Weird War Tales #121 [Direct]
(March 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
1982-12-07
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)

Issue Notes

Snyder credit in letters page.
This issue has variants:

[Death Smiles Thrice!] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Trevor Von Eeden (signed)
Inks
Trevor Von Eeden (signed)
Colors
?
Job Number
C-273
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; Elliot "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Dr. Medusa]; Nazis
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; Nazis
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Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Parker Brothers Games; Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Death Smiles Thrice! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Creature Commandos / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Fred Carrillo
Inks
Fred Carrillo
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
?
Job Number
J-8524
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I warn you-- not to enter the portal to Professor Diablo's Galaxy of Ghouls--
Genre
horror-suspense; war
Characters
Death (host); Creature Commandos [Warren Griffith; Elliot "Lucky" Taylor; Vincent Velcro; Dr. Medusa; Lt. Matthew Shrieve]; G.I. Robot [J.A.K.E. 2] (cameo on a filmstrip); Adolf Hitler (cameo); Professor Diablo; Geisha robot (cameo on a filmstrip); Nazis
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; Nazis; robots

Indexer Notes

Set during World War II.

Sgt. Rock Is on the Move in 83! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Gremlins in the Works! (Table of Contents: 4)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ringgenberg
Pencils
Paris Cullins
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited as J. Serpe)
Letters
Duncan Andrews
Job Number
J-7992
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The strangest mystery of the 1930's was the disappearance of LZS-6, the last of the aerial aircraft carriers.
Genre
horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Characters
Death (host); Klaus Wenzer; Dietrich; Hegel; Bowman; Hauser; Erich; Todt (dead); gremlins
Keywords
gremlins

Indexer Notes

Set in the 1930s on a zeppelin.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

A.P.O. Weird War Tales / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robin Snyder
Pencils
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Inks
Joe Kubert (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1261
First Line of Dialogue or Text
War is part of the intercourse of the human race.
Characters
Death

Indexer Notes

Return of Robin Snyder on letters page. Letters from Charles David Haskell, Mark Nelson, and Stephen Feger. Index to G.I. Robot part 2. A little praise for Nestor Redondo. Promo for Sgt. Rock, Blackhawk, Weird War Tales, and G.I. Combat.

On Sale December 30th (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Death Smiles Thrice!]
    The Creature Commandos
  2. 1. Spider-Man Video Action Game Cartridge
    Parker Brothers Games; Spider-Man
  3. 2. Death Smiles Thrice!
    The Creature Commandos
  4. 3. Sgt. Rock Is on the Move in 83!
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  5. 4. Gremlins in the Works!
    Weird War Tales
  6. 5. ["Well, there goes my career as a columnist!"]
    Meanwhile...
  7. 6. ["War is part of the intercourse of the human race."]
    A.P.O. Weird War Tales
  8. 7. On Sale December 30th
    DC Coming Comics
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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