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Issue Details

Issue #72
Published February 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Death Camp"

Genre war; occult
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "What is evil?"

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

6 page Weird War Tales story "Death Camp"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; occult
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Juan Ortiz
Colors Cory Adams
Letters Shelly Leferman
Notes Set during the end of World War II at a concentration camp.

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

Script Paul Levitz
Pencils ? (letter head)
Inks ? (letter head)
Letters typeset
Notes Explains that the recent downshift in the number of pages has increased the amount of inventory stories.

2 page Weird War Tales story "The Battle of Morro Castle"

Genre war; occult
Script David Michelinie; Roy W. Simonson (historical consultant)
Pencils Walt Simonson (signed)
Inks Walt Simonson (signed)
Colors Cory Adams
Letters John Workman, Jr.
Notes Set in April 1917 in San Juan Harbor during World War I.
Reprinted in Sgt. Rock Special (DC, 1988 series) #4 (June 1989).

8 page Weird War Tales story "The Experiments of Dr. Kreb"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; occult
Script David Michelinie
Pencils Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Inks Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Colors Cory Adams
Letters Alfredo Alcala
Notes Set in the early months of 1945 in Germany during World War II.

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet Volume 78 Issue 45"

Characters Superman; Lana Lang; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils ? (illos); Fred Hembeck
Inks ? (illos); Fred Hembeck
Letters typeset; Fred Hembeck (cartoon)