Weird War Tales (1971 series) (DC) #68

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Number	68	68
Volume	8	8
No Volume	No	No
Volume Not Printed	False	False
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher	DC Comics Inc.	DC Comics Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand	DC [bullet]	DC [bullet]
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	October 1978	October 1978
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Key Date	1978-10-10	1978-10-10
Indicia Frequency	monthly	monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.50 USD	0.50 USD
Page Count	44 (note: total sum of story page counts is 27)	44 (note: total sum of story page counts is 27)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing	Paul Levitz	Paul Levitz
No Editing
Barcode
No Barcode	No	No
Rating
No Rating	False	False
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0. Rotirra--The Dinosaur Weapon! (Weird War Tales) cover, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Title	Rotirra--The Dinosaur Weapon!	Rotirra--The Dinosaur Weapon!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	cover	cover
Feature	Weird War Tales	Weird War Tales
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	war; horror	war; horror
Job Number	C-780?	C-780?
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script
No Script	X	X
Pencils	Joe Kubert (signed)	Joe Kubert (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Joe Kubert (signed)	Joe Kubert (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
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No Editing	X	X
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1. ["I am Death--and you should welcome me!"] (Weird War Tales) foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	"I am Death--and you should welcome me!"	"I am Death--and you should welcome me!"
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
First Line
Type	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword
Feature	Weird War Tales	Weird War Tales
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	war; horror	war; horror
Job Number	J-5247	J-5247
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Romeo Tanghal	Romeo Tanghal
No Pencils
Inks	Romeo Tanghal	Romeo Tanghal
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Death	Death
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Notes
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2. Rotirra--the Monster-Weapon! (Weird War Tales) comic story, 8p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	2	2
Title	Rotirra--the Monster-Weapon!	Rotirra--the Monster-Weapon!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Weird War Tales	Weird War Tales
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	war; horror	war; horror
Job Number	J-5165	J-5165
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Bob Rozakis	Bob Rozakis
No Script
Pencils	Gerry Talaoc	Gerry Talaoc
No Pencils
Inks	Gerry Talaoc	Gerry Talaoc
No Inks
Colors	Jerry Serpe	Jerry Serpe
No Colors
Letters	Esphid Mahilum	Esphid Mahilum
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Death (host)	Death (host)
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Notes	Set in the Pacific in June 1943 during World War II.	Set in the Pacific in June 1943 during World War II.
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3. The Life and Death of Charlie Golem (Weird War Tales) comic story, 8p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	3	3
Title	The Life and Death of Charlie Golem	The Life and Death of Charlie Golem
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Weird War Tales	Weird War Tales
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	war; horror	war; horror
Job Number	J-4653	J-4653
Page Count	8	8
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Bob Toomey	Bob Toomey
No Script
Pencils	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
No Pencils
Inks	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
No Inks
Colors	Jerry Serpe	Jerry Serpe
No Colors
Letters	Esphid Mahilum	Esphid Mahilum
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Death (host)	Death (host)
Universe
Synopsis
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Notes	Set in summer of 1943 in Eastern Europe during World War II.	Set in summer of 1943 in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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4. The Greatest Story Never Told (Weird War Tales) comic story, 6p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	4	4
Title	The Greatest Story Never Told	The Greatest Story Never Told
Unofficial Title?	No	No
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	Weird War Tales	Weird War Tales
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	war; horror	war; horror
Job Number	J-5091	J-5091
Page Count	6	6
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Paul Kupperberg	Paul Kupperberg
No Script
Pencils	Frank Miller	Frank Miller
No Pencils
Inks	Danny Bulanadi	Danny Bulanadi
No Inks
Colors	Jerry Serpe	Jerry Serpe
No Colors
Letters	Todd Klein	Todd Klein
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Characters	Death (host)	Death (host)
Universe
Synopsis
Reprint Notes	in Sgt. Rock Special (DC, 1988 series) #6 (December 1989)
Notes	Set at the Teruel Front in Spain in 1937.	Set at the Teruel Front in Spain in 1937.
Keywords
Reprint Links		The following reprint links are edited in this changeset. in Sgt. Rock Special (DC, 1988 series) #6 [Direct] sequence The Greatest Story Never Told (Weird War Tales) comic story, 6p The Greatest Story Never Told [ADDED]

5. ["Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..."] (The Day after Doomsday) comic story, 2p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	5	5
Title	"Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..."	"Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris..."
Unofficial Title?	Yes	Yes
First Line
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature	The Day after Doomsday	The Day after Doomsday
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre	war; science fiction	war; science fiction
Job Number	J-5086	J-5086
Page Count	2	2
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Roger McKenzie	Roger McKenzie
No Script
Pencils	Frank Miller	Frank Miller
No Pencils
Inks	Bob Downs	Bob Downs
No Inks
Colors	Jerry Serpe	Jerry Serpe
No Colors
Letters	John Workman	John Workman
No Letters
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No Editing	X	X
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Notes	Set sometime in the future. Title taken from first caption; the story contains no dialogue. The rubble of 75 Rockefeller Plaza, then DC Comics' address, is shown, along with a copy of C. Burkett's Collected Works.	Set sometime in the future. Title taken from first caption; the story contains no dialogue. The rubble of 75 Rockefeller Plaza, then DC Comics' address, is shown, along with a copy of C. Burkett's Collected Works.
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6. no title (A.P.O. Weird War Tales) letters page, 1p [S P I C L E]

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Sequence Number	6	6
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Unofficial Title?	No	No
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Type	letters page	letters page
Feature	A.P.O. Weird War Tales	A.P.O. Weird War Tales
Feature Object
Feature Logo
Genre
Job Number	L-104	L-104
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Script	Paul Levitz	Paul Levitz
No Script
Pencils
No Pencils	X	X
Inks
No Inks	X	X
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters
No Letters	X	X
Editing
No Editing	X	X
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Comments

Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Anonymous User	Editing	2012-04-18 12:16:13	Available	Editing
Anonymous User	This is an automatically generated changeset to migrate reprint notes into links.	2012-04-18 12:16:13	Available	Editing
Anonymous User	Automatically approved reprint note migration.	2012-04-18 12:16:25	Under Review	Approved

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