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Issue: Weird War Tales #69
Publication Date: November 1978
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Issues: #69 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: 08/08/1978
Volume: 8
Pages: 44
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071711
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #159.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin (signed)
Inker(s): Howard Chaykin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death
First Line: Which war is really the war to end all war?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5364
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The Phantom with My Face!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Scott Edelman
Penciller(s): Romeo Tanghal
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-4882?
Disclose Notes: Set during World War II.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Levitz
Penciller(s): ? (letter head)
Inker(s): ? (letter head)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: L-126
Disclose Notes: Explains that themed issues of Weird War Tales are temporarily on hold until the sales figures can be reviewed. Anthology issues will resume.
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Batman and the Corsair of Crime

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Hostess Fruit Pies
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Oleck
Penciller(s): Alex Niño (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Niño (signed)
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): The Day after Doomsday
Character(s): Death (host); Major Preston
First Line: So you want to kill me!
Synopsis: Major Preston was a man who thrived on war. He is accidentally placed in suspended animation for centuries. When he awakens, he avoids mad mutants, then finds a city protected by a force field. The inhabitants of the city say he is infected by the same plague that the mutants have, and they place him in a prison cell. He is to be isolated for the rest of his life so that the plague doesn't spread. The plague's name is violence.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights #[nn] published August 2014
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-3504
Disclose Notes: Set sometime in the future.
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Volume 78 Issue 32 - Week of August 7, 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): Jonah Hex; Creeper
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: P-232
Disclose Notes: Placed between pages 4 and 5 of the previous sequence.
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The Soldiers from "Heaven!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arnold Drake [as Drake]
Penciller(s): Bill Draut [as Draut]
Inker(s): Bob Smith [as Smith]
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe [as Serpe]
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-3815
Disclose Notes: Set in the time of the Spanish conquistadores.
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Atrocities!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Howard Chaykin
Inker(s): Howard Chaykin
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host)
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In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock Special #9 [Direct] published September 1990
as Atrocities! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-5380
Disclose Notes: Set a millennium ago but on another planet.

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