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CATALOG RECORD

The Unexpected #127

DC · Series began 1968 · September 1971

Dates

Cover date
September 1971
On sale
July 22, 1971
Pages
52

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Jack Kirby, John Giunta, John Calnan, Alex Toth, Jim Aparoinks: Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Jack Kirby, John Giunta, Vince Colletta, Sy Barry, Jim Aparoletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Oda, Artie Simek, John Costanza, Jim Aparoscript: Robert Kanigher, Jack Kirby, Murray Boltinoff, George Kashdanediting: Julius Schwartz

Stories

  • Follow the Piper to Your Grave! · 8 pages

    Vic and Mona travel into bayou country looking for a real haunted house.

  • The Cats Who Knew Too Much! · 6 pages

    Butler Michael Renner kills his employer but soon finds out that her will stipulates he must take care of her cats or he will receive no money. Soon he begins to imagine that the cats are out to get him.

  • The Ferry Was Waiting! · 2 pages

    Doctor Rawlings is transported on a night ferry whose captain died shortly ago. This way the deceased captain pays off a debt to the doctor.

  • The $30,000 Corpse · 4 pages

    A criminal is released from prison but he gets an unexpected surprise when he goes to retrieve the stolen money he hid before he was caught.

  • Queen of the Snows! · 7.67 pages

    Johnny Peril finds his friend Lee Allen, who just before he dies swears he has seen Subara the Ice Queen, who the natives believe lives on frozen Mt. Subara. Johnny returns to the mountain with two more friends, but only he encounters Subara. They refuse to believe he met the mythical woman until he produces her crown of roses.

  • Frightened to Death! · 1.5 pages

    A man in a raft floating on the ocean finally finds land.

  • Till Death Do Us Unite · 8 pages

    Truman Wilkes kills his wife but with no body he must wait seven years until she is ruled legally dead to inherit her money.

Reprinted in

All Star Adventure Comic (1959), Super Adventure Comic (1960), Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (1965), Weird Mystery Tales (1972)

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