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186July-August 1978
$0.35

The Unexpected #186

DC · July-August 1978 · on sale 1978-04-25

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Identification plate

Series
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series)
Issue
#186
Publication date
July-August 1978
Key date
1978-07-00
On-sale date
1978-04-25
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0709893070508
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Death Is a Grave Mattercover1pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez; letters: Joe Letterese
1To Catch a Corpsecomic story8script: George Kashdan; pencils: Fred Carrillo; inks: Fred Carrillo; colors: Mario Sen; letters: E. S. JordanPhil Tracy; Mrs. Morse; Wilton Morse; Arnie Kelso
3The Demon Fireball!comic story3script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Sonny Trinidad; inks: Sonny Trinidad; colors: Mario Sen
4-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
5Death Is a Grave Mattercomic story6script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Noly Panaligan; inks: Noly Panaligan; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Esphid MahilumProfessor Clive Hawkins; George Walsh; Herb Mosely; the Fen Man
6Outstripping Ourselvesin-house column1script: Jenette Kahn

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

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Britishprice 0.12 GBP

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