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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published January 1978
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Paul Levitz

Cover Details - "Across the Centuries--Death Always Wins!"

Characters Death
Genre war; horror; science fiction
Pencils Alan Weiss
Inks Alan Weiss

1 page Weird War Tales foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "I am Death, the slayer of men, and this place is mine!"

Characters Death
Genre war; horror
Pencils E. R. Cruz
Inks E. R. Cruz
Notes Set at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

8 page Weird War Tales story "The Old One"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script Jack Oleck
Pencils Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Inks Ernie Chan [as Ernie Chua]
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes Set in 1933 in China.

1 page filler "War Games"

Genre Humor
Script Dave Manak
Pencils Dave Manak
Inks Dave Manak
Letters Dave Manak

2 page Weird War Tales story "Gordon of Khartoum"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror
Script Cary Burkett
Pencils Romeo Tanghal
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Jerry Serpe
Notes A Weird War Special. Set in November 1884 in the Sudan during the Seige of Khartoum.

5 page Weird War Tales story "Death God"

Characters Death (host)
Genre war; horror; science fiction
Script Robert Kanigher [as Bob Kanigher]
Pencils Russ Heath
Inks Russ Heath
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Set in ancient Babylon and Egypt.

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

Letters typeset