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Publisher: DC

Title: The Unexpected
Issue: 159
Page Count: 100
Publish Date: September-October 1974
Volume: 19

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Unexpected 159
Owner: greggy

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Story Title: A Cry in the Night; Frozen in Fear; Creature That Never Existed - cover
Pages:1
Genre:horror-suspense


Story Title: Unexpected Table of Contents - table of contents
Pages:1


Story Title: A Cry in the Night - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters: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.


Story Title: Schocker - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Jim Laskey; Officer Ryan
Synopsis:Criminal Jim Laskey is judged by a ghostly jury after he gunned down Officer Ryan.


Story Title: The Creature That Never Existed! - comic story
Pages:8.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters: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.


Story Title: The Telltale Hand! - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters: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.


Story Title: I Was Blackmailed by a Phantom - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Captain Cordoba; Santos; Renaldo; Bernardo (dog)
Synopsis:A ghost helps lead Santos's army to overthrow the dictator of his country but afterwards tries to blackmail Santos into trading places.


Story Title: Frozen in Fear - comic story
Pages:3
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Pietro; Vitelli; Gian; Giuseppe
Synopsis:A cemetery watchmen is attacked by two criminals but the ghosts of the cemetery come to his aid.


Story Title: The Swami of Broadway - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Dean Hall; Orry Kane; swami [Jones]
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.


Story Title: The Rainbow Man - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:science fiction
Characters: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.


Story Title: The Night I Watched Myself Die! - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Paul Galen; Phil Toledo; Willard Knox
Synopsis:A hired killer is after reporter Paul Galen.


Story Title: [ no title ] - letters page
Pages:2
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Demon Gun! - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Jim Folson; John Ellis; Tiwa
Synopsis:Jim Folson believes that big game hunter John Ellis has a magical gun that never misses.


Story Title: The Strange Experiment of Dr. Grimm! - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters: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.


Story Title: Who's That Lying in My Coffin? - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Herb Mowery; Addie Mowery
Synopsis:A couple has shared dreams about one of them dying.


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