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The Unexpected #190

DC · Series began 1968 · March-April 1979

Dates

Cover date
March-April 1979
On sale
December 12, 1978
Pages
68

Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 0709893070504

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Creators

pencils: Luis Dominguez, Steve Ditko, Frank Redondo, E. R. Cruz, Bill Payne, Jess Jodloman, George Ruppert, Amado Castrillo, Ruben Yandoc, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Juan Ortizinks: Luis Dominguez, Steve Ditko, Frank Redondo, E. R. Cruz, Bill Payne, Jess Jodloman, Frank Giacoia, Amado Castrillo, Ruben Yandoc, Michael Wm. Kaluta, Vince Collettaletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Oda, Bill Payne, Clem Robinsscript: Mike W. Barr, George Kashdan, Carl Wessler, Bill Dennehy, Kyle Christopher, Cary Burkettcolors: Gene D'Angelo, Todd Klein, Adrienne Roy

Stories

  • The Jigsaw Corpse · 7 pages

    El Condor returns from the grave to lead a revolution against El General.

  • Death Warmed Over · 3 pages

    Prospectors Hutch and Morgan find a huge deposit of oil, then Hutch kills his partner.

  • Death Took the Curtain Calls · 7 pages

    A reporter discovers a ventriloquist's secret.

  • Getting Rid of Robert · 3 pages

    A mill owner shuts down the factory but the workers manage to make one more tapestry.

  • Every Silver Lining's Got a Cloud! · 7 pages

    When Scott Radner gets wise to con-man Carter Sherred's scheme, Carter has him killed.

  • Lola Is a Lethal Lady · 4 pages

    Lola Griswold puts an ad in the newspaper looking for a husband. Those that respond she kills and uses their various parts to create a perfect husband.

  • A Plague of Rats · 6 pages

    Phineas Mott, a bum, uses music to attract local rats into town.

  • Tapestry of Dreams · 25 pages

    After Madame Xanadu dismisses a mysterious visitor, she greets Stephen Prince, whose romance with Laurel has been complicated by the arrival of their new neighbor, Mr. Hazel. Madame Xanadu explains that Mr. Hazel is an incubus who creates tapestries from his victims' dreams. If these tapestries are destroyed, the incubus loses his power, but his victims also die. Stephen enters Laurel's dreams in order to defeat Mr. Hazel and release his victims.

Reprinted in

Haunted Tales (1973), Weird Mystery Tales (1972)

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