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Issue Details

Issue	#99
Published	May 1981
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Len Wein

Cover Details - "The Gantlet of Giants! [sic]"

Genre	war; fantasy
Pencils	Dave Cockrum (signed)
Inks	Dick Giordano (signed)

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Close your eyes and hold your breath, until your head grows dizzy and your lungs scream for air--and you will have just the smallest taste of how a drowning man feels as the churning sea swallows him for all time!"

Characters	Death
Genre	war; occult
Pencils	Howard Bender (signed)
Inks	Rodin Rodriguez (signed)

8 page The War That Time Forgot story "A Gauntlet of Giants!"

Characters	Death (host)
Synopsis	The crew of an American PBA (flying boat) are plucked from the sky by a pterodactyl and must fights for their lives against all sorts of dinosaurs.
Genre	war
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Dave Cockrum
Inks	Jerry Ordway
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Set during World War II in the south Pacific.

6 page Weird War Tales story "A Match Made in Hell!"

Characters	Death (host); Kali
Genre	war; occult
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Ric Estrada
Inks	Ric Estrada
Colors	Bob LeRose
Letters	Gaspar Saladino [as Gaspar]
Notes	Set in Colonial Bengal.

5 page Weird War Tales story "Man's Best Enemy"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; occult
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	John Costanza
Notes	Set during World War II.

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

Script	Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Pencils	? (letter head)
Inks	? (letter head)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters of comment from readers Gordon Manley, T.M. Maple, James Sands and Robin Snyder.

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, 1980. Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 243,857.

5 page Weird War Tales story "Divine Wind"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; occult
Script	Mike W. Barr
Pencils	Mar Amongo
Inks	Mar Amongo
Colors	Bob LeRose
Letters	Esphid Mahilum [as Esphidy]
Notes	Set in Japan and over the Pacific Ocean during the last days of World War II.