(May-June 1972)
DC,
1971 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-03-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Joe Kubert (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Weird War Tales / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed as
Joe Kubert) - Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- K-896
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They think they're hanging me...
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [March 2013])
-
Indexer Notes
The spectral vision is wearing a name tag which reads 'N ADAMS'.
[The Prisoner]
Weird War Tales / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney (credited)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Inks
- Alex Toth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- K-839
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- December , 1944 - Northern Italy...
- Genre
- war; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #32 (décembre 1974) - in Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [March 2013])
-
Indexer Notes
Story set in December 1944, Northern Italy. Costanza letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Alex Toth.
The Toy Jet!
Weird War Tales / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bob Haney
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed as
Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H]) - Inks
- Russ Heath (signed as Russ Heath [big R long-tailed H])
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- K-900
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A gun -- If I could cave a gun...
- Genre
- war; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
- from All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #78 (March-April 1960)
-
Human Trigger!
Weird War Tales / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Job Number
- K-898
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll escape...I must escape!
- Genre
- war; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #18 (February 1954)
- in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #32 (décembre 1974)
-
Infantry...Queen of Battle
Table-Top Diorama / activity / 2 pages
- Script
- Sam Glanzman
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- K-752
- Genre
- war
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration); Russ Heath (illustration)
- Inks
- Mike Royer (illustration); Russ Heath (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- 8
- Characters
- Deadman; Forever People
Indexer Notes
listing of DC comics on sale in early April 1972
Face a Firing Squad!
Weird War Tales / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino)
- Inks
- Carmine Infantino (signed as Infantino)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- K-899
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know...It looks bad for me!
- Genre
- war; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #14 (October 1953) [retitled]
- in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #32 (décembre 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Original title: "I Faced a Firing Squad."
Corporal Gerry Kisters
Medal of Honor / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Norman Maurer (signed)
- Pencils
- Norman Maurer (signed as Maurer)
- Inks
- Norman Maurer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Norman Maurer ?
- Job Number
- K-705
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He knew that German factories manufactered billions of bullets
- Genre
- war; historical
- Characters
- Corporal Gerry Kisters
- Reprints
- in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #32 (décembre 1974)
- in Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [March 2013])
-
Indexer Notes
Story set in May 1943, Tunisia.
Slave
Weird War Tales / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- K-345
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the silver mines of Spain...
- Genre
- war; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
- in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #32 (décembre 1974)
- in Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [March 2013])
-
[no title indexed]
Weird War Tales / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Is It!
- Genre
- war; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
- in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #32 (décembre 1974)
- in Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales (DC, 2012 series) #1 (2012 [March 2013])
-
Indexer Notes
Conclusion of the introductory story.
[no title indexed]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Kubert
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- K-901
Indexer Notes
letters submitted by Ron Cramer; Maria Morrisson; Juergen Olk; Steven Amicarelli; L. Nau
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["They think they're hanging me..."]
Weird War Tales -
1.
[The Prisoner]
Weird War Tales -
2.
The Toy Jet!
Weird War Tales -
3.
Human Trigger!
Weird War Tales -
4.
Infantry...Queen of Battle
Table-Top Diorama -
5.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
6.
Face a Firing Squad!
Weird War Tales -
7.
Corporal Gerry Kisters
Medal of Honor -
8.
Slave
Weird War Tales -
9.
["This Is It!"]
Weird War Tales -
10.
[no title indexed]
A.P.O. Weird War Tales
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Steve Jenner
- Paul Lefebvre
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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