Issue Details

Issue	#81
Published	November 1979
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "It Takes Brains to Be a Killer"

Genre	war; science fiction
Pencils	Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks	Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Paint a picture of war--and all you will see is my image!"

Characters	Death
Genre	war; occult
Pencils	E. R. Cruz (signed)
Inks	E. R. Cruz (signed)

7 page Weird War Tales story "It Takes Brains to Be a Killer"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; occult; science fiction
Script	George Kashdan [as G. Kashdan]
Pencils	Gerry Talaoc [as G. Talaoc]
Inks	Gerry Talaoc [as G. Talaoc]
Colors	Tatjana Wood
Letters	Esphid Mahilum [as Esphid]
Notes	Set in Korea in 1951 during the Korean War.

3 page Weird War Tales story "Frieze Frame"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; occult
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Don Heck
Colors	Bob LeRose
Letters	Todd Klein
Notes	Set in the 1527 Sack of Rome.

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

Script	Paul Levitz
Pencils	? (letter head)
Inks	? (letter head)
Letters	typeset

6 page Weird War Tales story "Brother War"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; occult
Script	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Ric Estrada (signed)
Inks	Ric Estrada (signed)
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Letters	Albert DeGuzman [as Al DeGuzman]
Notes	Set during the Civil War.

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet Volume 79 Issue 33"

Characters	Madame Xanadu; Commissioner James Gordon; Batman; Flash
Script	Bob Rozakis
Pencils	? (illos); Fred Hembeck
Inks	? (illos); Fred Hembeck
Letters	typeset; Fred Hembeck (cartoon)