The Unexpected #171

DC's long-running anthology of dread, The Unexpected #171 (1976) dares you to face "A Plague of Panic" right on its cover — where a terrified young woman with windswept hair flees across a darkened hillside while a hulking red creature lunges from the trees above her, as a group of armed pursuers rushes in from the background calling out that they heard something. Luis Dominguez's cover art captures that perfect mid-seventies horror-anthology tension, balancing the woman's desperate flight against the encroaching threat from both directions. Inside, George Kashdan and E. R. Cruz deliver the chills with "I.O.U. One Corpse," making this a satisfying package of menace and mystery for any fan of DC's classic horror line.