The Unexpected #197
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Last Laugh of a Corpse," DC's The Unexpected #197 (1980) delivers a chilling twist on inheritance, as the late George Hoskins leaves his fortune to his nieces and nephews—on the condition that they find it, knowing full well their greed will drive them to deadly extremes. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Ernesto Patricio, with colors by Jerry Serpe, the story unfolds with a macabre edge, setting up a tense race where family ties are the first casualty. The cover by Luis Dominguez captures the eerie tone, a 40-cent comic in 1980 that’s as unsettling as it is unforgettable.
In the eerie aftermath of George Hoskins’s death, his surviving relatives—Brad, Harold, Ernie, and Lina—race to uncover the hidden fortune he left behind, each certain the others will stop at nothing to claim it. With paranoia rising and old grudges resurfacing, the line between greed and madness begins to blur in the isolated house where the hunt began.
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Reprinted in Haunted Tales #40 (1980), Haunted Tales #42 (1981), Le Manoir des Fantômes #3 (1982), Horror #113
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