The Unexpected #192

A turbaned rajah sits helpless in the coils of a monstrous green serpent-creature on Luis Dominguez's cover for this August 1979 DC anthology — a chilling image made all the more unsettling by the armed guards standing obliviously at attention while their charge is clearly doomed. The cover copy promises "nine nerve-numbing tales," including a step through the Doorway to Nightmare, and the anthology format brings together House of Secrets and Doorway to Nightmare alongside the usual Unexpected fare for a hefty 68-page dollar comic. Among those tales is "A Killer Cold and Clammy," with interior work from the creative team of Jack Oleck, Irwin Hasen, Romeo Tanghal, Bob LeRose, and Gaspar Saladino — a fine lineup for a satisfying evening of horror-anthology thrills.