DC 1st Issue Special (The Warlord)
date: label: date made
content: 1976
label: date made
content: 1978
label: date made
content: 1975
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The unusual DC comic "1st Issue Special" ran for 13 issues in 1974-1975. The title was an anthology series that featured a different character each issue, testing their potential to headline their own comics. This issue, no. 8, introduced one of the few characters to headline his own comic, Mike Grell's fantasy hero "The Warlord."
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content: "Sword and sorcery" fantasy was in vogue at the time of the Warlord's premiere, with DC's rival Marvel Comics finding success with its interpretation of pulp author Robert E. Howard's "Conan The Barbarian." Following his premiere in "1st Issue Special," the Warlord titled his own comic for 133 issues, (1976-1988,) and has been featured in several revivals since.
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content: "The Warlord" is United States Air Force pilot Travis Morgan. After flying through a hole in the North Pole, the Vietnam veteran finds himself in the magical "lost world" of Skartaris, where he becomes a freedom fighter, trained in combat by his future wife Tara.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Fantasy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George R. Zug
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3039.033
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3039.033
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; x 17.145 cm x 27.305 cm