Weird War Tales #102 [Newsstand]
(August 1981)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
11
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-05-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893071708
Editing
Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #191.
This issue is a variant of Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #102 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Creature Commandos battle Hitler..! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
C-641
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...And guess who comes out second-best!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; war
Characters
Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Lt. Matthew Shrieve]; Adolf Hitler
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; nazis

Dog Tag Lottery (Table of Contents: 1)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Fleisher
Pencils
Noly Zamora
Inks
Noly Zamora
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
?

Job Number
J-7064
First Line of Dialogue or Text
War, it has been said, is death's own lottery.
Genre
horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Characters
Death (host); Bernard Johnson; Freddy Walenski; Samson; Jimmy; Arnie; Luke; Billy

Indexer Notes

Set in the Korean War.

Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Grudge Match in the Grave (Table of Contents: 3)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
David Allikas
Pencils
Luke McDonnell (credited as McDonnell)
Inks
Rodin Rodriguez (credited as Rodriguez)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
J-7098
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At a nazi campsite...
Genre
horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Keywords
nazis

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II at a Nazi camp.

The Children's Crusade! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Creature Commandos / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6704
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is the heartless apex of the night and almost all good little children who-- daily-- bring this german schoolhouse to life are home safe and snug in bed....
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Adolf Hitler (double); Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Lt. Matthew Shrieve]; Anne Kauffmann; Axel Kauffmann
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; nazis; World War II

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

A Wish to Die! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
John Garcia (credited as Garcia)
Inks
John Celardo (credited as Celardo)
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-6655
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Poverty-- greed-- lust for power... science has advanced many reasons for humanity's warlike nature!
Genre
horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Characters
Death (host); Genii
Keywords
genii

Indexer Notes

Set in "a sandy African shiekdom."

[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-789
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The return of the Creature Commandos in Weird War #97 was handled excellently.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Dean Rollings, "McIntosh" Mark Amundsen, and Antone Perry. Explains that all three letter-writers will receive stats of Weird War Tales covers. Len's Line-Up: On Sale May 7th and May 21st.

Astral Attackers (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Pencils
Trevor Von Eeden
Inks
Jerry Ordway
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)

Job Number
J-7108
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The dread korovars seek to enslave the freedom-loving peoples of the galaxy.
Genre
science fiction; war; horror-suspense
Characters
Mike Fishman

Indexer Notes

Set in a video game arcade in present day, as well as in outer space.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Creature Commandos battle Hitler..!
    The Creature Commandos
  2. 1. Dog Tag Lottery
    Weird War Tales
  3. 2. Superman vs. the Laughing Gas Bandits
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman
  4. 3. Grudge Match in the Grave
    Weird War Tales
  5. 4. The Children's Crusade!
    The Creature Commandos
  6. 5. A Wish to Die!
    Weird War Tales
  7. 6. ["The return of the Creature Commandos in Weird War #97 was handled excellently."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  8. 7. Astral Attackers
    Weird War Tales
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