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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published May 1977
Frequency monthly (with the exception of Feb., June, Aug., and December)
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters Death
Genre war
Pencils Jim Aparo
Inks Jim Aparo

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "I am Death--the ultimate end of the unending circle of life..."

Characters Death
Genre war
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Gerry Talaoc
Inks Gerry Talaoc

6 page Weird War Tales story "Deadly Dominoes"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Tex Blaisdell
Notes Set somewhere in the European Theater during World War II.

2 page The Day after Doomsday! story "Gasp! Thank God... I've made it!"

Genre war; humor
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Jeff Aclin
Inks Bob Wiacek
Notes Set sometime in the future in what once was Grafton, West Virginia.

8 page Weird War Tales story "Something to Die For"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war
Script Jack Oleck
Pencils Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Inks Wayne Howard
Notes Set during the time of the Spanish conquistadores in 1532, Peru.

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

Letters typeset

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, 1976. Average Number copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 335,000.