Weird War Tales
#81
(November 1979)
DC,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-08-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893071711
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #171.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- C-180
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See-- you shall live forever-- as part of my experiment!
- Genre
- science fiction; war
- Characters
- Professor Ling Tsu-Te; Major Walter Reilly
[Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz ?
- Pencils
- E. R. Cruz (signed)
- Inks
- E. R. Cruz (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- J-6087
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Paint a picture of war -- and all you will see is my image!
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Characters
- Death
It Takes Brains to Be a Killer
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan (credited as G. Kashdan)
- Pencils
- Gerry Talaoc (credited as G. Talaoc)
- Inks
- Gerry Talaoc (credited as G. Talaoc)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Esphid Mahilum (credited as Esphid)
- Job Number
- J-6017
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How much faster would humanity advance if inventors devoted their genius to peace instead of war?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction; war
- Characters
- Death (host); Major Walter Reilly; Professor Ling Tsu-Te
- Keywords
- brains; Korean War
Indexer Notes
Set in Korea in 1951 during the Korean War.
Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, Triclops. Your days of gluttonous crime are over...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Triclops
Frieze Frame
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- J-6078
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am Death and I am present in all wars-- though ofttimes my role is stranger than even man can imagine!
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Characters
- Death (also as host); Hernando RamÃnez
- Keywords
- Rome
Indexer Notes
Set in the 1527 Sack of Rome.
Subscribe Now
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Only the brave dare read my chilling tales of the weird war!
- Characters
- Death
Indexer Notes
subscription ad for Weird War Tales includes splash pages from earlier issues and new art by Don Heck.
[no title indexed]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (letterhead); George Evans
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (letterhead); George Evans
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-350
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The moralistic theme in Weird War Tales #76 was very intriguing.
- Characters
- Death
- Reprints
-
from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #82 (December 1979) [reduced to 1/4 page]
-
Indexer Notes
Includes a preview of next issue's cover. Letters from Alan G. Giroux, Peter Deveny and Holden McCormack.
Brother War
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada (signed)
- Inks
- Ric Estrada (signed)
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman (credited as Al DeGuzman)
- Job Number
- J-6077
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The firing of the first shots at Harper's Ferry signalled more than the start of a civil war between North and South--
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Characters
- Death (host); Matthew Taylor; Josiah Taylor; Nathaniel
- Keywords
- demon; US Civil War
Indexer Notes
Set during the Civil War.
Volume 79 Issue 33 - Week of August 6, 1979
The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.8 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Jess Jodloman (illustration); Jim Aparo (illustration)
- Inks
- Jess Jodloman (illustration); Jim Aparo (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Bob Rozakis
- Job Number
- P-333
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Unexpected Chills
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Madame Xanadu; Commissioner James Gordon; Batman
Indexer Notes
Promos with illustrations from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #194, "Moonlight and Laughter" story, 21st page, 2nd panel (by Jodloman) and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #156 cover by Aparo. Direct Currents: On Sale Week of August 20th. Ask the Answer Man with questions from Dan Rondello, John H. Sain, Richard E. Sutton, John McDill, Tim Holland, Tim Retzloff, Tim Burnam, Antoine Pherm and Alan Wright.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["See-- you shall live forever-- as part of my experiment!"]
-
1.
[Introduction]
-
2.
It Takes Brains to Be a Killer
-
3.
Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
Frieze Frame
-
5.
Subscribe Now
-
6.
["The moralistic theme in Weird War Tales #76 was very intriguing."]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales -
7.
Brother War
-
8.
Volume 79 Issue 33 - Week of August 6, 1979
The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents -
9.
[no title indexed]
Hembeck
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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