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Issue Details

Issue #76
Published June 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Wreck of the Ophelie"

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

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "This is my territory... the battlefield where I, Death, am the only winner!"

Characters Death
Genre war; horror
Pencils Romeo Tanghal
Inks Romeo Tanghal

5 page Weird War Tales story "The Fire Bug"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Howard Chaykin
Inks Howard Chaykin
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Set on 13 February 1945 in France during World War II.

6 page Weird War Tales story "Wreck of the Ophelie"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script Wyatt Gwyon
Pencils Gerry Talaoc
Inks Gerry Talaoc
Notes Set along the Gulf of Lions during the reign of Louis XIV.

5 page Weird War Tales story "Know Your Enemy!"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Gale Heimbach [as G. Heimbach]
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Set in New York state in December 1967 during the Vietnam War.

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

Script Paul Levitz
Letters typeset