Volume: 10
Price: 0.50 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1980-06-11
[The Fire Down Below]
[The Fire Down Below]
Weird War Tales
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cover /
1
page
Weird War Tales
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cover /
1
page
| Pencils: | Joe Kubert (signed) |
| Inks: | Joe Kubert (signed) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: |
- Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Job Number:C-393
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Four shock-stories! From the dawn of time to after Doomsday!
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: 0709893071709
Indexer Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #180.
[Introduction]
[Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword /
1
page
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword /
1
page
| Script: | |
| Pencils: | Romeo Tanghal (signed as Tanghal) |
| Inks: | Romeo Tanghal (signed as Tanghal) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: |
- Genre:horror-suspense; war
- Job Number:J-6397
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:If a man spent his lifetime from cradle to coffin collecting tales of my victories, he still would learn of no more than a mere handful...
- Keywords:library
Characters:
Death
The Fire Down Below
The Fire Down Below
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
7
pages
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
7
pages
| Script: | J. M. DeMatteis (credited as J.M. De Matteis) |
| Pencils: | Ernie Patricio (credited as Ernesto Patricio) |
| Inks: | Ernie Patricio (credited as Ernesto Patricio) |
| Colors: | Bob LeRose (credited) |
| Letters: |
- Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Job Number:J-5481
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:March 10, 1945: B-29 bombers blotted out the sky over Tokyo-- unleashing a hail of death!
Characters:
Death (host); Seger; Siciliano; Captain Wayne Johnson; Akutsu; Tamura
Indexer Notes
Set in Tokyo late in World War II.
The Miracle of the Catacombs!
The Miracle of the Catacombs!
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
5
pages
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
5
pages
| Script: | Robert Bernstein (credited) |
| Pencils: | Dick Ayers (credited) |
| Inks: | Dan Adkins (credited) |
| Colors: | Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose) |
| Letters: | Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman) |
- Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Job Number:J-6568
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:War raged up and down the Italian "boot" as an Italian unit, weary of war, was trapped and tormented until...
- Keywords:Nazis; skeletons
Characters:
Death (host); Rodolfo; Lt. Aldo; Colonel Goetz; Nazis
Indexer Notes
Set in Italy during World War II.
Conquer or Die!
Conquer or Die!
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
6
pages
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
6
pages
| Script: | Bob Haney (credited) |
| Pencils: | Tom Sutton (credited) |
| Inks: | Tom Sutton (credited) |
| Colors: | Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose) |
| Letters: | Clem Robins (credited as Clem Robbins) |
- Genre:historical; horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Job Number:J-6386
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:You are Harold Godwinson, king of England-- and here on this hill you take your stand, under the dragon of Wessex and the emblem of the Fighting Man, with green Britain behind you this bright October day-- here you will--
- Keywords:Normans; Saxons
Characters:
Harold Godwinson; Gyrth; Taillefer; William the Bastard; Count of Ponthieu; Earl of Wessex; Tostig; Hardraaada; Leofwine; Matilde
Indexer Notes
Set in England on 14 October 1066, The Battle of Hastings.
2nd Class Citizens
2nd Class Citizens
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
6
pages
Weird War Tales
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comic story /
6
pages
| Script: | Paul Kupperberg (credited) |
| Pencils: | Dick Ayers (credited) |
| Inks: | John Celardo (credited) |
| Colors: | Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose) |
| Letters: | Ben Oda (credited) |
- Genre:horror-suspense; science fiction; war
- Job Number:J-6584
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Someday the Earth may look like this-- devastated by a nuclear holocaust-- civilization as man now knows it gone, replaced by barbaric feudal kingdoms peopled by---
Characters:
Death (host); Ross Ilyemni; Talia Ilyemni; Tomas; Nurem; King of Briklime
Indexer Notes
Set sometime in the future.
[no title indexed]
[no title indexed]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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letters page /
1
page
A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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letters page /
1
page
| Script: | Paul Levitz (credited as PL) |
| Pencils: | Joe Kubert (letterhead) |
| Inks: | Joe Kubert (letterhead) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | typeset |
- Job Number:L-568
- Feature Logo:A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Death]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Holy Moley! One of life's simple pleasures is to be able to relax with a cup of coffee in one hand, and my favorite "weird" comic in the other.
Indexer Notes
Letters from Hec Rambla and Barbara Long. Includes "Next Issue" and "Thrillers Now on Sale".
Table of Contents
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[The Fire Down Below]
Weird War Tales -
[Introduction]
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The Fire Down Below
Weird War Tales -
A Matter of Good Taste
Batgirl; Hostess Snack Products -
The Miracle of the Catacombs!
Weird War Tales -
Conquer or Die!
Weird War Tales -
2nd Class Citizens
Weird War Tales -
["Holy Moley! One of life's simple pleasures is to be able to relax with a cup of coffee in one hand, and my favorite "weird" comic in the other."]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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