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Issue Details

Issue #98
Published April 1981
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein

Cover Details - "When Walks the Sphinx!"

Genre war; occult
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Romeo Tanghal (signed)

17 page Weird War Tales story "The Sphinx Walks!"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; occult
Script Paul Kupperberg
Pencils Noly Zamora
Inks Noly Zamora
Colors Tatjana Wood
Letters Esphid Mahilum [as Esphidy]
Notes Set in Egypt in 1942 during World War II.

2 page Weird War Tales story "Dictators Die Twice!"

Characters Death (host); Julius Caesar (death); Thebus (death); Marcella; Marcus Junios Brutus; Gaius Cassius
Synopsis Story on how Caesar tricked death by hiring an actor to play him.
Genre war; occult
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Jan Duursema
Inks Larry Mahlstedt
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Set in 44 B.C. in Rome.

6 page Weird War Tales story "Heal the Hopeless"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; occult
Script George Kashdan
Pencils Romeo Tanghal
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Set in summer 1881 in Arizona.

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

Script Bob Rozakis [as Ted P. Skimmer]
Pencils ? (letter head)
Inks ? (letter head)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers T.M. Maple, Joe Irwin, John T. Patterson, Tony Overhalt, James Sands, David Kueragas, Michael Dennler and Jimmy Wane Snow.