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Issue: Weird War Tales #86
Publication Date: April 1980
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Issues: #86 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: 01/08/1980
Volume: 10
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071704
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #176.
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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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Into Thin Air

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-293
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death
First Line: What is it that makes men go into battle?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6309
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Freed from the Depths

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Kelley
Penciller(s): Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Inker(s): Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5466
Disclose Notes: Set in the Berin Sea during World War II.
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An Arrow in Time

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Arrow; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This sequence appears between pages 3 and 4 of the previous sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis (review); Paul Levitz (introduction, closing)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): A.P.O. Weird War Tales
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Job Number: L-465
Disclose Notes: Instead of letters, Bob Rozakis reviews The Third World War (General Sir John Hackett), On the Beach (Nevil Shute), An Exchange of Eagles (Owen Sela), and The Gasp (Romain Gary). In his reviews Rozakis mentions a book reccomended by reader Alan Giroux, who would become an Eisner-award winning comic book retailer.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Gutowitz
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Date of Filing: October 1, 1979. Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 239,185.
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Into Thin Air

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jay Zilber
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling [as Sparling]
Inker(s): Joe Giella [as Giella]
Colorist(s): Bob LeRose
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Feature(s): Weird War Tales
Character(s): Death (host)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-5972
Disclose Notes: Set during World War II.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Puzzle
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Answer Man
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Pages: 0.5

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