Volume: 10
Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1979-12-04
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (managing editor); Paul Levitz (credited) (editor)
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The Edge of Reality!
(Table of Contents)

Weird War Tales / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Reprints (1)
This issue has 1 variant

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: 0709893071703

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #175.

The War on the Edge of Reality!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
J. M. DeMatteis (credited as J.M. De Matteis)
Pencils:
Tenny Henson (credited)
Inks:
Tenny Henson (credited)
Colors:
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters:
Esphid Mahilum (credited)
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I am Death... and although I often strike amidst rage and fury, my final words are always spoken in gentle whispers.
  • Keywords:dinosaur; monkeys; World War II
Characters:
Death (host); Captain Edward F. Di Palma; "Radio" Rob Garcia; Ensign Randy Cantor; Lieutenant Melville; Captain Jason Du Pont; Chancellor Hitler; President Hirohito

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II and in one or more alternate universes.

Batman and Professor Plutonium
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Batman; Hostess Snack Products / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:
Pencils:
Mike Grell (illustration)
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks:
Mike Grell (illustration)
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-446
Characters:
Death; Warlord
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Alan Gary Giroux and Gary L. Day. Illustration from the cover of Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #31.

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    Table of Contents
  1. The Edge of Reality!
    Weird War Tales
  2. The War on the Edge of Reality!
    Weird War Tales
  3. Batman and Professor Plutonium
    Batman; Hostess Snack Products
  4. ["It took me a total of five minutes to read through Weird War Tales #80."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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