The Warlord (comics)

Warlord is the title of 1976-1989 laid by the U.S. publisher DC Comics comic book series.

The series, which is attributed to the genre of fantasy comics, tells of the experiences of the American pilot and Vietnam War veterans Travis Morgan in the " Forgotten World " by Skartaris, a wonderland inside the globe, in which he is devious, after he one flies over with his SR -71 jet so far overlooked by humanity region of the North Pole, which turns out to be a hole in the earth's crust, which serves as a portal into the earth. The title of Warlord is derived from the name that lend due to its superior military capabilities, the inhabitants of the Skartaris stranded in their world Travis Morgan.

The series includes 133 issues plus 6 as "Warlord Annual" titled special editions. It was originally launched by DC in response to the immense success the same time laid at Marvel Comics fantasy series " Conan the Barbarian" in life. Creator and long-time author and illustrator of the series was the writer Mike Grell, of the character of Travis Morgan first time in " First Issue Special" # 8 in November 1975. With issue # 63 of the artist Dan Jurgens took over the task of the artist, which he should be maintained until the series with No. # 133 setting. In addition, the back of the books were the series over the years included the adventures of " the sorcerer Arion ."

The 2006 attempt made by DC, the warlord concept of recycling in revised form, failed: The written by Bruce Jones and drawn by Bart Sears rebooted Warlord series brought it to only 10 editions.

Since April 2009, a sequel to the original series, published under the title "Warlord ", written by Mike Grell and illustrated by Joe Prado and Walden Wong.

The German Egmont Ehapa published 1980-1987 in chronological order, the U.S. spending in her series The large Phantastic comics. 15 issues were devoted to the Warlord.

Setting and action

Skartaris, the scene of the warlord adventure is a colorful amalgam of diverse elements of the Knights, science fiction and fantasy literature. In it, Stone Age people and meat meet become magic performances of the Middle Ages, are found equally futuristic robots and prehistoric creatures such as mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and dinosaurs, knights collide seem to come to the scientists of a utopian future.

Was prefixed to each warlord adventure of introductory sentence:

"In the savage world of Skartaris, life is a constant struggle for survival. Here, beneath on unblinking orb of eternal sunlight, one simple law prevails: If you let down your guard for at instant you will soon be very dead. "

In an appearance on the animated series " Justice League Unlimited" Travis Morgan was synchronized in the American original by actor Paul Guilfoyle.

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