Weird War Tales

Paul Kupperberg on April 19th, 2020

From Weird War Tales #76 (February 1979), here’s “The Fire Bug,” a 5-pager I wrote that was illustrated by Howard Chaykin, lettered by Ben Oda, colored by Jerry Serpe, and edited by Paul Levitz.

How ironic! Choke!<

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Paul Kupperberg on January 22nd, 2020

From the script that made its penciller, comic book legend Don Heck call me a “Son of a bitch!”… “Fire of the Gods!” from Weird War Tales #75 (May 1979). The story was inked by John Celardo, colored by the wonderful Bob LeRose, lettered by Albert DeGuzman, and edited by Paul Levitz.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on December 19th, 2019

Another Weird War Tales tale, this one from Weird War Tales #83 (January 1980, on sale October 9, 1979), with art by Ric Estrada. This story, and “Brother War” from WWT #81, had both been co-written several years earlier with my friend Bob Toomey and originally sold to editor Louise Jones at Warren Magazines.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on December 18th, 2019

It was not only my pleasure to have gotten to know comic book artist Ric Estrada back in the 1970s, I would also have the privilege of his drawing a few stories that I scripted. Ric was a sweet and gentle man, an ordained minister, if I remember correctly, and a favorite artist of mine long before he drew the six-page “Brother War” for Weird War Tales #81 (November 1979).… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on December 11th, 2019

One of the great things about DC’s many anthology titles of the 1970s and 1980s was that a writer never knew who might end up drawing their story. In this case, it was the legendary George Evans of EC Comics, Blazing Combat, and (shortly after doing this story) Secret Agent Corrigan fame, who was handed my dinky little script by editor Paul Levitz to actually render.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on December 10th, 2019

From DC’s Weird War Tales #68 (October 1978), the six-page “The Greatest Story Never Told!” It’s a pretty formulaic Comics Code Approved mystery tale, starring a Spanish Civil War-era Ernest Hemingway (can you tell I was an English Lit major?), and notable for being what I believe was the young Frank Miller’s second job for DC.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on May 29th, 2009

I just learned that long-time comic book and animation artist Ric Estrada lost his battle with cancer and died May 1 at the age of 81.

Ric was one hell of an artist, possessing an easy, loose style reminiscent of Harvey Kurtzman at the height of his prowess on the EC war comics…which, incidentally, Ric contributed to in the early 1950s.… Read the rest

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