Weird War Tales Vol 1 112

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Creature Commandos: "The Medusa Sting!"
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Weird War Tales Vol 1 #112
June, 1982
Executive Editor	Dick Giordano
Cover Artists	Ross Andru Romeo Tanghal
Creature Commandos: "The Medusa Sting!"
Writers	Robert Kanigher
Pencilers	Dan Spiegle
Inkers	Dan Spiegle
Letterers	Milt Snapinn
Editors	Julius Schwartz E. Nelson Bridwell
The Head of the Battalion
Writers	Paul S. Newman
Pencilers	Matucenio
Inkers	Infante
Letterers	Esphidy Mahilum
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Writers	George Kashdan
Pencilers	Noly Zamora
Inkers	Noly Zamora
Letterers	Esphidy Mahilum
Previous Issue	Weird War Tales # 111
Next Issue	Weird War Tales # 113

Look in my shaving mirror and tell me who the freak-show candidates are! I could make a fortune renting you monstrosities out to haunt houses at Halloween! Bet you wish you were like Dracula, Velcro - - and DIDN'T cast a reflection!

— Lt. Matthew Shrieve

Weird War Tales #112 is an issue of the series Weird War Tales (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1982.

Appearing in Creature Commandos: "The Medusa Sting!"

Narrator:

• Death (Host)

Featured Characters:

• Creature Commandos
  • Lt. Matthew Shrieve
  • Elliot "Lucky" Taylor
  • Myrra Rhodes
  • Ex-Sgt. Vincent Velcro
  • Warren Griffith

Antagonists:

• Rommel's Afrika Korps
• Arab Looters
• Mummy Queen (not as dead as she looks)

Other Characters:

• General George S. Patton
  • 2nd Armored Div.

Locations:

• Africa
  • North Africa
    • Tunisia
      • Kasserine Pass
    • Egypt
      • Giza
        • Great Sphinx of Giza
        • Pyramid of Giza

Items:

• Mummy Queen's Shrinking-potion Wine

Vehicles:

• Messerschmitt BF-109 (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in "The Head of the Battalion"

Narrator:

• Death (Host)

Antagonists:

• Lieutenant Pierre Gregoire
• his superior officers (all die)
• Committee for Public Safety
  • clerk

Other Characters:

• Royalists (Dies)
• Headless Royalists

Locations:

• 18th Century
  • July 1794
    • France
      • Paris

Vehicles:

• Ox-drawn Tumbrels
  

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:

• Larry
• Sarge

Antagonists:

• Wermacht

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

• Cover gallery for the Weird War Tales series

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)

Links and References

• Weird War Tales article at Wikipedia
• Weird War Tales series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Weird War Tales cover gallery

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