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Issue: Weird War Tales #81
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #81 of 124 Issues (200 Printings)
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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: 08/07/1979
Volume: 9
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893071711
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #171.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Professor Ling Tsu-Te; Major Walter Reilly
First Line: See-- you shall live forever-- as part of my experiment!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-180
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death
First Line: Paint a picture of war -- and all you will see is my image!
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Pages: 1
Job Number: J-6087
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It Takes Brains to Be a Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, science fiction, war
Character(s): Death (host); Major Walter Reilly; Professor Ling Tsu-Te
First Line: How much faster would humanity advance if inventors devoted their genius to peace instead of war?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: J-6017
Disclose Notes: Set in Korea in 1951 during the Korean War.
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Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Triclops
First Line: Okay, Triclops. Your days of gluttonous crime are over...
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Pages: 1
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Frieze Frame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death (also as host); Hernando Ramínez
First Line: I am Death and I am present in all wars-- though ofttimes my role is stranger than even man can imagine!
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Pages: 3
Job Number: J-6078
Disclose Notes: Set in the 1527 Sack of Rome.
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Subscribe Now

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Death
First Line: Only the brave dare read my chilling tales of the weird war!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: subscription ad for Weird War Tales includes splash pages from earlier issues and new art by Don Heck.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Death
First Line: The moralistic theme in Weird War Tales #76 was very intriguing.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-350
Disclose Notes: Includes a preview of next issue's cover. Letters from Alan G. Giroux, Peter Deveny and Holden McCormack.
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Brother War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, war
Character(s): Death (host); Matthew Taylor; Josiah Taylor; Nathaniel
First Line: The firing of the first shots at Harper's Ferry signalled more than the start of a civil war between North and South--
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Pages: 6
Job Number: J-6077
Disclose Notes: Set during the Civil War.
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Volume 79 Issue 33 - Week of August 6, 1979

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Madame Xanadu; Commissioner James Gordon; Batman
First Line: Unexpected Chills
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Pages: 0.8
Job Number: P-333
Disclose Notes: Promos with illustrations from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #194, "Moonlight and Laughter" story, 21st page, 2nd panel (by Jodloman) and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #156 cover by Aparo. Direct Currents: On Sale Week of August 20th. Ask the Answer Man with questions from Dan Rondello, John H. Sain, Richard E. Sutton, John McDill, Tim Holland, Tim Retzloff, Tim Burnam, Antoine Pherm and Alan Wright.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Flash; Zatanna
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Pages: 0.2

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