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Issue: Weird War Tales #72
Publication Date: February 1979
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Issues: #72 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: 11/07/1978
Volume: 9
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071702
Price: $0.40 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 #162.
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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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Death Camp

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-882
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-4930
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Death Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5424
Disclose Notes: Set during the end of World War II at a concentration camp.
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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
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Job Number: L-177
Disclose Notes: Explains that the recent downshift in the number of pages has increased the amount of inventory stories.
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An Unbeatable Power!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Battle of Morro Castle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock Special #4 [Direct] published June 1989
as The Battle of Morro Castle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5269
Disclose Notes: Set in April 1917 in San Juan Harbor during World War I.
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The Experiments of Dr. Kreb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIskalde Grøss #3/1984 published June 1984
as Dr. Krebs eksperiment [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3417
Disclose Notes: Set in the early months of 1945 in Germany during World War II.
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Volume 78 Issue 45 - Week of November 6, 1978

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-245

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