The Warlord No. 8
date: label: date made
content: 1976
label: date made
content: 1978
label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: D. C. Comics, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: "The Warlord" is a comic character created by writer and artist Mike Grell, first introduced in DC Comics "First Issue Special #8" in 1974.
label: Description
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." The Warlord titled his own comic for 133 issues, (1976-1988,) and has been featured in several revivals since.
label: Description
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: 2013.3039.040
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3039.040
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