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188November-December 1978
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The Unexpected #188

DC · November-December 1978 · on sale 1978-08-08

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Series
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series)
Issue
#188
Publication date
November-December 1978
Key date
1978-11-00
On-sale date
1978-08-08
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.50
Pages
44
Barcode
0709893070512
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0And in this Corner -- Death!cover1pencils: Luis Dominguez; inks: Luis Dominguez
1Verdict from the Gravecomic story7script: George Kashdan; pencils: Bill Payne; inks: Bill Payne; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Bill PayneJim Larner; Val; Paley; Inga; Buerbo
2To Die of Laughtercomic story4script: George Kashdan; pencils: E. R. Cruz; inks: E. R. Cruz; colors: Mario SenPintin
4And in This Corner: Death!comic story5script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ernie Guanlao; inks: Ernie Guanlao; colors: Mario SenRudy Millard; Harry Holcomb; Matt Loy
5Volume 78 Issue 32 - Week of August 7, 1978in-house column1script: Bob Rozakis, Anthony Tollin; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; editing: Bob RozakisCreeper
6-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
7The Locked Room!comic story3script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Gerry Talaoc; inks: Gerry Talaoc; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Erik SantosDr. Emil Coates; Monk Barnaby
8Murder Can Be Fatalcomic story6script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ernie Chan; inks: Ernie Chan; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Ben OdaRafe Stark; Molly; Larry Barlow; Joyce Barlow

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

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