Weird War Tales #91

(September 1980)

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Paul Levitz ?

Pencils

Romeo Tanghal (signed as Tanghal)

Inks

Romeo Tanghal (signed as Tanghal)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-6397

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If a man spent his lifetime from cradle to coffin collecting tales of my victories, he still would learn of no more than a mere handful...

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death

Keywords

library

The Fire Down Below (Table of Contents: 2)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

J. M. DeMatteis (credited as J.M. De Matteis)

Pencils

Ernie Patricio (credited as Ernesto Patricio)

Inks

Ernie Patricio (credited as Ernesto Patricio)

Colors

Bob LeRose (credited)

Letters

Esphid Mahilum

Job Number

J-5481

First Line of Dialogue or Text

March 10, 1945: B-29 bombers blotted out the sky over Tokyo-- unleashing a hail of death!

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death (host); Seger; Siciliano; Captain Wayne Johnson; Akutsu; Tamura

Indexer Notes

Set in Tokyo late in World War II.

A Matter of Good Taste (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Miracle of the Catacombs! (Table of Contents: 4)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Bernstein (credited)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dan Adkins (credited)

Colors

Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose)

Letters

Albert DeGuzman (credited as Albert De Guzman)

Job Number

J-6568

First Line of Dialogue or Text

War raged up and down the Italian "boot" as an Italian unit, weary of war, was trapped and tormented until...

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Characters

Death (host); Rodolfo; Lt. Aldo; Colonel Goetz; Nazis

Keywords

Nazis; skeletons

Indexer Notes

Set in Italy during World War II.

Conquer or Die! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Bob Haney (credited)

Pencils

Tom Sutton (credited)

Inks

Tom Sutton (credited)

Colors

Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose)

Letters

Clem Robins (credited as Clem Robbins)

Job Number

J-6386

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You are Harold Godwinson, king of England-- and here on this hill you take your stand, under the dragon of Wessex and the emblem of the Fighting Man, with green Britain behind you this bright October day-- here you will--

Genre

historical; horror-suspense; war

Characters

Harold Godwinson; Gyrth; Taillefer; William the Bastard; Count of Ponthieu; Earl of Wessex; Tostig; Hardraaada; Leofwine; Matilde

Keywords

Normans; Saxons

Indexer Notes

Set in England on 14 October 1066, The Battle of Hastings.

2nd Class Citizens (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

John Celardo (credited)

Colors

Bob LeRose (credited as Bob Le Rose)

Letters

Ben Oda (credited)

Job Number

J-6584

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Someday the Earth may look like this-- devastated by a nuclear holocaust-- civilization as man now knows it gone, replaced by barbaric feudal kingdoms peopled by---

Genre

horror-suspense; science fiction; war

Characters

Death (host); Ross Ilyemni; Talia Ilyemni; Tomas; Nurem; King of Briklime

Indexer Notes

Set sometime in the future.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Paul Levitz (credited as PL)

Pencils

Joe Kubert (letterhead)

Inks

Joe Kubert (letterhead)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-568

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Holy Moley! One of life's simple pleasures is to be able to relax with a cup of coffee in one hand, and my favorite "weird" comic in the other.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Hec Rambla and Barbara Long. Includes "Next Issue" and "Thrillers Now on Sale".