The Unexpected #149

DC's long-running horror anthology raises the stakes with this August 1973 entry, its cover by Nick Cardy depicting a gut-churning swarm of green, decaying zombies erupting from the ground in a swirling mass, bearing down on a group of terrified city dwellers fleeing in sheer panic. The tagline "Have You the Nerve to Face the Unexpected?" feels entirely earned when you see that tide of undead clawing their way upward from beneath the streets. Inside, Leo Dorfman and Ernie Chua deliver "To Wake the Dead," promising exactly the kind of macabre thrills that made this series a staple of early-'70s DC horror.