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Issue Details

Issue #96
Published February 1981
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details - "The Mutation of Pvt. Voight!"

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

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Since Icarus first strapped on his waxen wings, man has yearned to fly--but in the weird war, the cloud-streaked sky is merely another battlefield!"

Characters Death
Genre war; horror
Pencils Biasi
Inks Biasi

7 page Weird War Tales story "The Mutation of Pvt. Voight!"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils Dan Spiegle
Inks Dan Spiegle
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters John Costanza
Notes Set in 1967 during the Vietnam War in the United States and South Vietnam.

1 page filler "Weird War Games"

Genre war; humor
Script Dave Manak
Pencils Dave Manak
Inks Dave Manak
Letters Dave Manak

4 page Weird War Tales story "Where Hatred Blooms"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script George Kashdan
Pencils Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Inks Ruben Yandoc [as Rubeny]
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Set in Holland during World War II.

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

Script Bob Rozakis [as Ted. P. Skimmer]
Letters typeset

6 page Weird War Tales story "The Last Shot Fired"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script George Kashdan
Pencils Tenny Henson
Inks Tenny Henson
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Esphid Mahilum
Notes Set sometime in the future, after the 1990s.

7 page Weird War Tales story "Hangman's Knot"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Vicente Catan [as Vicatan]
Inks Vicente Catan [as Vicatan]
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Set in 1899 on the Yangtze River in China.