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Weird War Tales Issue 40 pg 9 & 10 "The Day After Doomsday" (1975) Complete Story

Artists: Howard Chaykin (Penciller) , Bill Draut (Inker) , Len Wein (Writer)

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Weird War Tales Issue 40 pg 9 & 10 The Day After Doomsday (1975) Complete Story Comic Art

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Title:	Weird War Tales Issue 40 pg 9 & 10 "The Day After Doomsday" (1975) Complete Story
Artist:	Howard Chaykin (Penciller)
Artist:	Bill Draut (Inker)
Artist:	Len Wein (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	220
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	9/17/2022
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This story kind of stuck with me...I hovered over buying it for ages but the story concept would randomly pop in my head on occassion. I figured if it seemed to stick so strongly in my head that I should get it.

The story is a short and simple one. The day after doomsday the last man alive is walking among the ruins of the city he once called home. Every single thing is left ruined...yet while walking the man comes across a single perfect, unscuffed, unblemished window and it reminds him of all that was...after taking some time to reflect on this window capable of reflection...he smashes it to bits and walks away...it hurts to remember what was.

Such a simple concept but it strikes a note.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/18/2022

A Len Wien story! Sci-fi during this time period was a lot of downbeat cold war nuclear fear for our futures reflecting the mood of the country after all the tumult of the times. Great that it has a simple premise and a great payoff that tells us something about human nature. The way it is drawn and laid out is amazing. Draut normall has a heavier line for horror, but works lighter for this more intimate story.

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 10/11/2022

Stories like this one stuck with me as well. In fact, I think it was about this time that I started having dreams that the missiles were flying and I (or my family and I) would have rush to a fallout shelter (there was one, clearly marked, in the basemen of Belk's, a nearby department store from back in the day, so it was often the place I/we were trying to go). Eventually, those dreams stopped, and I don't miss them, but I remember them more vividly than I do the dream I had this morning.

Adam Law
Member Since 2012

Posted on 5/23/2023

https://youtu.be/LcXA0N-jVQ4

Link to my dramatic reading of this page.

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