(August 1979)

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Volume
9
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-05-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893071708
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #168.
This issue has variants:

[The Indian War in Space] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?

Job Number
C-990
Genre
horror-suspense; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-5973
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am Death, and I know that all war is simply gambling... trusting in luck to improve your lot.
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death

The Indian War in Space (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Uslan
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
J-5671
Genre
science fiction; war
Characters
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set sometime in the future in space.

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis (review); Paul Levitz (introduction, closing)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Kubert (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-284

Indexer Notes

Due to a lack of letters a review of the book FOR WANT OF A NAIL by Robert Sobel is included written by Bob Rozakis.

Eddie! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Juan Ortiz
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Clem Robins

Job Number
J-5470?
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Keywords
World War II

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II. Includes robotic soldiers similar to G.I. Robot.

The Tunnels (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Kelley
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Shelly Leferman

Job Number
J-5480?
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Keywords
Vietnam

Indexer Notes

Set in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Volume 79 Issue 20 - Week of May 7, 1979 (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Indian War in Space]
  2. 1. ["I am Death, and I know that all war is simply gambling... trusting in luck to improve your lot."]
  3. 2. The Indian War in Space
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  5. 4. Eddie!
  6. 5. The Tunnels
  7. 6. Volume 79 Issue 20 - Week of May 7, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore