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Issue: The Unexpected #160
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #160 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: 08/08/1974
Volume: 19
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #109.
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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
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Death of an Exorcist; The Man Who Was Death; Over My Dead Body

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #18 published February 1976
as Death of an Exorcist [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2211
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2147
Disclose Notes: Detail from the cover art to The Unexpected #126, flipped and modified. We previously credited Pat Broderick, who may have had a hand in the modification.
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Death of an Exorcist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Clyde; Marla Peters; John Peters; Satan
Synopsis: A warlock makes a deal with Satan to try to trick John Peters into killing himself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #18 published February 1976
as Death of an Exorcist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #49 published ?
as Tod des Exorzisten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-2099
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Over My Dead Body

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. George Mowbray; Lucille Mowbray
Synopsis: Dr. Mowbray needs fresher corpses to continue his research.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #18 published February 1976
as Over My Dead Body [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #50 published ?
as Über meine Leiche! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-2005
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The Fear Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harold Jukes; Vincent Adler
Synopsis: When Dr. Vincent Adler dies suddenly, his assistant Harold Jukes steals his last invention, a ray that causes instant fear, and embarks on a crime spree.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #88 published April 1965
was The Fear Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-2149
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Bewitched for a Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, occult
Character(s): Henry; Elise; Wilson; Johnson
Synopsis: Henry believes that a strange little man has granted his wish to change his life, but it's just a prank played by his wife and a hidden camera TV show.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #5 published September 1956
was I Was Bewitched for a Day [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2149
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The Riddle of the Glass Bubble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Mr. Ward
Synopsis: A mysterious globe arrives on Earth and will destroy the planet in 12 days unless a way is found to deactivate it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #18 published October 1957
was The Riddle of the Glass Bubble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1255
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Panic in the Dark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mrs. Tenborg; Ben Tenborg
Synopsis: When a burglar breaks in, the squirrels that Ben has been feeding come to his rescue.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #50 published ?
as Panik in der Nacht [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1763
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The Wizard of the Diamond World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Nardan; Hugh Ordway; Dan Phillips; Zatina
Synopsis: Professor Hugh Ordway uses an experimental ray to travel to another world inside a diamond atom where he helps a beautiful queen against a usurper who uses primitive science. After returning to his lab he wants to go back, but finds that time passes differently on the diamond world, and the civilization he found there is long gone.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #93 published February 1966
was The Wizard of the Diamond World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Job Number: B-2150
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2208
Disclose Notes: Includes a note by Jerry Grandenetti on a story he wrote.
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Doom Was My Inheritance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Simon Horst; Adam Lake; Esmeralda; Matt Lake
Synopsis: Adam Lake takes a challenge to reach Simon Horst's emerald mine, 20 miles into the jungle.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #74 published December 1962
was Doom Was My Inheritance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Job Number: B-2218
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The Man Who Was Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Fred Jones; Helen Jones; Ted Jones
Synopsis: Fred Jones believes that his touch causes death.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #5 published August 1952
was The Man Who Was Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5.67
Job Number: B-2219
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Rest in Pieces

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Tim
Synopsis: Tim makes his own tombstone, complete with date of death.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #119 published June 1970
was Rest in Pieces [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2220
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The Unlucky Birthstones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, fantasy, horror
Character(s): Jim; Joe; Swami Salo
Synopsis: A cursed bracelet of birthstones causes disaster for whoever holds the bracelet during the month of their birth.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #56 published November 1956
was The Unlucky Birthstones [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2221
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The Enchanted Costumes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Roger Newton; Ronald; Joan; Clarisse
Synopsis: Three enchanted costumes cause their wearers to experience the same fate as the costume's original owner.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #6 published September 1957
was The Bewitched Costumes [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1249
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Bewitched Costumes."
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Among Us Dwells a Man-Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Pieter; Mayor Hendrick; Otto
Synopsis: A werewolf is on the loose.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-1896

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