Weird War Tales #119 [Direct]
(January 1983)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume
13
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-10-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (editor); Robin Snyder (assistant editor); Tamsyn O'Flynn (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. Snyder credits in https://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-look-at-dcs-weird-war.html. O'Flynn credit in letters page.
This issue has variants:

[World Under Glass] (Table of Contents)

The Creature Commandos / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-192
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; Elliot Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Dr. Medusa]
Reprints
Keywords
lions; monsters
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World Under Glass (Table of Contents: 1)

The Creature Commandos / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn
Job Number
J-8467
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wartime London. The skies are silent.
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction; war
Characters
Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; Elliot "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Lt. Matthew Shrieve; Dr. Medusa]; Nazis; Prof. Alesso
Reprints
Keywords
lions; monsters; Nazis; time travel

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II and the year 2943.

The Case of the Snake Shapes (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Superman; Magic Snake / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn
Pencils
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1192
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Regarding "Circus of Madness" in Weird War #114, I have a point which I feel should be brought up.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Letters from W. Gregg Stamey Jr., Gordon Manley, Charles David Haskell, Lise Leveillee, Tony Laker, Nick Delaney, Wesley M. Allison, and Vincent Martano.

On Sale October 28th (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [World Under Glass]
    The Creature Commandos
  2. 1. World Under Glass
    The Creature Commandos
  3. 2. The Case of the Snake Shapes
    Superman; Magic Snake
  4. 3. ["Regarding "Circus of Madness" in Weird War #114, I have a point which I feel should be brought up."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  5. 4. On Sale October 28th
    DC Coming Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Jim Van Dore
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