Weird War Tales
#49
(November-December 1976)
DC,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-08-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Line of DC Super-Stars
- Barcode
- 0709893071712
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #134.
The Right to Die!
Weird War Tales / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling (signed as Sparling)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (signed as Colletta)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- J-4367
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war; science fiction
The Face of the Enemy
Weird War Tales / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- J-3963
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Characters
- Death (host)
Indexer Notes
Set at the time of the German surrender during World War II.
Green Lantern and the Fruit Pie Scene
Green Lantern; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
A Rite to Die!
Weird War Tales / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan (credited as G. Kashdan)
- Pencils
- Ricardo Villamonte (credited as R. Villamonte)
- Inks
- Ricardo Villamonte (credited as R. Villamonte)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-3642
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Characters
- Death (host)
Indexer Notes
Set during Word War II.
[no title indexed]
The Day after Doomsday / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-3733
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The soft sound of gurgling as somewhere in the distance...
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction; war
- Characters
- Johnny
- Synopsis
- A bored boy named Johnny hears the music of a rock band. He follows the sound and finds a trio of glowing musicians. Johnny dies from the radiation that the mutated minstrels emit.
- Reprints
-
in The Steve Ditko Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011) - in Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights (DC, 2014 series) ([August] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Set sometime in the future.
Mark of the Conqueror
Weird War Tales / comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- J-3?27?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction; war
- Characters
- Death (host)
Indexer Notes
Set on another planet or in the far future.
Justice for All Includes Children, 7
Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Right to Die!
Weird War Tales -
1.
The Face of the Enemy
Weird War Tales -
2.
Green Lantern and the Fruit Pie Scene
Green Lantern; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
A Rite to Die!
Weird War Tales -
4.
["The soft sound of gurgling as somewhere in the distance..."]
The Day after Doomsday -
5.
Mark of the Conqueror
Weird War Tales -
6.
[no title indexed]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales -
7.
Justice for All Includes Children, 7
Justice for All Includes Children!; Superman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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