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Issue: Weird War Tales #72

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Publication Date: February 1979

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Issues: #72 of 124 Issues (197 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 9

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0709893071702

Price: £0.12 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors

Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #36)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Weird War Tales #72 [unnamed variant]

Weird War Tales #72 [British]

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Content Items (8 total)

Death Camp

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Letterese

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, war

Feature(s): Weird War Tales

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: C-882

[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): E. R. Cruz (signed)

Inker(s): E. R. Cruz (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, war

Feature(s): Weird War Tales

Character(s): Death

First Line: What is evil?

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Job Number: J-4930

Death Camp

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): J. M. DeMatteis

Penciller(s): Juan Ortiz

Inker(s): Juan Ortiz

Colorist(s): Cory Adams

Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, war

Feature(s): Weird War Tales

Character(s): Death (host)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Job Number: J-5424

Notes: Set during the end of World War II at a concentration camp.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Paul Levitz

Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (letterhead)

Inker(s): Joe Kubert (letterhead)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): A.P.O. Weird War Tales

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Job Number: L-177

Notes: Explains that the recent downshift in the number of pages has increased the amount of inventory stories.

An Unbeatable Power!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Curt Swan

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Superman; Hostess Twinkies

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Pages: 1

The Battle of Morro Castle

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): David Michelinie; Roy W. Simonson (historical consultant)

Penciller(s): Walt Simonson (signed)

Inker(s): Walt Simonson (signed)

Colorist(s): Cory Adams

Letterer(s): John Workman, Jr.

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, war

Feature(s): Weird War Tales

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: J-5269

Notes: Set in April 1917 in San Juan Harbor during World War I.

The Experiments of Dr. Kreb

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): David Michelinie

Penciller(s): Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Inker(s): Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Colorist(s): Cory Adams

Letterer(s): Alfredo Alcala

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, war

Feature(s): Weird War Tales

Character(s): Death (host)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Job Number: J-3417

Notes: Set in the early months of 1945 in Germany during World War II.

Volume 78 Issue 45 - Week of November 6, 1978

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bob Rozakis

Penciller(s): ? (illos); Fred Hembeck

Inker(s): ? (illos); Fred Hembeck

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset; Fred Hembeck (cartoon)

Editor(s): Bob Rozakis

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Daily Planet

Character(s): Superman; Lana Lang; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]

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Pages: 1

Job Number: P-245