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Issue Details

Issue #124
Published June 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details - "Old Enemies Never Die!"

Genre war; horror
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike DeCarlo

18 page Weird War Tales story "Old Enemies Never Die!"

Genre war; horror
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Topper Helmers
Inks Gary Martin
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Phil Felix
Editing Paul Levitz; E. Nelson Bridwell
Notes "A Mountain of Skulls!" (Part One, 5 pages), "Wait--Beyond the Grave!" (Part Two, 4 pages), "Shuddering Skies" (Part Three, 4 pages), "Murder of a Town!" (Part Four, 2 pages), "Earth Is Hell!" (Part Five, 1 page), "This Graveyard Earth" (Part Six, 1 page), "Out of Ashes--Eden!" (Conclusion, 1 page). Set in 453 in Western Europe during the time of Attila the Hun, in 1190 during the reign of King Richard the Lion-Hearted in England, in 1915 in France during World War I, in 1942 in Czechoslovakia during World War II, in the middle of the 21st Century in New York City, in the 31st Century, and sometime in the far future.

1 page Creature Commandos; G.I. Robot story "Destination Unknown!"

Characters G.I. Robot [J.A.K.E. 2]; Cap; a robot cat; Creature Commandos [Lt. Matthew Shrieve; Taylor; Dr. Medusa; Griffith; Velcro]
Synopsis General Paul Levitz sentences G.I. Robot and the Creature Commandos to death, but the sentence is commuted, and they are sent into a mission in space. However, the rockets malfunction, and they head towards an unknown destination.
Genre war; monsters
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Fred Carrillo
Inks Fred Carrillo
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Set during World War II. Script and art credits confirmed in the letters page of this issue.

2 page Weird War Tales story "The Window"

Genre war; horror
Script Robin Snyder
Pencils Keith Giffen
Inks Ernie Colon
Notes Set in France during World War II.

2 page Weird War Tales story "The Grass Is Always Greener"

Genre war; horror
Script Robin Snyder
Pencils Ric Estrada
Inks Ric Estrada
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Phil Felix
Editing Mike W. Barr; E. Nelson Bridwell
Notes Set during World War II.

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

Letters typeset
Notes As well as letters, the letters page includes a list of memorable stories from the series: "Weird War" (#11), "Dream of Disaster" (#14), "The Dead Draftees of Regiment Six" (#41), "Death God" (#59), "Death the Dread Drummer" (#89), "Roses Are Red--But Blood Is Redder" (#109-110), and "Destination Unknown" (#124).