Weird War Tales #95 [Direct]
(January 1981)

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Volume
11
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-09-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Len Wein (editor)

Issue Notes

On date sale from DC Coming Attractions #47.
This issue has variants:

Between Flesh and Fantasy? (Table of Contents)

Weird War Tales / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Job Number
C-494
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is the fine line...
Genre
horror-suspense; war

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein ?
Pencils
Greg LaRocque (signed)
Inks
Rodin Rodriguez (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Those who have fought in the weird war, from the prehistoric past to the bloody beaches of Anzio to the star-streaked battlegrounds yet-to-be, know me well--for I've been their closest companion!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death
Keywords
hand grenade

Come Play War with Me! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
?

Job Number
J-6531
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Combat has been called the ultimate sport-- especially when death is the loser's reward!
Genre
science fiction; war
Characters
Death (host); Col. Koslov; Zwiil; Xeerg
Keywords
aliens

Indexer Notes

Set in 1853 in the Crimean Mountains during the Crimean War.

Aquaman and the Space Capsule (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Way of the Horse (Table of Contents: 4)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils
Nestor Infante
Inks
Nestor Infante
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6577
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When he rode down from the foothills like a traveller out of time, the Apaches thought him a god.
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Small Elk
Keywords
centaurs; horses

Indexer Notes

Set among native Americans in the American plains at an unknown time.

The 600 Heads of Death! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The battlefields of the weird war are boundless!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Strange Ones
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Set hundreds of years ago on Easter Island.

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

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-646
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't listen to reader Alan Gary Giroux.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers David Hill, Alan Naditz, W. David Trowbridge, T.M. Maple, John Whittington, and John T. Patterson.

Between Flesh and Fantasy (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Noly Zamora
Inks
Noly Zamora
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6530
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Call it a ship of fools: this vessel carrying young boys to battle...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war
Characters
Death (host); Vincent Salgado [also as Gadovinn]; Ernest Becker; Nokka [Conan parody]

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Between Flesh and Fantasy?
    Weird War Tales
  2. 1. [Introduction]
    Weird War Tales
  3. 2. Come Play War with Me!
    Weird War Tales
  4. 3. Aquaman and the Space Capsule
    Aquaman; Hostess Fruit Pies
  5. 4. The Way of the Horse
    Weird War Tales
  6. 5. The 600 Heads of Death!
    Weird War Tales
  7. 6. ["Don't listen to reader Alan Gary Giroux."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  8. 7. Between Flesh and Fantasy
    Weird War Tales
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Hector G. DueƱas G.
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • John Wells