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Issue: Weird War Tales #67
Publication Date: September 1978
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Issues: #67 of 124 Issues (197 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/13/1978
Volume: 8
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071709
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #157.
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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
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The Attack of the Undead

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Nazis; vampires
First Line: Beware--
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-765
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz ?
Penciller(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death
First Line: Enter my domain, reader--and fear!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5144
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The Attack of the Undead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): E. R. Cruz (signed)
Inker(s): E. R. Cruz (signed)
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Esphid Mahilum [as Esphid M.]
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host); Hendrick von Schmidt; Klaus; Nazis; Yvette; Chaplin; vampires
First Line: 1944-- the last efforts of the bitter, Third Reich to hold onto France doomed to failure...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-5132
Disclose Notes: Set in 1944 in France during World War II.
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The Lost Ace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Manhart
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin
Inker(s): Howard Chaykin
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host); Marshall Jenkins; Saburo; Deputy Smith
First Line: Dogfight: The term sounds humorous, but to the grim-faced Japanese and American pilots, it means kill or be killed!
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In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock Special #3 [Direct] published March 1989
as The Lost Ace! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5203
Disclose Notes: Set during World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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Onward and Upward

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jenette Kahn (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Publishorial
First Line: Changes. These days, they come fast and furious.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Placed in between pages 2 and 3 of the previous sequence. Text explaining about the increase in the price of DC publications.
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The Alien Among Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): Mike Grell
Inker(s): Mike Grell
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Joe Orlando
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host); Bridget O'Halloran; Walt Donald; aliens
First Line: Ever wondered what really lies out there?
Synopsis: Unknown to each other, two aliens from Venus assume earthlings' identities on a farm in Maine.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing World of DC Comics #12 published July 1976
was The Alien Among Us [Story on Interior Page(s)]colored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: J-3443
Disclose Notes: Reprint information from Israel Jovanovich.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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
First Line: I purchased Weird War Tales #62 solely for the Chaykin strip.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-980
Disclose Notes: Explains that the series has been including new and inventory stories on a one-for-one basis. However, there are only six inventory stories left. Includes a letter from Robin Snyder (future assistant editor for the series), Beppe Sabatini and Dwayne Adkins. "Next Issue" feature by Paul Levitz.
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Volume 77 [78] Issue 24 - Week of June 12, 1978

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Jim Aparo; Steve Ditko; John Fuller (illos)
Inker(s): Jim Aparo; Steve Ditko; Bob Wiacek (illos)
Colorist(s): Tatjana Wood; ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): Bob Rozakis
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet; Direct Currents; The Answer Man
Character(s): Human Target; Odd Man; Ray
First Line: Brave & Bold features Human Target!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information (with illustrations) about The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #143 (by Aparo & Wood), Shade, the Changing Man (DC, 1977 series) #8 by Dikto (the comics ended up not being published) and about Ray's debut on Black Lightning (DC, 1977 series) #11 (by Fuller, Wiacek and Wood). Ask the Answer Man with questions from George Yee, David Archie, Ron Parielli, Tony Diehl and Andy Harouse. Direct Currents: On Sale Week of June 19th and On Sale Right Now.

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