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Issue: Weird War Tales #79
Publication Date: September 1979
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Issues: #79 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: 06/05/1979
Volume: 9
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071709
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #169.
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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
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Spy's House

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-127
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death
First Line: It is said that there are no unbelievers in foxholes... but there is no wise man anywhere who believes that he is out of my reach!
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Pages: 1
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Solo Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, war
First Line: I was on a solo scouting mission on one of those unnamed islands of the Pacific!
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Set on an island in the Pacific during World War II.
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The Gods Themselves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, war
Character(s): Death (host)
First Line: The great warriors of ancient Rome sailed the world, conquering in the name of Caesar!
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Set at sea during the time of ancient Rome and Julius Caesar.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Subscription ad for Weird War Tales includes the skeletal death host drawn by Don Heck.
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Spy's House

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death (host)
First Line: Summer, 1943... just off the coast of Long Island...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Set in summer 1943 on Long Island, New York during World War II.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-316
Disclose Notes: Letters from Unsigned, Alan Gary Giroux, John Elliot.
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Winner!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The DC Feature Page
Character(s): Christopher Reeve; Sol Harrison; Darvin Metzger (contest winner)
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Pages: 1

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