Weird War Tales #68

(October 1978)

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Paul Levitz ?

Pencils

Romeo Tanghal

Inks

Romeo Tanghal

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-5247

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I am Death--and you should welcome me!

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death

Keywords

monsters

Rotirra-- the Monster-Weapon! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

Gerry Talaoc

Inks

Gerry Talaoc

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

Esphid Mahilum

Job Number

J-5165

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a top secret footage of a Japanese super-weapon that threatened to destroy U.S. Naval might even more devastatingly than the attack on Pearl Harbor!

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death (host); Rotirra; Captain Phillips; Marcone; Whitall; Andrews

Indexer Notes

Set in the Pacific in June 1943 during World War II.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

The Answer Man / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Number 40: Bob Le Rose (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Batman and the Corsair of Crime (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Life and Death of Charlie Golem (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Bob Toomey

Pencils

Ruben Yandoc

Inks

Ruben Yandoc

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

Esphid Mahilum

Job Number

J-4653

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Summer 1943-- somewhere in Eastern Europe.

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death (host); Privete Levy; Private Doyle; Harry; Charlie Golem

Keywords

golem; Nazis; sniper; World War II

Indexer Notes

Set in summer of 1943 in Eastern Europe during World War II.

The Greatest Story Never Told (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Paul Kupperberg; Frank Miller

Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Danny Bulanadi; Frank Miller

Colors

Jerry Serpe; Frank Miller

Letters

Todd Klein; Frank Miller

Job Number

J-5091

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In war, there are those who do, and others who merely record that which is done.

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death (host); Capitan Garcia; Ernest Hemingway

Reprints

• in Sgt. Rock Special (DC, 1988 series) #6 (December 1989)

Keywords

demons; Spanish Civil War

Indexer Notes

Set at the Teruel Front in Spain in 1937.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Day after Doomsday / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roger McKenzie

Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Bob Downs

Colors

Jerry Serpe

Letters

John Workman

Job Number

J-5086

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Slowly, painfully, you dig your way from the cold, choking debris...

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction; war

Synopsis

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

Reprints

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

Keywords

cockroach; doomsday

Indexer Notes

Set sometime in the future. The rubble of 75 Rockefeller Plaza, then DC Comics' address, is shown, along with a copy of C. Burkett's Collected Works.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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-104

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got to admit you really shocked me when you mentioned that Jack Oleck hasn't written a word for DC in four years.

Characters

Death

Indexer Notes

Letters from Beppe Sabatini and Mike Bates. Includes "Next Issue".