CATALOG RECORD

The Unexpected #157

DC · Series began 1968 · May-June 1974

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Dates

Cover date: May-June 1974
On sale: February 12, 1974
Pages: 100

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Nick Cardy, E. R. Cruz, John Calnan, Jim Mooney, Bill Ely, Ruben Moreira, Sheldon Moldoff, Leonard Starr, Sonny Trinidad, George Roussos, Rich Buckler, Alfredo Alcalainks: Nick Cardy, E. R. Cruz, John Calnan, Jim Mooney, Bill Ely, Ruben Moreira, Sheldon Moldoff, Leonard Starr, Sonny Trinidad, George Roussos, Rich Buckler, Alfredo Alcalaletters: Gaspar Saladino, Stan Starkman, Milt Snapinnscript: Leo Dorfman, Carl Wessler, George Kashdan, Murray Boltinoff

Stories

The House of the Executioner · 6 pages
The Grue family were executioners throughout the ages and their ghosts continue to haunt the family home.
The Corpse in the Dead Letter Office · 7 pages
Ghosts attack a tour group in a ghost town.
Something's Alive in Volcano 13! · 7.67 pages
A reporter and two scientists use a digging machine to search for a scientist who went missing while exploring a volcano.
The Man Who Cheated Death · 7.67 pages
"Lucky" Bill Lorman has a magic painting that protects him from death.
The Mystery of the Sorcerer's Squad · 7.67 pages
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.
The Phantom Duel · 5.67 pages
Pierre Monsard's ghost returns from the dead to finish his duel with Raoul.
Beware, I Can Read Your Mind · 6 pages
As a child Johnny Carter is exposed to a strange radiation that gives him the ability to read minds.
I Battled the Abominable Snowman · 8 pages
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.
Born Loser! · 5 pages
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.
The Dagger's Deed · 1 pages
A fortune teller warns a criminal that he will die by a dagger if he commits an evil act.
The Mystery of the Teen-Age Swami · 5.67 pages
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.
Body Snatcher! · 5 pages
Roy Cabal begins stealing bodies from the morgue he works at which leads to him killing a co-worker when he is caught.
Who Will Kill Gigantus? · 8 pages
Calvert discovers a dinosaur in the wilds of Africa.

Reprinted in

Weird Mystery Tales Album (1978), Weird Mystery Tales (1972), Super Adventure Comic (1960), Lois Lane Comic (1975), Doomsday Album (1977)