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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	May-June 1972
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Kubert

Cover Details

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

3 page Weird War Tales story "The Prisoner"

Genre	war
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Alex Toth (signed)
Inks	Alex Toth (signed)
Letters	Alex Toth
Notes	Story set in December 1944, Northern Italy.

8 page Weird War Tales story "The Toy Jet!"

Genre	war
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Russ Heath (signed)
Inks	Russ Heath (signed)
Reprinted	from All-American Men of War (DC, 1953 series) #78 (March-April 1960).

5 page Weird War Tales story "Human Trigger!"

Genre	war
Script	France Herron
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Mike Esposito
Reprinted	from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #18 (February 1954).

2 page Table-Top Dioramas story "Infantry...Queen of Battle"

Genre	war
Script	Sam Glanzman
Pencils	Sam Glanzman
Inks	Sam Glanzman

1 page Direct Currents promo (ad from the publisher) "Direct Currents 8"

Characters	Deadman; Forever People
Pencils	Jack Kirby (illo); ? (illo)
Inks	? (illo); ? (illo)
Letters	typeset

5 page Weird War Tales story "Face a Firing Squad!"

Genre	war
Script	France Herron
Pencils	Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks	Carmine Infantino (signed)
Notes	Original title: "I Faced a Firing Squad".
Reprinted	from Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #14 (October 1953).

4 page Medal of Honor story "Corporal Gerry Kisters"

Genre	war
Script	Norman Maurer (signed)
Pencils	Norman Maurer (signed)
Inks	Norman Maurer (signed)
Notes	Story set in May 1943, Tunisia.

6 page Weird War Tales story "Slave"

Genre	war
Script	Willi Franz
Pencils	Russ Heath
Inks	Russ Heath

2 page Weird War Tales story "This Is It!"

Genre	war
Script	Bob Haney
Pencils	Alex Toth
Inks	Alex Toth
Letters	Alex Toth

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

Pencils	? (letter head)
Inks	? (letter head)
Letters	typeset