Happy New Year, and welcome to a ”Rich’s Birthday” Special Mission, Troops! Featuring, as you may have expected by now...A Garth Ennis-written ”Punisher” story! Gather ’round the radioactive campfire with us for one last ride with ol’ Frank Castle in this one-shot (don’t worry, Frank fires more than one in the issue) entitled: ”The Punisher: The End” from the long bygone era of 2004 A.D.!  Is there a better way to welcome all the potential of a new year than by losing ourselves in a bitter tale of hopelessness, despair, and revenge at the literal end of the world? We can’t think of one! And neither can you! So...join us, won’t ya?

It’s Weird War Tales #74! Featuring: Such rejected story titles as - Frozen, Furry, and Frisky! Icy, Hot, and Holy! And...The Shame of the Shifty Shutterbug! Not only that, but this time around we also have: Superfluous Sidebars about Sequels! Pockets full of Kryptonite! And more! Whaddya waitin for??

It’s Weird War Tales #73! Featuring: A very bad day at the horses! Pilfering Pussycat Punches! The Velvet Touch of John Travolta! And perhaps the most desperate ”History Minute” of all! Don’t wait...click now!

Hey, guess what? It’s Weird War Tales #72! Featuring: Danzig! Giant Chickens! Dominators? And possibly the most egregiously Killjoyed and History-minuted two-page story in the history of comic books! How can we keep giving you this much for so little? Find out...when you get clickin’ and listenin’, troops!

It’s Weird War Tales #71! Featuring: Some final and triumphant creative appearances! A true story that outshines and outshivers the story in the comic book even more than most! And it ain’t a party ’til somebody gets crucified! What the heck is goin’ on here? You know how to find out: get clickin’!

It’s time for the annual Fan-Voted Special Mission! This time with a little help from the WWP Auxiliary!  Featuring: Alien Invasions! A Sergeant called Frank! Soldiers of the Unknown variety! Aces of the Enemy sort! And...Napoleon’s parts of particularly private provenance! How does this Frankenstein’s breakfast all come together? There’s only one way to find out, folks!

It’s Weird War Tales #70! Featuring: The return of LD to the WWT! Vampires at sea! Self-serving jerks! (Other than Max!) More Hembeck! All this and some more lies within, but first...you gotta get clickin’!

This episode sees us goin’ Back to the Big Five for a Special Mission to check out the contents of All-American Men of War #74 from 1959! Featuring: Small Soldiers (not the ”classic” 1998 film, but we do mention it)! Falling Footwear! Same Day, Different D! Plus: Levers? How the F do they work? Frontier Cabins and Flower Boxes for all, and respect is put on the name of Steve Savage (and also on the real person he was likely based on). What, you want more? Well, there’s only one way to get it....Click the thingy!

It’s Weird War Tales #69, troops! (Nice!)  Immature ”jokes” aside (never!), this outing features: Gamma World? The Legion of Superheroes?  The ”Wonder Touch?” (shiver) Okay, how about: Grape Nuts that’ll make you see god? Vengeful Space Whales? How about a weaponized disco song? If that ain’t enough to pique your curiosity, well...get clickin’ anyway!

It’s Weird War Tales #1...from 2010! Yes, this is another ”Redeployment” episode, and perhaps the final one of its kind...for now! Will DC feel the need refresh their claim to the title of this series before Max and Rich retire this podcast? Who knows? What we do know is that within the pages of this issue you will find: Hitler in disguise! Poppies! Floating Cigars! Dubious submarine action! Possibly imaginary dinosaurs! And...Helen Mirren! Come on, whatta ya waitin’ for? Get clickin’!

It’s Weird War Tales #68, troops! Yes, just a few issues past the middle of the Weird War Tales series, we’ve reached...the beginning of the show? Don’t worry, we explain it like 5 or 6 times over the course of the episode! Meanwhile, this comic book features: Legally Distinct Giant Japanese Lizards! Literal feet of clay! Literary Legends and Leftover Laundry! Also: Roaches! Much like your beloved co-hosts. there’s simply no gettin’ rid of ’em! You could try, but first you’d have to...get clickin’!

It’s Weird War Tales #67, troops! Featuring: Angry R2 units! Nazis! Vampires! Anti-Nazi Vampires! Also: Aces who are Enemies! And THE sensational character find of 1978! Who could it be? Hold onto your umbrellas and...get clickin’!

It’s Weird War Tales #66, troops! Featuring: A dragon named Hector! A cat named Widdershins! At least one flaming amphibian! And Max’s mic being way louder than Rich’s for some reason! All that, and your hosts say goodbye to a beloved and irreplaceable legend from the all-too-real world. Hold your loved ones, close, troops.

It’s Weird War Tales #65, troops! Featuring: Shirtless Centaurs! Shirtless Dancing Girls! Shirtless (and Tattooed) Wild Boars! Plus: not just your run-of-the-mill Sirens, but SUPER Sirens! If it’s still all Greek to you, don’t worry,  just Get Clickin’!

It’s Weird War Tales #64, troops! Featuring: Pantless Satan! D-Days and Doomsdays! Anti-Fascist singles in your area! Plus: irresistible mind control powers for one dollar! And more! How much more?  Find out...when ya Get Clickin’!

It’s Weird War Tales #63, troops! Featuring: Cinema-based reminders of just how old your hosts are! Time-traveling tanks! A (possibly biblical) casting of the ”Burning Hands” spell! And...TWO incidents of using mortally endangered children to further the cause of capitalism! How much more classic can ya get?? Find out...when ya Get Clickin’!

Guess what, troops? We must be livin’ on a prayer, because....we’re halfway there! That’s right, this time around we are covering Weird War Tales #62! Featuring: A juvenile vampire sewing club? A certain Last Stand given a few chances at a do-over? How about an attempt by one of our hosts to make this show into a ”Claw the Unconquered” Podcast? Well, if that doesn’t work, you can always print your own money! Just think: we only have to do all of this one more whole time over again before we’re finished!  Hey...where ya goin’??

Love is in the air, right alongside the usual bullets! Okay, there’s maybe not so many bullets this around, even compared to our previous romantic deployments! That’s right troops, it’s time for the 3rd Annual Valentine’s Day episode of your favorite podcast that normally covers the Weird War Tales comic book series published by DC Comics from 1971 to 1983! This year, Rich got Max something even better than a box of chocolates (which he really doesn’t need more of anyway)...a 1952 romance comic with TWO stories featuring art by Ric Estrada! Ain’t love grand? Find out...on this episode!

It’s Weird War Tales #61! Featuring: Spongy Aliens! Final Sleep Pills! Iron Maiden! And...Breakfast #3!! What could it all MEAN, troops? Come on, you know there’s only one way to find out; fall in and Get Clickin’!

It’s Weird War Tales #60, troops! And you know what that means: time to take a full-length look at one of the most publicized human tragedies to ever take place in the state of New Jersey and add some aliens to it!  Also a little off-brand James Bond! Why? Why not? You can’t have the Weird War without the Weird, people! So buy yourself a ticket and hop in the big ol’ hydrogen-filled zeppelin with us! What’s the worst that could happen??