Volume: 7
Price: 0.35 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1977-09-06
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (editor); Vince Colletta (credited) (art director)
Cover Thumbnail for Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #58 Edit Cover
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The Dictator Lives Again?
(Table of Contents)

Weird War Tales / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
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Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: Printed in U.S.A.
  • Barcode: 0709893071712

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #148.

The Cuckoo Cuckoos
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Weird War Tales / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-4752-A
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Welcome, reader, to the bizarre battlefield of the weird war--where all things are possible, and only the uncommon is likely!
Characters:
Death

Death Has a Hundred Eyes
(Table of Contents: 3)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jack Oleck (credited)
Pencils:
Ruben Yandoc (credited as Rubeny)
Inks:
Ruben Yandoc (credited as Rubeny)
Colors:
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-3503
Characters:
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set in the Khyber Pass and Jamrud when they were under British rule.

It's a Mystery...
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 0.67 page

Number 21 Al Milgrom
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.33 page

Death of a Dictator
(Table of Contents: 6)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jack Oleck (credited)
Pencils:
Ernie Chan (credited)
Inks:
Bill Draut (credited)
Colors:
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:science fiction; war; horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-3822
Characters:
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set on 30 April 1945 during World War II and in 3045.

Encounter
(Table of Contents: 7)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Carrillo (credited)
Inks:
Fred Carrillo (credited)
Colors:
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-4754
Characters:
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set during the Civil War.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-757
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Dictator Lives Again?
    Weird War Tales
  2. The Cuckoo Cuckoos
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Penguin
  3. ["Welcome, reader, to the bizarre battlefield of the weird war--where all things are possible, and only the uncommon is likely!"]
    Weird War Tales
  4. Death Has a Hundred Eyes
    Weird War Tales
  5. It's a Mystery...
    DC Publishorial
  6. Number 21 Al Milgrom
    DC Profiles
  7. Death of a Dictator
    Weird War Tales
  8. Encounter
    Weird War Tales
  9. [no title indexed]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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