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Issue: Weird War Tales #123
Publication Date: May 1983
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Issues: #123 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: 02/01/1983
Volume: 13
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (editor); Robin Snyder (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: Snyder credit in letter pages.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Captain Spaceman Will Be Waiting!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Captain Spaceman; Jean Farrell
First Line: Only one man could save Earth from alien conquest-- but he's dead!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-582
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the cancelled Mystery in Space #118.
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Captain Spaceman Will Be Waiting!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Mishkin; Gary Cohn
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Editor(s): Len Wein
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Captain Spaceman [Harry Dodge]; Jean Farrell; Carter; Roy Michael Kreps; Mary; Jerry
First Line: Finally tonight, police confirm the body of an elderly man found in a run-down Eastside hotel was that of 'Captain Spaceman,' television star of the 1950's--
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-7096
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for the cancelled Mystery in Space #118. Set in present day. Dedicated to Al Hodge, Captain Video.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder; Mike Bentley
Penciller(s): Angel Magpali [as Angel B. Magpali]
Inker(s): Angel Magpali [as Angel B. Magpali]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Len Wein
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): The Day after Doomsday!
Character(s): Dolphin
First Line: Future historians will debate endlessly whether or not today marks the glorious beginning or...
Synopsis: The main character in this story turns out to be a dolphin that has survived the nuclear war.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-7903?
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future.
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The Savage Gods Remain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Ric Estrada (signed)
Inker(s): Ric Estrada (signed)
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Editor(s): Len Wein
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host); Hernando Cortez
First Line: In the valley of Mexico, 200 years after Christ, the Pre-Toltec Indians constructed the great pyramid temple at Teotihuacan!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: J-6764
Disclose Notes: Set in 1518 at Teotihuacan, Mexico, during the time of the Spanish conquistadores.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder
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: War is the province of physical exertion and suffering.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: L-1263
Disclose Notes: Letters from Keith Bowran, William Glaze, Alvin Lawrence, Joey McClary, Jon Malloy, Brad Dial, Ljubisha Milenkovic, Richard Pangaliman, Danny Holman, Mark Huff, Trent Harvard, Todd Gregg, Daniel Hilkenmeyer, David Jenkins, and William Shirley.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Date of Filing: October 1, 1982. Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 220,120.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Giordano
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
First Line: Weary. I've done convention trail in spades this year.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Last Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Howie Post [as Howard Post]
Penciller(s): Jerome Moore [as Jerome K. Moore]
Inker(s): Fred Carrillo
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Duncan Andrews [as Andrews]
Editor(s): Len Wein; E. Nelson Bridwell
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Ulrich Kiel; Friedl Kiel; Karl Kiel; Mayor Polowski; Madame Polowski; Louis L'Argent; Heinz; Willie
First Line: Question: you hear your parents saying bad things about our beloved Führer, Adolf Hitler. What do you do?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-6808
Disclose Notes: Set from 1934 through World War II in Germany.

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