Weird War Tales #123 [Newsstand]

(May 1983)

Captain Spaceman Will Be Waiting! (Table of Contents: 1)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn

Pencils

Rich Buckler

Inks

Frank Giacoia

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Len Wein

Job Number

J-7096

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Finally tonight, police confirm the body of an elderly man found in a run-down Eastside hotel was that of 'Captain Spaceman,' television star of the 1950's--

Genre

science fiction; war; horror-suspense

Characters

Captain Spaceman [Harry Dodge]; Jean Farrell; Carter; Roy Michael Kreps; Mary; Jerry

Keywords

aliens

Indexer Notes

Originally intended for the cancelled Mystery in Space #118. Set in present day. Dedicated to Al Hodge, Captain Video.

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

The Day after Doomsday! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robin Snyder; Mike Bentley

Pencils

Angel Magpali

Inks

Angel Magpali

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Len Wein

Job Number

J-7903?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Future historians will debate endlessly whether or not today marks the glorious beginning or...

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction; war

Characters

Dolphin

Synopsis

The main character in this story turns out to be a dolphin that has survived the nuclear war.

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (DC, 2014 series) ([August] 2014)

Indexer Notes

Set sometime in the future.

The Savage Gods Remain (Table of Contents: 3)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Ric Estrada (signed)

Inks

Ric Estrada (signed)

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

Shelly Leferman

Editing

Len Wein

Job Number

J-6764

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the valley of Mexico, 200 years after Christ, the Pre-Toltec Indians constructed the great pyramid temple at Teotihuacan!

Genre

horror-suspense; war; science fiction

Characters

Death (host); Hernando Cortez

Keywords

Aztecs

Indexer Notes

Set in 1518 at Teotihuacan, Mexico, during the time of the Spanish conquistadores.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Robin Snyder

Pencils

Joe Kubert (letterhead)

Inks

Joe Kubert (letterhead)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1263

First Line of Dialogue or Text

War is the province of physical exertion and suffering.

Characters

Death

Indexer Notes

Letters from Keith Bowran, William Glaze, Alvin Lawrence, Joey McClary, Jon Malloy, Brad Dial, Ljubisha Milenkovic, Richard Pangaliman, Danny Holman, Mark Huff, Trent Harvard, Todd Gregg, Daniel Hilkenmeyer, David Jenkins, and William Shirley.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of Filing: October 1, 1982. Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 220,120.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Last Lesson (Table of Contents: 7)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Howie Post

Pencils

Jerome Moore

Inks

Fred Carrillo

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

Duncan Andrews [as Andrews]

Editing

Len Wein; E. Nelson Bridwell

Job Number

J-6808

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Question: you hear your parents saying bad things about our beloved Führer, Adolf Hitler. What do you do?

Genre

horror-suspense; war; science fiction

Characters

Ulrich Kiel; Friedl Kiel; Karl Kiel; Mayor Polowski; Madame Polowski; Louis L'Argent; Heinz; Willie

Keywords

Nazis

Indexer Notes

Set from 1934 through World War II in Germany.