The Unexpected #194

DC's long-running horror anthology The Unexpected serves up three chilling tales in one December 1979 package, and the Luis Dominguez cover sets the tone perfectly. A grinning man in a tuxedo gleefully watches as a glamorous woman in an evening gown — microphone in hand — suffers a grotesque supernatural transformation, her face rotting away mid-performance while he cackles about a curse doing its work, promising she'll "never upstage me again." The cover teases "The Curse of Ozzie and Mary," framing a story of showbiz rivalry turned terrifyingly supernatural, alongside features from Doorway to Nightmare and The House of Secrets.