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Issue Details

Issue #190
Published March-April 1979
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Jack C. Harris

Cover Details - "The Jigsaw Corpse!"

Pencils Luis Dominguez
Inks Luis Dominguez
Notes wraparound
Reprinted in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #36

1 page The Unexpected credits "Table of Contents"

Characters Madame Xanadu; Abel
Script Mike W. Barr
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko

7 page The Unexpected story "The Jigsaw Corpse"

Script George Kashdan
Pencils Frank Redondo
Inks Frank Redondo
Reprinted in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #36

3 page The Unexpected story "Death Warmed Over"

Script Carl Wessler
Pencils ER Cruz
Inks ER Cruz

7 page The Unexpected story "Death Took The Curtain Calls"

Script Carl Wessler
Pencils Bill Payne
Inks Bill Payne

3 page The Unexpected story "Getting Rid of Robert"

Script Murray Boltinoff [as Bill Dennehy]
Pencils Jess Jodloman
Inks Jess Jodloman

1 page The House of Secrets story "Shh, don't say a word reader.!"

Characters Abel; Jack C. Harris
Genre occult
Script Paul Levitz?
Pencils Romeo Tanghal?
Inks Romeo Tanghal?

7 page House of Secrets story "Every Silver Lining's Got A Cloud"

Characters Abel (host)
Genre occult
Script Kyle Christopher
Pencils George Rupert
Inks Frank Giacoia

5 page House of Secrets story "Lola Is A Lethal Lady"

Characters Abel (host)
Genre occult
Script Carl Wessler
Pencils Ding Castrilla
Inks Ding Castrilla

6 page House of Secrets story "A Plague of Rats"

Characters Abel (host)
Genre occult
Script Carl Wessler
Pencils Ruben Yandoc
Inks Ruben Yandoc

1 page Doorway To Nightmare illustration "Tapestry of Dreams"

Characters Madame Xanadu
Genre occult
Script Jack C. Harris?
Pencils Mike W. Kaluta
Inks Mike W. Kaluta
Notes Intended for the unpublished Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #6. Printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1. Trade elements and artist signature removed, and most of original logo removed and replaced with a caption.

25 page Doorway To Nightmare story "Tapestry of Dreams"

Characters Madame Xanadu; Mr. Hazel [Azazel]; Stephen Prince; Laurel; Mr. Jaffe
Synopsis 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.
Genre occult
Script Cary Burkett
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Clem Robins
Notes Story originally scheduled for unpublished Doorway to Nightmare #6. Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #1. Title of story, logo, and indicia removed, but with art extension on the bottom of the first page. Lettering credit from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1.
Reprinted in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #39