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108February 1982
$0.60; 0.20 GBP

Weird War Tales #108

DC · February 1982 · on sale October 13, 1981

First appearance: Elliot "Lucky" TaylorFirst appearance: Warren GriffithFirst appearance: Vincent Velcro1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series)
Issue
#108
Publication date
February 1982
Key date
February 1982
On-sale date
October 13, 1981
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.60; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Elliot "Lucky" Taylor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Warren Griffith - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Vincent Velcro - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Matthew Shrieve - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of G.I. Robot - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0In the Kingdom of the Damnedcover1pencils: Joe Staton, Patrick Broderick; inks: Bruce Patterson, John Beatty; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Todd KleinG.I. Robot First, Warren Griffith First, Adolf Hitler, Elliot "Lucky" Taylor First, Vincent Velcro First
1Introductionforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Don Newton; inks: Rodin RodriguezG.I. Robot First, Warren Griffith First, Elliot "Lucky" Taylor First, Vincent Velcro First
2Robots Don't Have Hearts!comic story10script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Patrick Broderick; inks: John Beatty; colors: Bob Le Rose; letters: Milt Snapinn; editing: Mike BarrG.I. Robot First
4Jasper Pepperdyne, Defender of Time and Spacecomic story4script: Mike W. Barr, Len Wein; pencils: J. L. Garcia-Lopez; inks: J. L. Garcia-Lopez; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: J. Costanza; editing: Len WeinJason Pepperdyne; Captain Hartman; Burke; Mrs. Dolly Pepperdyne (flashback)
5In the Kingdom of the Damnedcomic story13script: J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Bob Hall; inks: John Celardo; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Milt Snapinn; editing: Len WeinWarren Griffith First, Matthew Shrieve First, Elliot "Lucky" Taylor First, Vincent Velcro First

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0709893071702

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Series context

‹ #107108 of 124#109 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q96572563 (Matthew Shrieve), first-appearance property (CC0)

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