Volume: 5
Price: 0.25 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1975-03-18
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (assistant editor)
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[The Man Who Would Be God]
(Table of Contents)

Weird War Tales / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-3756?

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #116.

The Spy
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Born to Die
(Table of Contents: 2)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jack Oleck (credited)
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  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-3817
Characters:
Death (host)
Reprints (1)

The Renegade Dogface!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction; war; horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-3644
Characters:
Death (host)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Set in the future during World War 4.

The Return
(Table of Contents: 4)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-3591
Characters:
Death (host); Lord Byron
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Set on 30 November 1823 near Missolonghi, Greece.

The Man Who Would Be God
(Table of Contents: 5)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; war; horror-suspense; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-3856
Characters:
Death (host)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Set during the time of the barbarians.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (illustration)
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Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:J-3956
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [The Man Who Would Be God]
    Weird War Tales
  2. The Spy
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman
  3. Born to Die
    Weird War Tales
  4. The Renegade Dogface!
    Weird War Tales
  5. The Return
    Weird War Tales
  6. The Man Who Would Be God
    Weird War Tales
  7. [no title indexed]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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