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Publisher: DC

Title: The Unexpected
Issue: 158
Page Count: 100
Publish Date: July-August 1974
Volume: 19

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Unexpected 158
Owner: greggy

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Story Title: Nightmare House; Reserved for Madmen; A Hangman Awaits Me - cover
Pages:1
Genre:horror-suspense


Story Title: The Unexpected Contents Page - table of contents
Pages:1


Story Title: Reserved for Madmen Only - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Cyrus Potter; Gerald; Zena
Synopsis:Gerald and Zena scheme to drive old Cyrus Potter insane so they can take his fortune.


Story Title: A Hangman Awaits Me - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Mr. Widdoes; Terrence Jones; Mrs. Bromley
Synopsis:The orphan Terrence Jones has an imaginary friend who keeps him safe from the mean Mr. Widdoes.


Story Title: The Bewitched Beauty! - comic story
Pages:5.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Whitey Reed; Molly Reed; Myra
Synopsis:Myra makes a deal with a witch to win a beauty contest.


Story Title: Prisoner of the Power-Stone! - comic story
Pages:6.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Thaddeus Watkins; Parno; King Walthrup; Rondell
Synopsis:While trying to turn other elements into gold, the alchemist Rondell created a magic stone that grants the holders every wish, but slowly turns them evil.


Story Title: Captives of the Ant Kingdom! - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Madden; King Pharaoh; Scott
Synopsis:Scott and his partner search for a lost gold mine and battle giant ants.


Story Title: The Fearsome Fountain of Youth - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Roger Hall; Crabbe; Christopher Moss; J. T. Farnley; May Johnson
Synopsis:Criminal Roger Hall is willing to pay a million dollars for a drink from what he believes is water from the Fountain of Youth.


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


Story Title: The Doom Game - comic story
Pages:7.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Drake; Haney
Synopsis:A couple of explorers find two pistols each loaded with three magic bullets, two will bring wealth, the other doom.


Story Title: The Menace of the Fireball - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Dunstan Waverly Jr.; Dunstan Waverly Sr.
Synopsis:A giant fireball from space threatens to melt the Earth.


Story Title: Trial by Error - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Bret Hodge; Harriet Hodge; Comtesse Louise de Rochaud
Synopsis:Bret and Harriet take refuge from a storm at a French hotel and are framed for murder.


Story Title: Flame of Death - comic story
Pages:1.67
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Pete; Jim; soldier (unnamed)
Synopsis:Three soldiers learn the hard way about the myth of never lighting three cigarettes on one match.


Story Title: The End of Death - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Johnny Peril; Eric Dexo; Professor Karl Dexo
Synopsis:A criminal tries to convince Johnny Peril that he is being haunted by Death himself.


Story Title: Nightmare House - comic story
Pages:7
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Charlie Robbins; Sergeant Boyce; Mrs. Mapes; Hilda Winters; Mr. Jurgens; Otto
Synopsis:Charlie Robbins, running from the law, takes refuge in a boarding house with a secret.


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