(April 1979)

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Volume
9
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-01-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893071704
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #164.
This issue has variants:

The March of the Mammoths (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Evans (signed)
Inks
George Evans (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
C-902
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Reprints
Keywords
mastodon

[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-5854
First Line of Dialogue or Text
All men end their days here, in my land -- the realm of Death!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death

March of the Mammoth (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Alfredo Alcala
Inks
Alfredo Alcala
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Alfredo Alcala

Job Number
J-5459
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)
Reprints
Keywords
World War II

Indexer Notes

Set in the latter days of World War II on the Scandinavian Front.

The Ionic Storm (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Cold War (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
George Evans
Inks
George Evans
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
J-5848
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set during the Napoleonic Wars of 1812 in Moscow.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Job Number
L-216

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Arthur Gutowitz
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of Filing: October 1, 1978. Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 353,648.

Dead Image (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Kelley
Pencils
Ric Estrada
Inks
Ric Estrada
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
J-5467
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)
Keywords
Saigon; Vietnam

Indexer Notes

Set in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Volume 79 Issue 2 - Week of January 8, 1979 (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The March of the Mammoths
  2. 1. ["All men end their days here, in my land -- the realm of Death!"]
  3. 2. March of the Mammoth
  4. 3. The Ionic Storm
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Superman
  5. 4. The Cold War
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  7. 6. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  8. 7. Dead Image
  9. 8. Volume 79 Issue 2 - Week of January 8, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore