CATALOG RECORD

The Unexpected #185

DC · Series began 1968 · May-June 1978

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Dates

Cover date: May-June 1978
On sale: February 28, 1978
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #185 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition35¢ cover

Barcode 0709893070506 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893070506 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Luis Dominguez, The Redondo Studio, Fred Carrillo, Curt Swan, Joe Staton, José Luis García-López, E. R. Cruz, Don Newton, Al Milgrominks: Luis Dominguez, The Redondo Studio, Fred Carrillo, Vince Colletta, Dick Giordano, José Luis García-López, Noly Panaligan, Al Milgromscript: Carl Wessler, George Kashdan, Bob Toomey, Murray Boltinoff, Bob Rozakis, Anthony Tollinletters: Ben Oda, Gaspar Saladino, Erik Santosediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

Monsters from a Thousand Fathoms · 6 pages
Captain Random's son does not want to take up his father's career, but goes along on one voyage to prove that he will be of no use. However, his skills at hypnosis come in handy foiling an attempted mutiny.
Welcome Home, Killer! · 4 pages
A man is released after years in an asylum, supposedly cured of his murderous impulses. His sister-in-law plans to drive him mad again and make him kill his brother, but she is the victim instead.
Cry of the Death Bird · 7 pages
A terrorist seeks refuge in his late brother's home, where his nephew is dying. The legend of a giant black bird who carries people to their death comes true, taking the man instead of the boy.

Reprinted in

Weird Mystery Tales (1972), Terror Tales Album (1977), Weird Mysteries (1980)