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Issue: Weird War Tales #1
Publication Date: September 1971
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Issues: #1 of 124 Issues (200 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/01/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 Story Behind the Cover

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Character(s): Death (wearing Nazi greatcoat); three American G.I.s
First Line: Official memo...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Weird War Tales #1 published March 2012
as Weird War Tales #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: K499
Disclose Notes: Logo credits from Todd Klein.

The cover is used as the final panel of the 'The Story Behind the Cover' story.
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Let Me Tell You Of The Things I've Seen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
First Line: I-I'm scared!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Weird War Tales #1 published March 2012
as Let Me Tell You of the Things I've Seen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-503
Disclose Notes: Title taken from narrator's words on page 4. Story takes place in winter 1944.
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Fort Which Did Not Return!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Character(s): The Bombadier; The Pilot; The Co-Pilot; The Navigator; Gunner Right Waist; Gunner Left Waist
First Line: Bombadier to pilot!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagG.I. Combat #86 published February 1961
was Secret of the Fort Which Did Not Return [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12.67
Job Number: K-621
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Secret of the Fort Which Did Not Return."
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The Story Behind the Cover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Character(s): Lance Corporal Mueller (death); Death (in Nazi greatcoat)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSgt. Rock #401 [U.S. Cover Price, Direct Sales] published June 1985
as The Untold Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Weird War Tales #1 published March 2012
as The Story Behind the Cover [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K-504
Disclose Notes: The cover is taken from the final panel, on page 3.
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The End of the Sea Wolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
First Line: This is the spot!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStar Spangled War Stories #71 published July 1958
was The End of the Sea Wolf! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: K-620
Disclose Notes: Kubert signs in the final panel.
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End of a Convoy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
First Line: Somewhere in the 300-mile blue stretch of ocean...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: K-682
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Baker's Dozen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Character(s): Number 13; Sarge; "Horseshoe" Jones; "Four-Leaf Clover" Benson; "Rabbit-Paw" Prescott; "Wish=-Bone" Wilson
First Line: Baker Company's 12-man patrol...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStar Spangled War Stories #116 published August 1964
was Baker's Dozen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9.67
Job Number: K-618
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You Must Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
First Line: It has been many hours since you arrived...
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Weird War Tales #1 published March 2012
as You Must Go! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-505
Disclose Notes: Title taken from narrator's words on page 1.

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