Volume: 11
Price: 0.50 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1981-04-14
Editing: Joe Orlando (credited) (edit. director); Len Wein (credited) (editor); Mike W. Barr (credited) (associate editor); Karen Berger (credited) (editorial coordinator)
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The Creature Commandos battle Hitler..!
(Table of Contents)

The Creature Commandos / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; war
  • Job Number:C-641
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:...And guess who comes out second-best!
  • Keywords:monsters; Nazis
Characters:
Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Lt. Matthew Shrieve]; Adolf Hitler
Reprints (1)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Dog Tag Lottery
(Table of Contents: 1)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-7064
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:War, it has been said, is death's own lottery.
Characters:
Death (host); Bernard Johnson; Freddy Walenski; Samson; Jimmy; Arnie; Luke; Billy

Indexer Notes

Set in the Korean War.

Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Grudge Match in the Grave
(Table of Contents: 3)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Luke McDonnell (credited as McDonnell)
Inks:
Rodin Rodriguez (credited as Rodriguez)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-7098
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At a nazi campsite...
  • Keywords:Nazis

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II at a Nazi camp.

The Children's Crusade!
(Table of Contents: 4)

The Creature Commandos / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; war
  • Job Number:J-6704
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It is the heartless apex of the night and almost all good little children who-- daily-- bring this german schoolhouse to life are home safe and snug in bed....
  • Keywords:monsters; Nazis; World War II
Characters:
Death (host); Adolf Hitler (double); Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Lt. Matthew Shrieve]; Anne Kauffmann; Axel Kauffmann
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

A Wish to Die!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
Pencils:
John Garcia (credited as Garcia)
Inks:
John Celardo (credited as Celardo)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
  • Job Number:J-6655
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Poverty-- greed-- lust for power... science has advanced many reasons for humanity's warlike nature!
  • Keywords:genii
Characters:
Death (host); Genii

Indexer Notes

Set in "a sandy African shiekdom."

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

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

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-789
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The return of the Creature Commandos in Weird War #97 was handled excellently.
Characters:
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Dean Rollings, "McIntosh" Mark Amundsen, and Antone Perry. Explains that all three letter-writers will receive stats of Weird War Tales covers. Len's Line-Up: On Sale May 7th and May 21st.

Astral Attackers
(Table of Contents: 7)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Letters:
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)
  • Genre:science fiction; war; horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-7108
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The dread korovars seek to enslave the freedom-loving peoples of the galaxy.
Characters:
Mike Fishman

Indexer Notes

Set in a video game arcade in present day, as well as in outer space.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Creature Commandos battle Hitler..!
    The Creature Commandos
  2. Dog Tag Lottery
    Weird War Tales
  3. Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman
  4. Grudge Match in the Grave
    Weird War Tales
  5. The Children's Crusade!
    The Creature Commandos
  6. A Wish to Die!
    Weird War Tales
  7. ["The return of the Creature Commandos in Weird War #97 was handled excellently."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  8. Astral Attackers
    Weird War Tales
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