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"Has Anyone Seen My Killer?": A scientist turns himself into a brute with a lust to kill. When his secret is revealed to the villagers he realizes that it is only a matter of time before they track him down, so he turns off the power to the machine responsible for his transformation and dies.

The Unexpected #161 is an issue of the series The Unexpected (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1975.

Synopsis for "Has Anyone Seen My Killer?"

A scientist turns himself into a brute with a lust to kill. When his secret is revealed to the villagers he realizes that it is only a matter of time before they track him down, so he turns off the power to the machine responsible for his transformation and dies.

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Synopsis for "The Haunted Dollhouse"


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Synopsis for "The Face In The Ball!"


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Synopsis for "The Supernatural Swindler"

This story is reprinted from House of Secrets #11.

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  • Warren (Single appearance)

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  • Gaylord Wood (Single appearance)

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  • Baron Hazar (Single appearance)

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  • Alchemist's Cauldron

Synopsis for "Ball of String!"

This story is reprinted from The Unexpected #116.

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Synopsis for "Roehmer's Revenge!"

This story is reprinted from The Unexpected #106.

A nazi officer named Ernst Schmidt goes into hiding in the city of Berlin. As the allies close in Schmidt fears for his life but reasons that he was only following orders when he loaded hundreds on trains bound for concentration camp. Schmidt seeks the help of a plastic surgeon named Dr Roehmer. He pleads and threatens Roehmer to change his face through surgery so that he can escape retribution from his accusers. Roehmer is reluctant but has no choice as Schmidt keeps him under gunpoint. The surgery is supposedly a success but Schmidt decides to shoot Roehmer in the back to prevent him from identifying him as a former Nazi officer. Schimdt goes out into the streets with a bandaged face when he runs into a group of holocaust victims. They peel away his bandages and Schmidt is surprised to find that his face is resembles that of Roehmer who was also hated by the jews for his crimes. Schimdt is immediately shot in the back and dies knowing that Dr Roehmer had taken his final revenge on him in an unexpected twist of fate.

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Synopsis for "The Queen Who Lived Again!"

This story is reprinted from My Greatest Adventure #8.

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Synopsis for "The House That Hate Built!"

This story is reprinted from The Unexpected #117.

Clem Atwill is run out of the small town of Scoville chased by an angry mob. He has apparently cheated a number of people out of their money and he hopes to escape to the next town to deposit his ill gotten gains in a bank. As he runs on foot he encounters a swamp. He navigates through the murky waters when he runs into a man who offers to guide him out of the swamp. Atwill spots a small town in the distance and declares that he wants to go there. The stranger warns him not to go but Atwill does not listen and makes a beeline for the small buildings in the distance. He arrives at a bank where he deposits his million dollars and immediately begins to invest in the town. He soon spots a lovely young woman named Lydia who happens to be the daughter of the bank President. Fowler declares his interest in Lydia but she proclaims that she is already engaged to to a man named George Graham. Atwill uses his money to ruin Graham in the hopes that Lydia will marry him. He then buys her a new house with the expectation that she marry and move in with him. Lydia agrees to the deal for fear that Atwill will target her father. Lydia announces that she will move into the house that was built on hate and suddenly all the buildings and people disappear including Lydia. Atwill is left alone standing in a swamp when the stranger from the beginning of the story appears once again. He explains that Atwill has experienced a mirage and nothing was real. Everything is gone including Atwills million dollars.

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Synopsis for "Death of the Man Who Never Lived"

This story is reprinted from The Unexpected #117.

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Synopsis for "Wake Me Before I Die!"


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Synopsis for "The Menace of the Wrecker's Reef!"

This story is reprinted from My Greatest Adventure #72.

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Synopsis for "The Day Nobody Died!"

This story is reprinted from The Unexpected #115.

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Synopsis for "Mis-Judgement Day"


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