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Issue: The Unexpected #190
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #190 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: 12/12/1978
Volume: 24
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893070504
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #163.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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The Jigsaw Corpse!

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #36 published August 1979
as The Jigsaw Corpse! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-929
Disclose Notes: wraparound cover
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Have You the Nerve to Face the Unexpected

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Madame Xanadu; Abel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover introductory sequence with indicia at the bottom of the page.
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The Jigsaw Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): El Condor; Pablo; El General; El Presidente; Ramon
Synopsis: El Condor returns from the grave to lead a revolution against El General.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #36 published August 1979
as The Jigsaw Corpse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-5695
Disclose Notes: The Unexpected
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Death Warmed Over

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jim Hutch; Morgan
Synopsis: Prospectors Hutch and Morgan find a huge deposit of oil, then Hutch kills his partner.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #37 published November 1979
as Death Warmed Over [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-5713
Disclose Notes: The Unexpected
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Death Took the Curtain Calls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rombeau; Ludwig; Dave Larsen; Karen; Orville
Synopsis: A reporter discovers a ventriloquist's secret.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-5773
Disclose Notes: The Unexpected
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Getting Rid of Robert

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Robert; Rene; Claude
Synopsis: A mill owner shuts down the factory but the workers manage to make one more tapestry.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #37 published November 1979
as Getting Rid of Robert [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-5694
Disclose Notes: The Unexpected
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel; Jack C. Harris
First Line: Shh... Don't say a word, reader!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5876
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Every Silver Lining's Got a Cloud!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host); Carter Sherred; Shirley; Albert; Chuck; Fred; Scott Radner; "Torpedo" Bramton
Synopsis: When Scott Radner gets wise to con-man Carter Sherred's scheme, Carter has him killed.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #37 published November 1979
as Every Silver Lining's Got A Cloud! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3505
Disclose Notes: House of Secrets. Kyle Christoper pseudonym pointed out by Jeff Clem. Colors credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Lola Is a Lethal Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host); Geoffrey Griswold; Lola Griswold; Albert Draper; Jud Crowe; Danny Cavanaugh; Ilene Cavanaugh; Detective Howard Colbert
Synopsis: Lola Griswold puts an ad in the newspaper looking for a husband. Those that respond she kills and uses their various parts to create a perfect husband.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #37 published November 1979
as Lola Is A Lethal Lady [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-5712
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A Plague of Rats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Abel (host); Phineas Mott; Mayor Hubbell
Synopsis: Phineas Mott, a bum, uses music to attract local rats into town.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #37 published November 1979
as A Plague of Rats [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5708
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Tapestry of Dreams

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Madame Xanadu
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-822
Disclose Notes: Intended for the unpublished Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #6. Trade elements and artist signature removed, and most of original logo removed and replaced with a caption.
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Tapestry of Dreams

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Madame Xanadu; Mr. Hazel [Azazel]; Stephen Prince; Laurel; Mr. Jaffe
Synopsis: After Madame Xanadu dismisses a mysterious visitor, she greets Stephen Prince, whose romance with Laurel has been complicated by the arrival of their new neighbor, Mr. Hazel. Madame Xanadu explains that Mr. Hazel is an incubus who creates tapestries from his victims' dreams. If these tapestries are destroyed, the incubus loses his power, but his victims also die. Stephen enters Laurel's dreams in order to defeat Mr. Hazel and release his victims.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #39 published May 1980
as Tapestry of Dreams [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 25
Job Number: J-5371
Disclose Notes: Story originally scheduled for unpublished Doorway to Nightmare #6. Title of story, logo, and indicia removed, but with art extension on the bottom of the first page.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B4085
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Includes ads for House of Mystery and Ghosts.

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