Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	May 1977
Frequency	monthly (with the exception of Feb., June, Aug., and December)
Cover Price	0.30 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Death
Genre	war
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "I am Death--the ultimate end of the unending circle of life..."

Characters	Death
Genre	war
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	Gerry Talaoc
Inks	Gerry Talaoc

6 page Weird War Tales story "Deadly Dominoes"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war
Script	Jack C. Harris
Pencils	Juan Ortiz
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Notes	Set somewhere in the European Theater during World War II.

2 page The Day after Doomsday! story "Gasp! Thank God... I've made it!"

Genre	war; humor
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Jeff Aclin
Inks	Bob Wiacek
Notes	Set sometime in the future in what once was Grafton, West Virginia.

8 page Weird War Tales story "Something to Die For"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war
Script	Jack Oleck
Pencils	Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Inks	Wayne Howard
Notes	Set during the time of the Spanish conquistadores in 1532, Peru.

Half page A.P.O. Weird War Tales letters page

Letters

typeset

Half page Weird War Tales statement of ownership "Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation"

Script	Arthur Gutowitz
Letters	typeset
Notes	Date of Filing: October 1, 1976. Average Number copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 335,000.