Warlord: The Savage Empire

DC Comics

United States

Published
1991 [March 1992]
Page count
244
Cover price
19.95 USD; 23.95 CAD
Colour
Colour
Size
Modern Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic
Branding
DC [bullet]
 
DC [bullet]
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/45512

Credits

Editing
Mike Gold, editor
 
Michael Hill, editor [as Michael Charles Hill]

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Warlord) Cover, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara; Shakira; Mariah Romanova; Machiste; Deimos

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, penciller
 
Mike Grell, inker
Colours
Mike Grell, colourist
Show/hide 1. Untitled Blank page(s), 1 page
Show/hide 2. Untitled Credits, 2 pages

Credits

Text
, typeset
Show/hide 3. Introduction Text article, 3 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Shakira

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, author
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, typeset

Synopsis

Mike tells of the Warlord's origins and why it's popular.

Show/hide 4. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-4100
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Reprint history

Original
1st Issue Special (DC, 1975 series) #8 (November 1975)
Show/hide 5. Land of Fear! (Warlord) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-3967
Characters
Travis Morgan [Warlord]; Tara; Deimos

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
1st Issue Special (DC, 1975 series) #8 (November 1975)
Land of Fear!
Also printed
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #11 (February-March 1978)
Flashback  (pp. 1 & 6 omitted, 16-18 condensed)
 
Australia
Savage Tales Album (Murray, 1981?) #19 ([October 1981?])
Land of Fear
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Land of Fear!

Synopsis

Lt. Colonel Travis Morgan's spy plane is damaged and while trying to fly over the north pole ends up in a world inside the earth.

Show/hide 6. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Grell drawing of Warlord (black and white figue lifted from cover of Warlord #1 with modification of placement of right leg, against a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 7. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-4163
Characters
Tara; Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #1 (January-February 1976)
Show/hide 8. Untitled (Warlord) Comic story, 15 pages

"Thrust into a world where danger is a part of every waking moment, Morgan is forced to revert to man's primitive instincts, the most basic of these is survival..."

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #1 (January-February 1976)
This Savage World
Also printed
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #51 (November 1981)
This Savage World
 
Australia
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982])
 
Australia
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982])
This Savage World
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
This Savage World

Synopsis

Morgan and Tara are captured by slave traders.

Notes

Three pages of recap have been removed.

Show/hide 9. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of Warlord and Machiste battling.

Show/hide 10. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from cover of Warlord #2 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 11. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-4194
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #2 (March-April 1976)
Show/hide 12. Arena of Death (Warlord) Comic story, 18 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Drogar; Machiste; Shebal; Prince Eris

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #2 (March-April 1976)
Arena of Death
Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982])
 
Australia
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982])
The Arena of Death
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Arena of Death

Synopsis

Morgan and Machiste are sold to Shebal who trains them as gladiators.

Notes

Introduction of Machiste, a black companion for Morgan.

Show/hide 13. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from cover of Warlord #3 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 14. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"He's back! The mightiest warrior of them all!"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-4333
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #3 (October-November 1976)
Show/hide 15. War Gods of Skartaris (Warlord) Comic story, 15 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Machiste; Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
Carl Gafford, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #3 (October-November 1976)

Synopsis

Morgan is to be sacrificed to Metaxa, the new god of the lizardmen.

Notes

Two recap pages cut.

Show/hide 16. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Machiste; Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of the Warlord riding a horse into battle.

Show/hide 17. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from cover of Warlord #4 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 18. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"You took the woman I love, Deimos--"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Deimos; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #4 (December 1976-January 1977)
Show/hide 19. Duel of the Titans (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Tara; Deimos; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
Carl Gafford, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #4 (December 1976-January 1977)

Synopsis

Morgan's army reaches Thera to do battle with Deimos.

Notes

vs. Deimos, as he emerges from the background to take stage center as the central villain of the piece.

Show/hide 20. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Tara; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Deimos

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of the Warlord protecting Tara from Deimos.

Show/hide 21. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from cover of Warlord #5 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 22. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"Only the Warlord's slashing sword will unlock-- "The Secret of Skartaris!""

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
C-386
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #5 (February-March 1977)
Show/hide 23. The Secret of Skartaris (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-4526
Characters
Tara; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste; Deimos

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #5 (February-March 1977)

Synopsis

Morgan and Tara discover an ancient Atlantean computer terminal which tells them the history of Skartaris since the sinking of Atlantis.

Notes

The final line of the original story is not reprinted.

Show/hide 24. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Tara; Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of Warlord and Tara fighting hyaenodons.

Show/hide 25. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from cover of Warlord #6 except with an intact sword, over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 26. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"Can the Warlord rejoin the woman he loves -- or will his own people execute him as a traitorous spy?"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
C-420
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; George Lakely; Tikal; Mariah Romanova; Stryker

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 27. Home Is A Four-Letter Word! (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Mariah Romanova; George Lakely; Richard Belding; Tor Olafson; Tikal; Stryker

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
Elizabeth Safian, colourist [as Liz Berube]
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #6 (April-May 1977)
Home Is A Four Letter Word!
Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #5 ([June 1984?])
Home Is a Four Letter Word!
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Home is a Four Letter Word!

Synopsis

Morgan finds himself in Machu Picchu, Peru and that eight years have passed since he went to Skartaris.

Notes

Introduction of Mariah (Romanova), a modern woman who meets Morgan on the surface and then returns to Skartaris with him. She is the second female lead.

Show/hide 28. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tikal

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Reprint history

First print
United States
Cosmo Cat (Fox, 1946 series) #1 (July-August 1946)

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of Warlord fighting the cat-demon, Tikal.

Show/hide 29. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from the cover of Warlord #7 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 30. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"Why does his friend greet him with death?"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Machiste; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Mariah Romanova

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #7 (June-July 1977)
Untitled
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Warlord #7
Show/hide 31. The Iron Devil (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Mariah Romanova; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Dak Bel Shan; Machiste; Ghedron

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #7 (June-July 1977)
The Iron Devil
Printed in
Australia
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #6 ([July 1984])
The Iron Devil
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
The Iron Devil

Synopsis

Morgan is reunited with Machiste, who has a very special weapon.

Show/hide 32. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Machiste; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Mariah Romanova

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of the Warlord fighting a possessed Machiste.

Show/hide 33. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from the cover of Warlord #8 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 34. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"Certain death awaits at... "The City in the Sky!"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste; Mariah Romanova

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #8 (August-September 1977)
Show/hide 35. The City In The Sky (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Mariah Romanova; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste; Tragg

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #8 (August-September 1977)

Synopsis

Mariah is carried off to a city in the sky by pteranodons.

Show/hide 36. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste; Mariah Romanova

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of the Warlord, Machiste, Mariah, and a pteranodon.

Show/hide 37. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from cover of Warlord #9 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 38. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"I don't know which hell-pit you crawled out of, monster! But you won't kill the Warlord without a fight!"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
C-543
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tanea

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #9 (October-November 1977)
Untitled
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Warlord #9
Show/hide 39. Lair of the Snowbeast (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
J-4855
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Mariah Romanova; Machiste; Tanea

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
Elizabeth Safian, colourist [as Liz Berube]
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #9 (October-November 1977)
Lair of the Snowbeast
Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #7 ([December 1984?])
Lair of the Snowbeast
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Lair of the Snowbeast

Synopsis

In an icy snowbound region of Skartaris, Morgan is nearly killed.

Notes

Morgan gets a new outfit when the old one is destroyed.

Show/hide 40. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tanea

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of the Warlord fighting a miscolored snowbeast.

Show/hide 41. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from the cover of Warlord #10 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 42. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"A nameless monster lurks within..."

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Machiste

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #6 (April-May 1977)
Untitled
 
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #10 (December 1977-January 1978)
The Tower of Fear!
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Warlord #6
Show/hide 43. Tower of Fear (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Mariah Romanova; Machiste; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Ashiya; Deimos

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
Elizabeth Safian, colourist [as Liz Berube]
Text
Ben Oda, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #10 (December 1977-January 1978)
Tower of Fear
Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #8 ([March 1985?])
Tower of Fear
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Tower of Fear

Synopsis

Morgan has to go through a tower of fear to recover the mask of life.

Show/hide 44. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

Previously unpublished Grell drawing of the Warlord posing.

Show/hide 45. Untitled (Warlord) Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist

Notes

B&W Warlord figure lifted from the cover of Warlord #12 over a two-color background that resembles foliage.

Show/hide 46. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

"Trilogy a startling adventure in a barbaric land!"

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
C-694
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Mariah Romanova

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #12 (April-May 1978)
Trilogy
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Warlord #12
Show/hide 47. Trilogy (Warlord) Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Characters
Mariah Romanova; Machiste; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Aton

Credits

Writing
Mike Grell, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #12 (April-May 1978)
Trilogy
Also printed
Australia
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #9 ([May 1985?])
Trilogy
 
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Trilogy

Synopsis

While Morgan is involved in a bar fight, Mariah and Machiste tell each other a story showing different sides of the man.

Show/hide 48. Untitled (Warlord) Cover reprint (on interior page), 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warlord
Genre
Sword and sorcery
Code
C-633
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art [signed]
Colours
, colourist

Reprint history

First print
United States
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #11 (February-March 1978)
Untitled
Also printed
United States
Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([September] 2009)
Warlord #11
Show/hide 49. Untitled Blank page(s), 1 page

Notes

Inside back cover.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 40597

Entry created

  • 06/03/2023

Cover added

  • 09/09/2010

Index completed

  • 06/03/2023

Last updated

  • 06/03/2023