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Issue: Weird War Tales #80
Publication Date: October 1979
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Issues: #80 of 124 Issues (200 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: 07/03/1979
Volume: 9
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071710
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #170.
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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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The Ring of Fire

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death
First Line: Would you dare challenge
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #5 published May 1980
as Best Covers of the Year [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Art of Joe Kubert #[nn] published January 2011
as Weird War Tales #80 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-132
Disclose Notes: Colors credit from the letters page of Weird War Tales #85.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death
First Line: Not all the weird wars are fought between armies on fields of battle.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6001
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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An Old Man's Profession

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death (host); Field Marshall Kort; Mr. Wulf
First Line: Like the patrons of this eatery, you are surely wondering -- how can this be happening?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-5877
Disclose Notes: Set in a city in present day.
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Wonder Woman Saves the Astronauts

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wonder Woman
First Line: Losing radio control.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Heads Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death (host); P.F.C. Dave Heller
First Line: Enemy mortars rained down on the jungles outside Da Nang.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5978
Disclose Notes: Set outside Da Nang during the Vietnam War.
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Ring of Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Denny Huntley; Gwen Talley; Leslie
First Line: It happened every night now-- always the same way!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-5112?
Disclose Notes: Set during World War II in England and the skies over France.
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Technology... 13th Century Style

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Pawel; Viktor
First Line: I do not understand, Pawel.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: G-225
Disclose Notes: Starring Julius Schwartz as Viktor.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Death
First Line: Once again, the mail is light so we turn this page over to Weird War book-reviewer Bob Rozakis, with some fascinating additions to the WWT library shelf
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-324
Disclose Notes: Due to light mail, this letters page includes reviews by Bob Rozakis of The Trial of Adolf Hitler (Philippe Van Rjndt), The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (Douglas C. Jones), and Blizzard (George Stone).
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Volume 79 Issue 29 - Week of July 2, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Batman; Superman; Bob Rozakis
First Line: Time Warp Debuts
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-329
Disclose Notes: Promos for Time Warp (DC, 1979 series) #1 (illustration recolored from Forecast story's 1st page, by Ditko) and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #259 (with illustration from cover by Buckler & Giordano). DC Currents: On Sale Week of July 16th. Ask the Answer Man! with questions from Bob Jinney Jr., Anthony Hoess, Peter Wong, Andris Krumins, Raul Amaya, Tim Murray, and Robert Leams.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Deadman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2

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