(September 1978)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
8
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-06-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893071709
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #157.

The Attack of the Undead (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-765
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Beware--
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Nazis; vampires
Keywords
nazis; vampires

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz ?
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-5144
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Enter my domain, reader--and fear!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death
Keywords
demon; nazis; robots; skulls

The Attack of the Undead (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
E. R. Cruz (signed)
Inks
E. R. Cruz (signed)
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum (credited as Esphid M.)

Job Number
J-5132
First Line of Dialogue or Text
1944-- the last efforts of the bitter, Third Reich to hold onto France doomed to failure...
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Hendrick von Schmidt; Klaus; Nazis; Yvette; Chaplin; vampires
Keywords
France; Nazis; vampires; World War II

Indexer Notes

Set in 1944 in France during World War II.

The Lost Ace! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Manhart
Pencils
Howard Chaykin
Inks
Howard Chaykin
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-5203
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dogfight: The term sounds humorous, but to the grim-faced Japanese and American pilots, it means kill or be killed!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Marshall Jenkins; Saburo; Deputy Smith
Reprints
Keywords
Pacific; World War II

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II in the Pacific Theater.

Onward and Upward (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Alien Among Us (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Oleck
Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Joe Orlando

Job Number
J-3443
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ever wondered what really lies out there?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Death (host); Bridget O'Halloran; Walt Donald; aliens
Synopsis
Unknown to each other, two aliens from Venus assume earthlings' identities on a farm in Maine.
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; Maine; shapeshifters; Venus

Indexer Notes

Reprint information from Israel Jovanovich.

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

A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-980
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I purchased Weird War Tales #62 solely for the Chaykin strip.

Indexer Notes

Explains that the series has been including new and inventory stories on a one-for-one basis. However, there are only six inventory stories left. Includes a letter from Robin Snyder (future assistant editor for the series), Beppe Sabatini and Dwayne Adkins. "Next Issue" feature by Paul Levitz.

Volume 77 [78] Issue 24 - Week of June 12, 1978 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Attack of the Undead
  2. 1. [Introduction]
  3. 2. The Attack of the Undead
  4. 3. The Lost Ace!
  5. 4. Onward and Upward
    DC Publishorial
  6. 5. The Alien Among Us
  7. 6. ["I purchased Weird War Tales #62 solely for the Chaykin strip."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  8. 7. Volume 77 [78] Issue 24 - Week of June 12, 1978
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jason Sacks
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore