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Issue: The Unexpected #126
Publication Date: August 1971
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Issues: #126 of 118 Issues (156 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/24/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age and Modern Age U. S.
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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Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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You Are Cordially Invited-- to Die!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1030
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You Are Cordially Invited-- to Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hiram; Raymond; Mr. Grimm; Oswald
Synopsis: While on his deathbed, Hiram makes a deal with a mysterious figure for one more hour of life.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-571
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A Cat Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mrs. McDougal; Mr. Harris
Synopsis: Mrs. McDougal, an old cat lady, has a disagreement with your landlord.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-878
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The Doomsday Drum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Crowfoot; Ken Kirby
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #9 published March 1958
was The Doomsday Drum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1035
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1023
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Ray G. Golin and Pete Columbo.

In answering one of the letters, Al Case is referred to as the "editor" of the letter page. Al Case is one of the aliases of Murray Boltinoff.
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Please Let Me Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Charlie Kimble; Crane
Synopsis: Charlie Kimble hears the voices of his dead cellmates.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.5
Job Number: #29
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The Town That Buried Me Alive!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Wayne Bostwick; Roy Bostwick; Doc Wheeler; Sheriff Lucas
Synopsis: A twin is having memory problems, uncertain which one he is.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #149 published March 1965
was The Town That Buried Me - Alive! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.67
Job Number: B-1034
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The Strange Mind of Mother Shipton

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-1033
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Seek Your Own Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Sparks; Hodges; Paley
Synopsis: Three criminals kill an old prospector hoping to find his cache of gold.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Tales #5 published June 1973
as Seek Your Own Grave! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-539
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Silk Gauze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Character(s): Mr. Thompson; Eva Thompson
Synopsis: How silk gauze was used to deceive seance patrons.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Witching Hour #1 published February 1969
was Silk Gauze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1037

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