(June 1979)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
9
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-03-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893071706
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #166.
This issue has variants:

[Wreck of the Ophelie] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-949
Genre
horror-suspense; war
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-5937
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is my territory... the battlefield where I, Death, am the only winner!
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death

The Fire Bug (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Howard Chaykin
Inks
Howard Chaykin
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
J-5857
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)
Keywords
World War II

Indexer Notes

Set on 13 February 1945 in France during World War II.

Wreck of the Ophelie (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
Gerry Talaoc
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
J-5617
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)

Indexer Notes

Set along the Gulf of Lions during the reign of Louis XIV.

Someone Is Kidnapping the Great Chefs of Gotham City (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Know Your Enemy! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Gale Heimbach (credited as G. Heimbach)
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Todd Klein
Job Number
J-5601
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host)
Keywords
New York; Vietnam

Indexer Notes

Set in New York state in December 1967 during the Vietnam War.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-245

Volume 79 Issue 10 - Week of March 5, 1979 (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Wreck of the Ophelie]
  2. 1. ["This is my territory... the battlefield where I, Death, am the only winner!"]
  3. 2. The Fire Bug
  4. 3. Wreck of the Ophelie
  5. 4. Someone Is Kidnapping the Great Chefs of Gotham City
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  6. 5. Know Your Enemy!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  8. 7. Volume 79 Issue 10 - Week of March 5, 1979
    Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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