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117November 1982
$0.60; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD

Weird War Tales #117

DC · November 1982 · on sale August 3, 1982

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Identification plate

Series
Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series)
Issue
#117
Publication date
November 1982
Key date
November 1982
On-sale date
August 3, 1982
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.60; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Miracle for Monsters!cover1pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Gaspar SaladinoDr. Medusa, Warren Griffith, Myrna Rhodes, Elliot "Lucky" Taylor, Vincent Velcro
1A Miracle for Monsters!comic story17script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Fred Carrillo; inks: Fred Carrillo; colors: Jerry SerpeDr. Medusa, Warren Griffith, Myrna Rhodes, Matthew Shrieve, Elliot "Lucky" Taylor, Vincent Velcro
4Family Portraitcomic story6script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Fred Carrillo; inks: Fred Carrillo; colors: Jerry SerpeG.I. Robot
5-letters page1.5script: Tamsyn O'Flynn; pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe KubertDeath
6On Sale August 26thpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0709893071711
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0709893071711

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Creature Commandos #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-4382-1
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