B-1253
Disclose Notes: Art credits from index of the original printing; art credited here to Mort Meskin.
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Body Snatcher!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Roy Cabal; Fern; Felix Pilcher
Synopsis: Roy Cabal begins stealing bodies from the morgue he works at which leads to him killing a co-worker when he is caught.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #69 published ?
as Body Snatcher! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1010
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Who Will Kill Gigantus?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Calvert; Boehme
Synopsis: Calvert discovers a dinosaur in the wilds of Africa.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1940
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-1978
Disclose Notes: Includes brief factual anecdotes.

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