The Unexpected

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The Unexpected was a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. It ran 188 issues, #105-222, from 1968 to 1982. Unlike the predecessor, it was more of a fantasy anthology at first, then turned into a weird/horror anthology in the style of House of Secrets and House of Mystery. With issue #189, House of Secrets and The Witching Hour were merged into The Unexpected. Each "Unexpected" story would always include the word in its last panel. After the merge, this was only true of the lead story; there would then be one each in the style of The Witching Hour, hosted by its witches, and The House of Secrets, hosted by Abel.

The only continuing series was Johnny Peril, an adventurer who ran from issues #106-117. For issues #111-on, he was an 'adventurer of the weird', as the comic changed. Johnny Peril would again appear in issues 200, 205-213. Johnny Peril had originally appeared in Sensation Comics #107-109, when it was retitled Sensation Mystery for issues #110-116. Some of his stories would be reprinted in Unexpected.

The comic has "Mad, Mod Witch" as a story narrator in #108-112, 114-116, 140, 162 and "Judge Gallows" in #113, 118, 121, 125, 133.

Madame Xanadu appeared in issues #190, 192, 194, 195,