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Issue: The Unexpected #161
Publication Date: January 1975
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Issues: #161 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: 10/10/1974
Volume: 20
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 #111.
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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 In5
Disclose Reprinted From9
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #134 published April 1972
was Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Fear... But Were Too Afraid to Ask [Illustration on Cover, Front]as index page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-429
Disclose Notes: Table of Contents page with illustration from cover of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #134.
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Has Anyone Seen My Killer?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Miss Heather; Professor Tinsley; Boynton Beast; Angus Rudd
Synopsis: Professor Tinsley experiments to bring back the dead Boynton Beast but instead becomes the feared killer himself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #54 published ?
as Hat jemand meinen Mörder gesehen? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-2084
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The Haunted Dollhouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Randall; Mrs. Karpe; Mandy
Synopsis: Mr. Randall buys a dollhouse for his daughter Mandy but soon the dolls inside come to life.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #54 published ?
as Das verhexte Puppenhaus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1984
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The Face in the Ball!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): John Benson; Leland; Julia
Synopsis: John Benson finds his future by gazing into a crystal ball.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4.67
Job Number: L-420
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The Supernatural Swindler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Warren; Baron Hazar; Gaylord Wood
Synopsis: Warren makes a living selling bogus supernatural items, but has he stumbled onto the real thing?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #11 published July 1958
was The Supernatural Swindler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: L-417
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Ball of String!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ethan
Synopsis: Ethan collects a huge ball of string.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #116 published December 1969
was Ball of String! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
Job Number: L-431
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Roehmer's Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Schmidt; Dr. Roehmer
Synopsis: In the closing days of World War II a low-ranking Nazi officer has a plastic surgeon change his face so he can remain free from capture.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #106 published April 1968
was Roehmer's Revenge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.67
Job Number: L-416
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The Queen Who Lived Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
Character(s): Moira Fate; Mr. Stander
Synopsis: Moira Fate is hired to star in a movie about three historical Queens, and she seems to already know more about them than anybody else.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #28 published August 1977
as The Queen Who Lived Again [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #8 published March 1956
was The Queen and I [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: L-419
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Queen and I."
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The House That Hate Built!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Clem Atwill; Rusty; Lydia Fowler; Frank Fowler
Synopsis: Clem Atwill tries to use his money to become powerful but soon realizes that he's wasted his money on a mirage.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #117 published February 1970
was The House That Hate Built! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: L-430
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Death of the Man Who Never Lived

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Adams; Mr. Hubbard; Lemuel Rogers; Mr. Bremer
Synopsis: After a robbery goes wrong and Bremer kills Mr. Hubbard, he tries to pin the murder on Adams only to discover that Adams is a robot.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #117 published February 1970
was Death of the Man Who Never Lived [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-414
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Wake Me Before I Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Arthur Kinnison
Synopsis: Arthur Kinnison is slowly driven mad by lack of sleep when he can't decide what is reality and what is a dream.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #49 published ?
as Wecke mich, bevor ich sterbe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-418
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2291
Disclose Notes: Letters from Willie Joe Landers, Ray Scott and Alan Levinson.
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The Menace of Wrecker's Reef!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Big Ed Williams; Brad; Mal Leslie
Synopsis: Big Ed and his friends are trapped by a sea monster.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #72 published October 1962
was We Mastered the Menace of Wrecker's Reef! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: L-413
Disclose Notes: Original title: "We Mastered the Menace of Wrecker's Reef!"
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The Day Nobody Died!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Kroeger; Cardagan; Hans; Death
Synopsis: Hans manages to capture Death, preventing anyone in the area from dying.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #115 published October 1969
was The Day Nobody Died! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Job Number: L-415
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Mis-Judgment Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Terrence; Simon; Ester
Synopsis: A con man and his wife trick a cult into believing he is their savior.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #59 published ?
as Gewinner oder Verlierer? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1956

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