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Issue Details

Issue	#86
Published	April 1980
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.40 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Into Thin Air"

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

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "What is it that makes men go into battle?"

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

8 page Weird War Tales story "Freed from the Depths"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; monster
Script	Bill Kelley
Pencils	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Inks	Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Notes	Set in the Berin Sea during World War II.

1 page Green Arrow; Hostess advertisement "An Arrow In Time"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]
Genre	superhero
Notes	This sequence appears between pages 3 and 4 of the previous sequence.

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

Script	Bob Rozakis (review); Paul Levitz (introduction, closing)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Instead of letters, Bob Rozakis reviews The Third World War (General Sir John Hackett), On the Beach (Nevil Shute), An Exchange of Eagles (Owen Sela), and The Gasp (Romain Gary). In his reviews Rozakis mentions a book reccomended by reader Alan Giroux, who would become an Eisner-award winning comic book retailer.

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, 1979. Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 239,185.

8 page Weird War Tales story "Into Thin Air"

Characters	Death (host)
Genre	war; horror
Script	Jay Zilber
Pencils	Jack Sparling [as Sparling]
Inks	Joe Giella [as Giella]
Colors	Bob LeRose
Letters	Shelly Leferman
Notes	Set during World War II.