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Issue: Weird War Tales #103
Publication Date: September 1981
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Issues: #103 of 124 Issues (197 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/12/1981
Volume: 11
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein (editor); Mike W. Barr (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): The War That Time Forgot
First Line: Incredible combat as submarine battles sea serpent!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-615
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Wein (signed)
Penciller(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death
First Line: Behold the aftermath of battle, that aspect of war of which the poets seldom sing!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-7507
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A Little Knowledge...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Jones
Penciller(s): Tom Sutton
Inker(s): Tom Sutton
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Col. Philip Mathews
First Line: Day one: The ship lay broken and twisted across the rocky landscape.
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In Content Item: FlagMysterieserier #7/1983 published July 1983
as Förlorat: Ett rymdskepp! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-6952
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the cancelled Mystery in Space #118. Set sometime in the future.
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The Robot Master

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Wonder Woman; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Wonder Woman; Robot Master
First Line: Ha, ha! With these four robot duplicates of myself, no one will find the real me!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tomb at the Top of the Stairs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Allikas
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): Larry Mahlstedt
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Helen Mohler [as Duffy Mohler]
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host); Nick; Gary
First Line: The soldiers ascending the foreboding medieval tower were ready for anything... except...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-7040
Disclose Notes: Set in Berlin in the final days of World War II.
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Epitaph for a Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Bob Hall
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): The War That Time Forgot
Character(s): Kris; Captain Trent
First Line: For days, the U.S. Sub Swordfish has been on air-sea rescue patrol!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-7149
Disclose Notes: Set during World War II in a submarine and on an island of dinosaurs.
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The White Knight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Tom Yeates
Inker(s): Tom Yeates
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Pierre Bernard Jr.
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host); Saladin; White Knight; unnamed page
First Line: War is like a deadly game of chess, but when the Christian crusaders and Saracen forces battled in the Holy Land, no one could imagine the incredible and decisive move of...
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-7131
Disclose Notes: Set during the Crusades in 1191 near Jerusalem.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis (review); Bob Rozakis [as Ted. P. Skimmer] (letter replies, closing)
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
Character(s): Death
First Line: I found Weird War #96 to be an exemplary issue...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: L-803
Disclose Notes: Letters from Pam Miller, Quizo, and Todd McFarlane (Calgary, Alberta). A review by Bob Rozakis of Thin Air (George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger).

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