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Issue: The Unexpected #158
Publication Date: July 1974
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Issues: #158 of 118 Issues (156 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/09/1974
Volume: 19
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #105.
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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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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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Nightmare House; Reserved for Madmen; A Hangman Awaits Me

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2045
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The Unexpected Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2047
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Reserved for Madmen Only

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cyrus Potter; Gerald; Zena
Synopsis: Gerald and Zena scheme to drive old Cyrus Potter insane so they can take his fortune.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1945 ?
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A Hangman Awaits Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Widdoes; Terrence Jones; Mrs. Bromley
Synopsis: The orphan Terrence Jones has an imaginary friend who keeps him safe from the mean Mr. Widdoes.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1629
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The Bewitched Beauty!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Whitey Reed; Molly Reed; Myra
Synopsis: Myra makes a deal with a witch to win a beauty contest.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #24 published March 1954
was The Bewitched Beauty! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: B-1260
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Prisoner of the Power-Stone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Thaddeus Watkins; Parno; King Walthrup; Rondell
Synopsis: While trying to turn other elements into gold, the alchemist Rondell created a magic stone that grants the holders every wish, but slowly turns them evil.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #18 published March 1959
was Prisoner of the Sorcerer-Stone! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Job Number: B-1245
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Prisoner of the Sorcerer-Stone!"
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Captives of the Ant Kingdom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Madden; King Pharaoh; Scott
Synopsis: Scott and his partner search for a lost gold mine and battle giant ants.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-2055
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The Fearsome Fountain of Youth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Roger Hall; Crabbe; Christopher Moss; J. T. Farnley; May Johnson
Synopsis: Criminal Roger Hall is willing to pay a million dollars for a drink from what he believes is water from the Fountain of Youth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #24 published December 1976
as The Fearsome Fountain of Youth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #36 published March 1955
was The Fountain of Youth [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1259
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Fountain of Youth."
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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-2044
Disclose Notes: Letter from P. B. C. and miscellaneous information.
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The Doom Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Drake; Haney
Synopsis: A couple of explorers find two pistols each loaded with three magic bullets, two will bring wealth, the other doom.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #144 published July 1964
was The Doom Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-2056
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The Menace of the Fireball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dunstan Waverly Jr.; Dunstan Waverly Sr.
Synopsis: A giant fireball from space threatens to melt the Earth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #19 published November 1957
was The Menace of the Fireball [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1256
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Trial by Error

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bret Hodge; Harriet Hodge; Comtesse Louise de Rochaud
Synopsis: Bret and Harriet take refuge from a storm at a French hotel and are framed for murder.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1744
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Flame of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Pete; Jim; soldier (unnamed)
Synopsis: Three soldiers learn the hard way about the myth of never lighting three cigarettes on one match.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Job Number: B-1626
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The End of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Johnny Peril; Eric Dexo; Professor Karl Dexo
Synopsis: A criminal tries to convince Johnny Peril that he is being haunted by Death himself.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSensation Mystery #113 published January 1953
was The End of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-2057
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Nightmare House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Charlie Robbins; Sergeant Boyce; Mrs. Mapes; Hilda Winters; Mr. Jurgens; Otto
Synopsis: Charlie Robbins, running from the law, takes refuge in a boarding house with a secret.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1918

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