The Unexpected #162 is an issue of the series The Unexpected (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1975.
Synopsis for "I'll Bug You To Your Grave"
Mobsters set up a listening device in order to learn the location of a murdered man's money. Imagine the surprise when the bug picks up the dead man's voice giving instructions as to where the money is hid. His killers rush to the location only to die in a bomb blast. The ghost had lured the men to die so that his relatives could be left his money.
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Synopsis for "Half A Man Is Better Than None"
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Synopsis for "When Is It My Time to Die?"
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Synopsis for "That Dear Old Gang of Mine"
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Synopsis for "Steps to Disaster"
reprinted from The Unexpected Vol 1 116
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Synopsis for "The Corpse That Didn't Die"
reprinted from The Unexpected Vol 1 112
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Synopsis for "The Vengeful Windmill"
reprinted from The Unexpected Vol 1 109
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Synopsis for "Friday the 13th Club"
This story is reprinted from House of Mystery #4.
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Featured Characters:
- The Friday the 13th Club
- Fred Kromchick (Single appearance; dies)
- Bernie Kalb (Single appearance; dies)
- Jim Costello (Single appearance)
- Clara Costello (Single appearance)
- Jack Shore (Single appearance)
- Harry Wong (Single appearance)
- Norman Nickolowski (Single appearance; dies)
- Sheila Cayton (Single appearance)
- Ralph Cayton (Single appearance)
- Nelson Green (Single appearance; dies)
- Skinny James (Single appearance; dies)
- Joe Varbelli (Single appearance; dies)
- Philip Tager (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Building Inspector (Single appearance)
- Antique Shop Dealer (Single appearance)
- Bill (Single appearance)
- Mary (Single appearance)
Items:
- Ancient Italian Gavel
Synopsis for "I Fell in Love With A Witch"
This story is reprinted from House of Mystery #1.
Private investigator Carter Blake prides himself on his resistance to womanly charms. While in the dining car of a train headed to New York, he finds himself drawn to a woman named Jean Brewster. They share dinner and a seat next to one another on the train. Reaching New York, Jean gets a cab. Unable to see her leave, Carter jumps in next to her and the pair head to her apartment. Carter professes his love, and the two agree to marry. Carter returns to his job as a PI, visiting the home of client Boris Wilder. He reveals the infidelity of Wilder's fiancee Iris Ashley, but Wilder balks at the $5000 fee. Leaving the apartment, Carter visits his buddies who kid him about his quick marriage proposal. One suggests she murdered a former husband, planting doubt in Blake's subconscious. Carter travels to Jean's hometown of Newton, Massachusetts to investigate her past. To his dismay, he discovers that her three previous husbands all met untimely ends after kissing his soon-to-be wife. Carter returns to New York, where his friends attempt to reassure him. He also has a run-in with Boris Wilder at the bar. On a date with Jean, Carter's fears of kissing her lead him to back away. He falls over the railing towards a rushing river but quickly catches himself. Leaving Jean, he travels to Albany and has a near death experience on the highway. He resolves to end his engagement, but still kisses her after breaking the news. Carter quickly hurries away from the apartment after noticing mandrake roots on a table. In a haze, he enters a subway station and is almost pushed on the tracks. Jean helps revive him and a police officer brings in the suspect who tried to kill him: Boris Wilder. Wilder reveals he killed his partner to gain control of their business, but feared Blake was on to him. In truth, Wilder was the one behind Carter's close brushes with death. The story ends with Wilder getting the electric chair and Carter and Jean getting married. Jean also reveals that the supposed mandrake roots were really driftwood.
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Featured Characters:
- Carter Blake (Single appearance)
- Jean Brewster (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Boris Wilder (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Charlie (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Massachusetts
- Boston
- Newton
- New York
- Albany
- New York City
- Pennsylvania
Synopsis for "Free Me From The Bewitched Bell"
reprinted from My Greatest Adventure Vol 1 71
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Synopsis for "Master of the VooDoo Machine"
reprinted from Tales of the Unexpected Vol 1 104
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Synopsis for "The Man Who Betrayed Earth"
reprinted from House of Mystery Vol 1 72
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