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Issue: The Unexpected #159
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #159 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: 06/11/1974
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 #107.
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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
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A Cry in the Night; Frozen in Fear; Creature That Never Existed

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2120
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Unexpected Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2059
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A Cry in the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Horst; Marie; Walter; Baron
Synopsis: Horst has another person pose as a "wild boy of the forest" to kill the Baron so he can marry Marie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-2087
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Schocker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jim Laskey; Officer Ryan
Synopsis: Criminal Jim Laskey is judged by a ghostly jury after he gunned down Officer Ryan.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2002
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The Creature That Never Existed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Duncan; Professor Alex Miles; Keller
Synopsis: Just as Professor Miles is about to present his evidence that the Quoquarto beast is merely a legend, the beast appears from nowhere and attacks him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #89 published June 1965
was The Creature That Never Existed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Job Number: B-2060
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The Telltale Hand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): George Karyl; John Putnam; Detective Bruce
Synopsis: George Karyl kills his client John Putnam and hides the body but the lines on his palm begin to form a hangman's noose.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #6 published September 1952
was The Telltale Hand! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2069
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I Was Blackmailed by a Phantom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Captain Cordoba; Santos; Renaldo
Synopsis: A ghost helps lead Santos's army to overthrow the dictator of his country but afterwards tries to blackmail Santos into trading places.
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From Content Item: FlagMy Greatest Adventure #67 published May 1962
was I Was Blackmailed by a Phantom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1255
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Frozen in Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Pietro; Vitelli; Gian; Giuseppe
Synopsis: A cemetery watchmen is attacked by two criminals but the ghosts of the cemetery come to his aid.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: B-1952
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The Swami of Broadway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dean Hall; Orry Kane; swami [Jones]
First Line: From the mysterious jungles of Bengal to the glittering lights of an American city came the Swami--bringing with him a magic emerald possessing the power to unlock the forbidden secrets of the future!
Synopsis: Dean Hall and Orry Kane are on a trip in Bengal. Kane tries again to persuade Hall to sell him his theater, Hall again refuses. They enter a village and see a swami who predicts an elephant stampede. The square is emptied just in time. A month later Hall auditions acts for his theater when the swami appears on stage. He makes two predictions which comes true. Later the swami is asked to appear at the theater and he says he will not enter as it will be struck by a meteor. Hall sells the theatre to Kane and leaves. The swami is then revealed to be a fake. Then a meteor hits the theatre.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #14 published November 1958
was The Swami of Broadway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1251
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The Rainbow Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Hargate; Tod Milling
Synopsis: Dr. Hargate discovers how chameleons change color and gives himself the same abilities in order to commit crimes. But he doesn't realize he has a color-blind neighbor who can spot him.
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From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #15 published July 1957
was The Rainbow Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1265
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The Night I Watched Myself Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Paul Galen; Phil Toledo; Willard Knox
Synopsis: A hired killer is after reporter Paul Galen.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #105 published February 1968
was "The Night I Watched Myself Die!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-2073
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Job Number: B-2115
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The Demon Gun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jim Folson; John Ellis; Tiwa
Synopsis: Jim Folson believes that big game hunter John Ellis has a magical gun that never misses.
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From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #30 published September 1954
was The Demon Gun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2074
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The Strange Experiment of Dr. Grimm!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Nick Nolan; John Grimm; Warden Lewis; Dave Strong
Synopsis: John Grimm keeps a convicted murderer's brain alive after his execution but finds himself controlled by the brain to commit murder.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #2 published February 1952
was The Strange Experiment of Dr. Grimm! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2122
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Who's That Lying in My Coffin?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Herb Mowery; Addie Mowery
Synopsis: A couple has shared dreams about one of them dying.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1771

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