Weird War Tales #112 is an issue of the series Weird War Tales (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1982.
Synopsis for Creature Commandos: "The Medusa Sting!"
At the Kasserine Pass, the Creature Commandos scared local looters before they trekked through the desert. Then, they were attacked by a Luftwaffe fighter and Velcro flew towards the plane and caused the pilot to crash near the Great Sphinx of Giza. Then, they hid from the Luftwaffe inside of a pyramid, where they found the mummy of a queen who resembled Doctor Medusa. Griffith found an urn full of wine, which he and his teammates (except for Doctor Medusa and Velcro) drank before leaving the tomb. Then, all Creature Commandos except for Doctor Medusa shrank, so she carried her teammates to a Panzer encampment. Doctor Medusa charged at the Afrika Korps, while the tiny Creature Commandos commandeered a machine gun and used it to destroy the enemy fuel dump. Afterwards, American tanks attacked advancing Panzers while the Creature Commandos reverted to their normal sizes.
Appearing in Creature Commandos: "The Medusa Sting!"
Narrator:
- Death (Host)
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Afrika Korps
- Erwin Rommel/Desert Fox (Mentioned only)
- Arab Looters
- Mummy Queen (not as dead as she looks)
Other Characters:
- General George S. Patton
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
- Mummy Queen's Shrinking-potion Wine
Vehicles:
- Messerschmitt BF-109 (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "The Head of the Battalion"
In July, 1794, Lieutenant Pierre Gregoire led royalist prisoners to the guillotine. Gregoire believed that the guillotine could put him above the officers who outranked him and at dinner, they forced him to sit at the foot of the table and did not save any food for him. Afterwards, Gregoire gave to Monsieur Lambert, a clerk of the public safety committee, a list of the names of his colleagues, in hopes that they would be guillotined. Gregoire threatened Monsieur Lambert if he did not add the officers to the list of "traitors." The next day, Gregoire escorted his colleagues to the guillotine before a general summoned him, informed him that royalists were advancing, and offered him a promotion if he defeated their enemy. When Gregoire rushed to confront the royalists, he learned that they were the headless bodies and phantoms of those he had executed before they killed him.
Appearing in "The Head of the Battalion"
Narrator:
- Death (Host)
Antagonists:
- Lieutenant Pierre Gregoire
- his superior officers (all die)
- Committee for Public Safety
- Monsieur Lambert (clerk)
Other Characters:
- Royalists (Dies)
- Headless Royalists
Locations:
Vehicles:
- Ox-drawn Tumbrels
Synopsis for "Nine Lives Are Not Enough"
Pfc. Zach Reiner's sergeant ordered him to report sightings of Germans instead of killing them. The private saw two Germans firing at a black cat, so he disobeyed orders and killed the two enemies before the cat's owner, a witch, revealed herself and rewarded him with nine lives. Their conversation was interrupted when a German soldier shot him in the heart and when his fellow soldiers found him, his wound healed and he woke up. Minutes later, he and a soldier named Larry came upon a machine gun and he rushed towards it and neutralized it with a grenade, but was killed by its fire. Within days, Zach rushed towards a tank without any anti-tank grenades and lost one life taking it down. In the days ahead, he was caught in an explosion, stabbed by a bayonet, and shot at by a plane.
Zach was later promoted to sergeant and with three lives left, he used two neutralizing a half-track and running towards a flamethrower. As Zach was left with only one life left, he and Larry were attacked by Nazis, who threw a grenade at them. Larry froze in front of the grenade, so Zach rushed in and was blown up before a black cat appeared in his place.
Appearing in "Nine Lives Are Not Enough"
Narrator:
- Death (Host)
Characters:
- Pfc. Zach Reiner (Dies, 9 times.)
- Witch of Lucifer's Clan
- Ziporah, her familiar
Supporting Characters:
- United States Army
- Larry
- Sarge
Antagonists:
- Wermacht
Other Characters:
- Lucifer (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- European Theater of WWII
Notes
- Credits for the third story include "Len Wein Editor" but the magazine's indicia shows "Julius Schwartz and E. Nelson Bridwell as editors."
See Also
Recommended Reading
- World War II Recommended Reading
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
- All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
- Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
- Men of War (Volume 1)
- Military Comics (Volume 1)
- Our Army at War (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
- Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
- Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
- Weird War Tales (Volume 1)