THEY'RE BAAAACK! And are we glad of it!

If you think our LAST POST had an "UNEXPECTED" surprise... just take a look at THIS!  

https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/disney-legacy-comic-books/products/uncle-scrooge-legacy-468-the-curse-of-h-p-hatequack

Yes, this is just what it looks like - or NOT what it looks like, ya never know - Uncle Scrooge meets Duckburg's analog to H.P. LOVECRAFT!!!  

And, since *I* "LOVE" my "CRAFT" so very much, you can bet I did a lot of research on matters Lovecraftian before writing my first line of dialogue!  It all may not be apparent to the reader, but that effort was certainly there - and well beyond my usual diligence!  

But this was a GREAT STORY long before it crossed (or "double-crossed") my crooked path!  VERY UNUSUAL and VERY AMAZING!  ...And if ya don't believe me, just ask guest star Ludwig Von Drake!  

https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/disney-legacy-comic-books/products/donald-duck-legacy-392-the-three-caballeros-christmas-quest

And who could not love receiving The Three Caballeros as a Christmas gift!  What a great cover! Haven't read that one yet, myself... But somehow, I KNOW it's gonna be a Christmastime Keeper! 

...Oh, and don't worry, folks... Mickey's coming back a month later - with all kinds of great stuff!  

Adventures in Comic-Boxing: More "Unexpected" Than Usual!

When you open a copy of DC's horror title UNEXPECTED, you... you... well, you expect the unexpected from an issue of UNEXPECTED!

But, in the case of UNEXPECTED #202 (DC Comics, Cover Date: September 1980), there was more "unexpected" than usual!  

Yesterday (September 13, 2026), upon opening this comic for the first time to log it into my collection, between the cover and first page, I found THIS...

  ...Yes, really!   

Now, over the years, I've found many a stowaway tucked between the pages of a vintage comic book... strands of hair, cookie or cereal crumbs, and even the centerfold of a completely different comic!  

In the case of the hair and crumbs I simply brush them out, and with the unrelated centerfold I left it there in appreciation of the novelty, but what to do with a FOOTBALL WORD ASSOCIATION PUZZLE?  

The other finds are at least somehow part of the comics reading experience (eating while reading, for instance), but THIS?  

However, even this particular UNEXPECTED issue's inexplicably unexpected occurrence has an additional dose of the unexpected to it!  

What more unexpected about this could possibly be, you ask?  

Well I found that unexpected addition hiding in my copy of UNEXPECTED #202... (ready for it?)... on the FIRST SUNDAY of the 2026 NFL FOOTBALL SEASON!  

...And did so while simultaneously watching the NEW YORK JETS season opener - which (after only three wins in the 2025 season) the Jets ACTUALLY WON!!!  ...Talk about "unexpected"!  

Separated at Mirth: Leap... FROG?

Or, would that be "Leap 'MUNK", or "Leap BUNNY"?  With funny animal comics, you just never know!

As with CHIP 'N' DALE 78 (Whitman Comics, 1983)...

...And a TRIPLE... er, HEADER from BUGS BUNNY # 144 (Gold Key Comics, Cover Date: September, 1972)...

...BUGS BUNNY # 208 (Gold Key Comics, Cover Date: May, 1979)...

...And BUGS BUNNY # 237 (Whitman Comics, Cover Date: May, 1982)!  

I guess this means that Bugs is THREE TIMES THE PEST that Chip 'n' Dale are!  

Though Donald might disagree!

Either that, or bunnies are simply more inclined toward HOPPING!