Weird War Tales #93 [Newsstand]
(November 1980)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
10
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-08-14
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); Len Wein (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Len's Line-Up in November 1980 issues has on-sale date of August 11.
This issue is a variant of Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #93 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Creature Commandos! (Table of Contents)

The Creature Commandos / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Introducing World War II's weirdest warriors -- The Creature Commandos!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Creature Commandos [Griffith; Taylor; Lt. Matthew Shrieve; Velcro]; Nazis
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; nazis

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Job Number
J-6839
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is said that there is nothing quite so handsome as a man in uniform!
Genre
horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Characters
Death
Keywords
skulls

The Creature Commandos! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Creature Commandos / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Pat Broderick
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda; Todd Klein (feature logo design)

Job Number
J-6445
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, gentlemen -- It appears the time for discretion is past -- we've got a wide-open fight on our hands!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Creature Commandos [Griffith; Taylor; Lt. Matthew Shrieve; Velcro] (intro, origin)
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; Nazis

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

Logo design credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Batman vs. the League of Assassins (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Ultimate Weapon (Table of Contents: 4)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Denys Cowan
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-6532
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Against the backdrop of a once-mighty Metropolis, there stands a tightly guarded fortress...
Genre
science fiction; war; horror-suspense
Characters
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set sometime in the future.

Rising Sun (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Mike W. Barr
Pencils
Noly Zamora
Inks
Noly Zamora
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6593
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the early 1940s, thousands of Japanese-Americans were imprisoned in "relocations" camps, denied their possessions and rights as citizens!
Genre
horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Characters
Death (host); Masao Tabushi; Colonel Robert Simon; Sergeant Reynolds; Father Tabushi

Indexer Notes

Set in the early 1940s in a Japanese-American relocation camp during World War II.

Life Hangs by a Thread (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Vicente Alcázar
Inks
Vicente Alcázar
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek

Job Number
J-5805
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's 1942, and you're down safe again, bellying up to the bamboo bar near the airstrip on that godforsaken slab of coral rock you dubbed "Chicken Gumbo Island," and it's easy to laugh at superstition.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; war; horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters
Death (host); Herbie; Lieut. Eddie Morton; Chuck Taylor

Indexer Notes

Set in 1942 in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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

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-609
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I saw Weird War #87 in the comic book rack.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters from William Shirley, Kirk Simonds, T. M. Maple, Peter Jencius and Robert Paulson. Len's Line-Up: On Sale August 11th.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Creature Commandos!
    The Creature Commandos
  2. 1. [Introduction]
    Weird War Tales
  3. 2. The Creature Commandos!
    The Creature Commandos
  4. 3. Batman vs. the League of Assassins
    Batman; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. Ultimate Weapon
    Weird War Tales
  6. 5. Rising Sun
    Weird War Tales
  7. 6. Life Hangs by a Thread
    Weird War Tales
  8. 7. ["I saw Weird War #87 in the comic book rack."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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