Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy. This encyclopedia catalogs appearances of the strange and the supernatural found in the war stories of film, television, novels, short stories, pulp fiction, comic books and video and role-playing games. Categories explore themes of mythology, science fiction, alternative history, superheroes and "Weird War." Green, who has worked as an artist for various films and is the author of books about television and film history, compiles a listing of weird war stories appearing in film, television, novels, short stories, pulp fiction, comic books, animation, and video and role-playing games. Listed alphabetically by title, they include stories of horror, the supernatural, science fiction, fantasy, alternative history, myths, and superheroes in the Trojan War, Crusades, English Civil War, American Revolutionary War, Napoleonic Wars, American Civil War, World War I and II, Spanish Civil War, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He provides information on the type of story, a plot summary, description, and cast, author, publication, premiere, or other relevant information. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Books, comic books, pulp magazines, film, TV, games and much more are covered in exhaustive detail complete with a smattering of art and photos. If it's weird, if it's war and if they somehow intermingle then you've come to the right place. It's so weird--it's wonderful! - Boyce McClain's Collector's Corner (September 16, 2017) This encyclopedia focuses on war stories that feature elements of fantasy, horror or the supernatural. This is similar to the approach utilized by Paul Green in his earlier "Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns." Recommended. ARBA p.1 (Spring, 2018) This is an absorbing book which is a must for anyone with an interest in the "weird war" genre. This is not only a thoroughly useful reference work but also a source of enjoyment for the casual reader. Reference Reviews , Vol. 32 Issue: 2, pp.13-14, (2018). The late Paul Green worked as an artist in the UK for Marvel, DC and World Distributors, among others, on titles such as Doctor Who, Rambo, Action Man, Wonder Woman and Star Trek. The author of many books about television and film history, he lived in Rustburg, Virginia.