The Unexpected #157
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- May-June 1974
- Page count
- 100
- Cover price
- 0.60 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/27376
Credits
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff, Editor
Issue contents
Cover
Who Will Kill Gigantus?; The Abominable Snowman; The Thing from the Dead Letter Office
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Art
- Nick Cardy, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978])
1Featuring
- Code
- N-887
Credits
- Writing
- Murray Boltinoff , scripter
- Art
- Nick Cardy, line art (illustration)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- First print
-
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #144 (February 1973) — Untitled (as index page)
- Also printed
-
Weird Mystery Tales (KG Murray, 1973? series) #6 (August 1973) — Curse of the Black Cat
Notes
Table of Contents page with image from the cover of The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #144.
2Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Characters
- Loren Grue; Sheldon Sutton; Gorse
Credits
- Writing
- Leo Dorfman, scripter
- Art
- E. R. Cruz, line art [credited as ER Cruz]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Weird Mystery Tales (KG Murray, 1973? series) #15 ([February 1975]) — The House of the Executioner
- Printed in
- Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #21 (4ème trimestre 1981)
Synopsis
The Grue family were executioners throughout the ages and their ghosts continue to haunt the family home.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1912
- Characters
- Margaret Poe; Luanne Lowry
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- John Calnan, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (2ème trimestre 1981)
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978])
Synopsis
Ghosts attack a tour group in a ghost town.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1261
- Characters
- Professor Eric Fielding; Joe Hiller; Dr. Susan Acres; Professor J. A. Pringle
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jim Mooney, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #83 (February 1959) — Something's Alive in Volcano 13!
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #15 (July 1959) — Something's Alive in Volcano 13!
-
Weird Mystery Tales (Murray, 1977 series) #29 (June 1977) — Something's Alive in Volcano 13!
Synopsis
A reporter and two scientists use a digging machine to search for a scientist who went missing while exploring a volcano.
5Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1272
- Characters
- Bill Lorman; "Big Benny" Doyle; Murdoch
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Stan Starkman, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #101 (August 1960) — The Man Who Cheated Death
- Printed in
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
Synopsis
"Lucky" Bill Lorman has a magic painting that protects him from death.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1274
- Characters
- Lt. Jed Conway; Staley; Dick Larsen; Al Francis
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ruben Moreira, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Stan Starkman, letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #118 (January 1962) — The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad
- Also printed
-
Century Comic (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #74 ([August 1962?]) — The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad
- Printed in
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #3 ([October 1977])
Synopsis
A detective tries to catch a gang of crooks by tricking them into believing that three magic wands can help them in their crimes, but then it turns out that the wands really do work.
7Credits
- Text
- , typeset
8Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1248
- Characters
- Pierre Monsard; Raoul D'Arles
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Bill Ely, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Joe Letterese , letterer
Reprint history
- Based on
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #1 (November-December 1956) — The Phantom Duel
- First print
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #16 ([September 1957?]) — The Phantom Duel
- Also printed
-
House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #1 (November-December 1956)
-
Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #16 ([September 1957?])
-
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #157 (May-June 1974)
-
Haunted Tales (KG Murray, 1974 series) #22 ([December 1976?])
Synopsis
Pierre Monsard's ghost returns from the dead to finish his duel with Raoul.
9Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1252
- Characters
- Tello the Great [Johnny Carter]; Doctor Benson
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #7 (November 1956) — Beware, I Can Read Your Mind!
- Also printed
-
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #9 ([June 1957?]) — Beware, I Can Read Your Mind
-
Weird Mystery Tales (KG Murray, 1973? series) #28 ([April 1977?]) — Beware! I can Read Your Mind
Synopsis
As a child Johnny Carter is exposed to a strange radiation that gives him the ability to read minds.
10Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1277
- Characters
- Kurdu; Frank Martin; Jess Lewis; Mr. Tyndall; Floyd Jameson
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Leonard Starr, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Based on
-
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #10 (July-August 1956)
-
My Greatest Adventure (Colour Comics, 1955 series) #19 ([October 1956]) — I Battled the Abominable Snowman
- First print
-
My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #10 (July-August 1956) — I Battled the Abominable Snowman
- Also printed
-
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #157 (May-June 1974)
-
Weird Mystery Tales Album (Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978?])
- Printed in
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978])
Synopsis
Frank Martin braves the highest Himalayan mountains to capture a wild goat, but he must first discover if the legend of the Abominable Snowman protecting the wildlife on the mountain is true.
Notes
Art credits from index of original printing; art credited here to John Prentice.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1654
- Characters
- Lou Lowry; Mr. Bromley
Credits
- Writing
- Carl Wessler, scripter
- Art
- Sonny Trinidad, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Lois Lane Comic (KGM, 1975 series) #114 ([August 1976?]) — Born Loser!
- Printed in
- Lois Lane Comic (K. G. Murray, 1975 series) #114 (June 1976)
- Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (2ème trimestre 1981)
Synopsis
Lou Lowry wants to go to jail so he'll get a decent meal and a place to sleep, but everything he tries to do to get arrested leads him to be a hero.
12Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1757
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- , line art (Phillipine studio)
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Doomsday Album (Murray, 1975 series) #8 ([February 1978?]) — The Dagger's Deed
- Printed in
- Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #8 (December 1977)
Synopsis
A fortune teller warns a criminal that he will die by a dagger if he commits an evil act.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1253
- Characters
- Ray Weede
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- George Roussos, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- First print
-
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #92 (November 1959) — The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
- Also printed
-
Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #23 (March 1960) — The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
-
Weird Mystery Tales Album (Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978?]) — The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami
- Printed in
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978])
Synopsis
Ray Weede, a safecracker, discovers that a child has a device that predicts the future. He tries to use it to become rich and gets caught in the process.
Notes
Art credits from index of the original printing; art credited here to Mort Meskin.
14Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1010
- Characters
- Roy Cabal; Fern; Felix Pilcher
Credits
- Writing
- Carl Wessler, scripter
- Art
- Rich Buckler, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Milt Snapinn, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Super Adventure Comic (KG Murray, 1974? series) #69 ([December 1975?]) — Body Snatcher
- Printed in
- Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #69
- Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (2ème trimestre 1981)
Synopsis
Roy Cabal begins stealing bodies from the morgue he works at which leads to him killing a co-worker when he is caught.
15Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- B-1940
- Characters
- Mr. Calvert; Boehme
Credits
- Writing
- George Kashdan, scripter
- Art
- Alfredo Alcala, line art [credited as Alfred P. Alcala]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #18 (2ème trimestre 1981)
- Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #6 ([July 1978])
Synopsis
Calvert discovers a dinosaur in the wilds of Africa.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Unexpected Mail
- Code
- B-1978
Credits
- Writing
- Murray Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Notes
Includes brief factual anecdotes.
Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #103.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.