Weird War Tales Vol 1 42

"Old Soldiers Never Die": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Old Soldiers Never Die"
Cover
Weird War Tales Vol 1 #42
October, 1975
Cover Artists	Joe Kubert
Old Soldiers Never Die
Writers	Jack Oleck
Pencilers	Ernie Chan
Inkers	Ricardo Villamonte
Editors	Joe Orlando
Twice Dead
Writers	Jack Oleck
Pencilers	Frank Redondo
The Day After Doomsday: The Year 700 After The Bomb! Part One
Writers	Sheldon Mayer
Pencilers	Alfredo Alcala
Previous Issue	Weird War Tales # 41
Next Issue	Weird War Tales # 43

The horrible part of it was that the captain could recall all of the saying, "old soldiers never die." But there's more to the saying than that. The rest says: "They only--fade away..."

— Death

Weird War Tales #42 is an issue of the series Weird War Tales (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1975.

Appearing in "Old Soldiers Never Die"

Featured Characters:

• Death (Host)
• An unnamed American captain (Dies)

Supporting Characters:

• United States Army

Antagonists:

• Satan
• Nazis

Other Characters:

Locations:

• World War II

Items:

Vehicles:

• 
  

Appearing in "Twice Dead"

Featured Characters:

• Alan Link

Supporting Characters:

• Alan Link, Sr.

Antagonists:

• World War II
  • Luftwaffe

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• France

Vehicles:

• Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Nieuport
  

Appearing in "The Day After Doomsday: The Year 700 After The Bomb! Part One"

Featured Characters:

• Barry of Bleeker Street (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Jakki (A "lad" with a full sausage) (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Emperor of Weehawken (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• A hag (Flashback only)
• Ethel
• June
• Frank Douglas

Locations:

• 1974
  • New York City
• The Day After Doomsday
  • 700 years after the bomb (Flashback only)
    • Manhattan

Items:

• 
  

Vehicles:

• 
  

Notes

• Satan has the appearance of Destiny in this issue, but clearly only Satan could be the character, as it's really unlikely that Destiny would ask for a sacrifice.

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)

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