Weird War Tales #89 [British]
(July 1980)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
10
Price
0.15 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893071707
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #89.

The Primate Platoon (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Starlin (signed)
Inks
Jim Starlin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Job Number
J-6371
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Centuries pass, the art of war changes, battlements that once proudly guarded nations' borders collapse into dust...
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death

Primate Patrol (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Ken Landgraf
Inks
Dave Simons
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Albert DeGuzman

Job Number
J-6281
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)
Keywords
World War II

Indexer Notes

Set in Africa during World War II.

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

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

Script
Paul Levitz (credited as PL)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-521

Catman on the Prowl (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

This Ship Shall Be Your Coffin (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Ric Estrada
Inks
Ric Estrada
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Pete Guzman

Job Number
J-6374
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)
Keywords
Coral Sea; Pacific; World War II

Indexer Notes

Set in May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II.

Death the Dread Drummer (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ruben Yandoc
Inks
Ruben Yandoc
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-6042
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death
Keywords
World War I

Indexer Notes

Set in summer 1917 on the Western Front during World War I. Death does not host but appears as "Death the Dread Drummer."

Volume 80 Issue 14 - Week of April 7, 1980 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Hembeck

Genre
humor; superhero
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Primate Platoon
  2. 1. ["Centuries pass, the art of war changes, battlements that once proudly guarded nations' borders collapse into dust..."]
  3. 2. Primate Patrol
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  5. 4. Catman on the Prowl
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  6. 5. This Ship Shall Be Your Coffin
  7. 6. Death the Dread Drummer
  8. 7. Volume 80 Issue 14 - Week of April 7, 1980
    Daily Planet
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore