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Issue: Weird War Tales #98

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Publication Date: April 1981

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Issues: #98 of 124 Issues (200 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/16/1980

Volume: 11

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On sale date from DC Coming Attractions #50.

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Format

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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Weird War Tales #98 [Direct]

Weird War Tales #98 [British]

Weird War Tales #98 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (7 total)

When Walks the Sphinx!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult, war

Character(s): Nazis; Sphinx

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-537

The Sphinx Walks!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult, war

Character(s): Death (host); Morgan; Tyler; Sphinx; General Benjamin; Richard Oliver [also as Hans Bethe]; Harlan Shields [also as Wilhelm Fischer]; Col. Steiner; Dr. Ekhart

First Line: Death comes to many in the burning sands of the Egyptian desert--

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Pages: 17

Job Number: J-6290

Notes: Set in Egypt in 1942 during World War II.

Old Gold

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Wonder Woman; Borrower

First Line: A native guide plays his flashlight over a life-size golden statue and talks to a group of tourists...

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Pages: 1

$ave Money: Subscribe Now!

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman; Tommy; Carol Fein

First Line: One day, at Superman's favorite newsstand...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for subscription of DC comics on comic strip form. Art info from the original page. Other credits from Klein.

Dictators Die Twice!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult, war

Character(s): Death (host); Julius Caesar (death); Thesus (death); Marcella; Marcus Junios Brutus; Gaius Cassius

First Line: In 44 B.C., the first day of March was chilled by a blustery wind--

Synopsis: Story of how Caesar tried to trick death by hiring an actor to play him.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: J-6940

Notes: Set in 44 B.C. in Rome.

Heal the Hopeless

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, occult, war

Character(s): Death (host); Cpl. Elton Parker; Snaketooth

First Line: There was a time, not long ago, when disease could be as formidable a foe as human warriors!

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Pages: 6

Job Number: J-6159

Notes: Set in summer 1881 in Arizona.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Death

First Line: Imagine my consternation upon reading "The Creature Commandos" in #93 and finding out that they were going to be WWT's regular feature...

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-712

Notes: Letters of comment from readers T.M. Maple, Joe Irwin, John T. Patterson, Tony Overhalt, James Sands, David Kueragas, Michael Dennler, and Jimmy Wane Snow. Len's Line-Up: On Sale January 8th.