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Issue Details

Issue #80
Published October 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "The Ring of Fire"

Genre war; occult
Pencils Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors Tatjana Wood
Notes Colors credit from the letters page of Weird War Tales #85.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #5.

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Not all the weird wars are fought between armies on fields of battle."

Characters Death
Genre war; occult
Pencils Romeo Tanghal (signed)
Inks Romeo Tanghal (signed)

7 page Weird War Tales story "An Old Man's Profession"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; occult
Script Steve Gerber
Pencils Jess Jodloman
Inks Jess Jodloman
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Esphid Mahilum [as Esphidy]
Notes Set in a city in present day.

2 page Weird War Tales story "Heads Up"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; occult
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Ruben Yandoc
Inks Ruben Yandoc
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Set outside Da Nang during the Vietnam War.

6 page Weird War Tales story "Ring of Fire!"

Genre war; occult
Script Robert Kanigher [as Kanigher]
Pencils Ric Estrada (signed)
Inks Ric Estrada (signed)
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Todd Klein [as Klein]
Notes Set during World War II in England and the skies over France.

1 page story "Technology... 13th Century Style"

Genre fact; history
Script Murray Boltinoff
Pencils Sid Greene (signed)
Inks Sid Greene (signed)
Notes Starring Julie Schwartz as Viktor.

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

Script Bob Rozakis (review); Paul Levitz (introduction, closing)
Pencils ? (letter head)
Inks ? (letter head)
Letters typeset
Notes Due to light mail, this letters page includes reviews by Bob Rozakis of The Trial of Adolf Hitler (Philippe Van Rjndt), The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (Douglas C. Jones), and Blizzard (George Stone).

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet Volume 79 Issue 29"

Characters Batman; Superman; Deadman
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils ? (illos); Fred Hembeck
Inks ? (illos); Fred Hembeck
Letters typeset; Fred Hembeck (cartoon)