Weird War Tales #118 [Direct]
(December 1982)

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Volume
12
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (editor); Robin Snyder (assistant editor); Tamsyn O'Flynn (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Snyder credits in https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-look-at-dcs-weird-war.html. O'Flynn credit in letters page.
This issue has variants:

How WWII's Strangest Heroes Won Their Medals! (Table of Contents)

The Creature Commandos; The G.I. Robot / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-133
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction; war
Characters
G.I. Robot [J.A.K.E. 2]; Creature Commandos [Dr. Medusa; Taylor; Velcro; Griffith]; Death (background)
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

The Deadliest Trap (Table of Contents: 1)

The G.I. Robot / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
?

Job Number
J-8377
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They have been summoned from as near as across the English channel...
Genre
science fiction; war
Characters
G.I. Robot [J.A.K.E. 2]; Cap; a robot cat; Wing Commander Conway Thomas; Sgt. Coker; Yoddo (destroyed); Genshu; Geisha robot

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

Heroes Come in Small Sizes (Table of Contents: 2)

The Creature Commandos / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
?

Job Number
J-8576?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As the decorated G.I. Robot leaves the monarch, he passes a unique band even more bizarre than he!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Creature Commandos ["Lucky" Taylor; Griffith; Velcro; Dr. Medusa; Lt. Matthew Shrieve]; G.I. Robot [J.A.K.E. 2] (cameo); Erich Kunzer; Denise
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

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

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

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn
Pencils
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1170
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have recently enjoyed Weird War very much.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters from Sasha C. Jankovic, Stan O. Johnson, Richard J. Croxton, T. M. Maple (2 letters), and Kevin Rosier.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. How WWII's Strangest Heroes Won Their Medals!
    The Creature Commandos; The G.I. Robot
  2. 1. The Deadliest Trap
    The G.I. Robot
  3. 2. Heroes Come in Small Sizes
    The Creature Commandos
  4. 3. ["I have recently enjoyed Weird War very much."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jim Van Dore