The Unexpected #142

A gaunt, skeletal demon looms over a snow-covered wilderness where a helpless figure in red lies collapsed near a dying campfire, wolves circling hungrily in the moonlit background — Nick Cardy's cover for this 1972 DC horror anthology is genuinely unsettling in the best possible way. The tagline "Now I Lay Me Down to Die!" twists a childhood prayer into something far more sinister, perfectly setting the mood for the eerie tales within. If you have the nerve to face The Unexpected, issue #142 promises a cold, creeping dread that early-seventies DC horror delivered so well.