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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-615

Introduction

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

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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Pages: 1

Job Number: J-7507

A Little Knowledge...

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 7

Job Number: J-6952

Notes: Originally intended for the cancelled Mystery in Space #118. Set sometime in the future.

The Robot Master

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): 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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Pages: 1

The Tomb at the Top of the Stairs!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 3

Job Number: J-7040

Notes: Set in Berlin in the final days of World War II.

Epitaph for a Monster

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 10

Job Number: J-7149

Notes: Set during World War II in a submarine and on an island of dinosaurs.

The White Knight

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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

Notes: Set during the Crusades in 1191 near Jerusalem.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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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Pages: 0.5

Job Number: L-803

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).