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Issue: The Unexpected #127
Publication Date: September 1971
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Issues: #127 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: 07/22/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (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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Disclose Reprinted From3
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Follow the Piper-- to Your Grave!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1063
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Follow the Piper to Your Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Vic Mason; Mona Evans; Frank Lucey
Synopsis: Vic and Mona travel into bayou country looking for a real haunted house.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Classics #1 published January 1972
as Volg de fluitspeler naar je graf! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #1/1972 published August 1972
as Følg musikken til graven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #1 published August 1972
as Todes-Melodie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-424
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The Cats Who Knew Too Much!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Michael Renner; Sally Moore
Synopsis: Butler Michael Renner kills his employer but soon finds out that her will stipulates he must take care of her cats or he will receive no money. Soon he begins to imagine that the cats are out to get him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #8 published January 1958
was The Cats Who Knew Too Much! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1062
Disclose Notes: Art & story credited to Jack Kirby in splash panel.
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The Ferry Was Waiting!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: Doctor Rawlings is transported on a night ferry whose captain died shortly ago. This way the deceased captain pays off a debt to the doctor.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSensation Comics #109 published May 1952
was The Ferry Was Waiting! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: B-1061
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The $30,000 Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A criminal is released from prison but he gets an unexpected surprise when he goes to retrieve the stolen money he hid before he was caught.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #57 published ?
as The $30,000 Corpse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-855
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1056
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Jay L. Zilber, Bill McDonough and Helena Allmon.
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Queen of the Snows!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Johnny Peril; Lee Allen; Subara; Bill Davis; Jack Gordon
Synopsis: Johnny Peril finds his friend Lee Allen, who just before he dies swears he has seen Subara the Ice Queen, who the natives believe lives on frozen Mt. Subara. Johnny returns to the mountain with two more friends, but only he encounters Subara. They refuse to believe he met the mythical woman until he produces her crown of roses.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSensation Comics #107 published January 1952
was Queen of the Snows! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1060
Disclose Notes: Pencilling and editorial credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Also confirmed in the letter column of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #128.
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Frightened to Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man in a raft floating on the ocean finally finds land.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #74 published April 1972
as Frightened to Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #3 published October 1972
as Todesschock! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #3/1972 published October 1972
as Død av redsel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.5
Job Number: B-409
Disclose Notes: The letter column in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #128 lists the writer of this story as Al Case, one of Murray Boltinoff's pen names.
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Till Death Do Us Unite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Truman Wilkes; Vivian Wilkes; Sara Plunkett
Synopsis: Truman Wilkes kills his wife but with no body he must wait seven years until she is ruled legally dead to inherit her money.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #82 published January 1971
as Till Death Us Do Unite [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #2/1973 published February 1973
as Til døden forener oss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #7 published ?
as Bis der Tod uns vereint [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-987
Disclose Notes: Story title has "Till Death Do Us Part" with "Part" crossed out and "Unite" written above it.

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