Weird War Tales #83 [British]
(January 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
0709893071701
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #83.

The Mystery and Madness of... (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Nazis
Keywords
Nazis; vampires

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Paul Levitz ?
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inks
Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
J-6201
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is my new throne room... the citadel of mass murder, from which bombs and missiles can fly forth to destroy the world!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death

Prison of the Mind (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan
Pencils
Ruben Yandoc
Inks
Ruben Yandoc
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Esphid Mahilum

Job Number
J-6066
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A tiny cell-- a barracks-- a vast concentration camp... all of these have been called prisons!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Sgt. Samuel Grinspan; Dr. Hakim Jallud; Col. Talal
Keywords
Israel

Indexer Notes

Set in Israel in October and November 1974.

The Stony-Eyed Medusa (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-397
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If I'm not mistaken, Weird War Tales #77 was Bill Kelley's first novel-lenghter.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters from A. Gary Giroux and Unsigned (from Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Includes "Next Month".

A Toast to the Dying (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
George Kashdan (credited as G. Kashdan)
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
J-6160
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In vino veritas (in wine there is truth) the Romans used to say!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Braklowa
Keywords
Nazis; vampires; World War II

Indexer Notes

Set in a Rumanian mountain village and Braklowa Castle during World War II.

Penitence (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Ric Estrada (signed)
Inks
Ric Estrada (signed)
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-6163
First Line of Dialogue or Text
To clear the way for the British South African Company and Europeans colonists in Rhodesia in 1891, English soldiers were sent into the vast plains of this African nation to Quell native resistance.
Genre
war
Characters
Death (host); N'Tuma; Kuna; Sgt. Beverly; Capt. Claredon; Kataru
Keywords
demon; Rhodesia

Indexer Notes

Set in Rhodesia in 1891.

Volume 79 Issue 41 - Week of October 8, 1979 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents / 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
Characters
Steve Trevor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mystery and Madness of...
  2. 1. [Introduction]
  3. 2. Prison of the Mind
  4. 3. The Stony-Eyed Medusa
    The Flash; Hostess Fruit Pies
  5. 4. ["If I'm not mistaken, Weird War Tales #77 was Bill Kelley's first novel-lenghter."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  6. 5. A Toast to the Dying
  7. 6. Penitence
  8. 7. Volume 79 Issue 41 - Week of October 8, 1979
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet; Direct Currents
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
This issue was modified by
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore