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Issue: The Unexpected #188
Publication Date: November 1978
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Issues: #188 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: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1978
Volume: 23
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893070512
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #159.
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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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And in this Corner -- Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-4038
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Verdict from the Grave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jim Larner; Val; Paley; Inga; Buerbo
Synopsis: Val must discover who killed a vacation resort's manager.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-3861
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To Die of Laughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Pintin
Synopsis: A court jester uses a love potion on the king's daughter.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Tales #40 published January 1979
as To Die of Laughter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-2641
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Batman and the Corsair of Crime

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman; Robin
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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And in This Corner: Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rudy Millard; Harry Holcomb; Matt Loy
Synopsis: After getting a tip that the big boxing match is rigged, Matt Loy borrows money from a loan shark to put on the fight.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-3963
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Volume 78 Issue 32 - Week of August 7, 1978

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Creeper
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-232
Disclose Notes: Information on Jonah Hex Spectacular, a Fred Hembeck strip featuring the Creeper, comics on sale the week of August 14th and Ask the Answerman questions from Matthew Martini, Brian Rodney, Rich Jacobs, Bob Kulesa, Kenneth Fare and Pledger Monk.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-4040
Disclose Notes: Letters from Carl Wessler and Al Goldstein.
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The Locked Room!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Emil Coates; Monk Barnaby
Synopsis: Dr. Coates tries to prove evolution by creating a machine that regresses a vagrant to an ancient form.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: B-1800
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Murder Can Be Fatal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rafe Stark; Molly; Larry Barlow; Joyce Barlow
Synopsis: Rafe kills the Barlows to steal their house, then their ghosts return to haunt him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #33 published November 1978
as Murder Can Be Fatal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1939

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