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]
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- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/45512
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Credits
- Editing
- Mike Gold, editor
- Michael Hill, editor [as Michael Charles Hill]
Issue contents
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
1
2Credits
- Text
- , typeset
3Featuring
- 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.
4Featuring
- 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)
5Featuring
- 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
-
1st Issue Special (DC, 1975 series) #8 (November 1975) — Land of Fear!
- Also printed
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #11 (February-March 1978) — Flashback (pp. 1 & 6 omitted, 16-18 condensed)
-
Savage Tales Album (Murray, 1981?) #19 ([October 1981?]) — Land of Fear
-
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.
6Featuring
- 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.
7Featuring
- 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)
8"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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #1 (January-February 1976) — This Savage World
- Also printed
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #51 (November 1981) — This Savage World
-
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982])
-
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982]) — This Savage World
-
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.
9Featuring
- 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.
10Featuring
- 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.
11Featuring
- 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)
12Featuring
- 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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #2 (March-April 1976) — Arena of Death
- Also printed
-
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982])
-
Savage Tales (Murray, 1982 series) #1 ([November 1982]) — The Arena of Death
-
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.
13Featuring
- 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.
14"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)
15Featuring
- 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.
16Featuring
- 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.
17Featuring
- 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.
18"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)
19Featuring
- 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.
20Featuring
- 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.
21Featuring
- 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.
22"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)
23Featuring
- 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.
24Featuring
- 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.
25Featuring
- 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.
26"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
27Featuring
- 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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #6 (April-May 1977) — Home Is A Four Letter Word!
- Also printed
-
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #5 ([June 1984?]) — Home Is a Four Letter Word!
-
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.
28Featuring
- Feature
- Warlord
- Genre
- Sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tikal
Credits
- Art
- Mike Grell, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
Reprint history
Notes
Previously unpublished Grell drawing of Warlord fighting the cat-demon, Tikal.
29Featuring
- 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.
30"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
31Featuring
- 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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #7 (June-July 1977) — The Iron Devil
- Printed in
-
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #6 ([July 1984]) — The Iron Devil
- Also printed
-
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.
32Featuring
- 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.
33Featuring
- 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.
34"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)
35Featuring
- 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.
36Featuring
- 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.
37Featuring
- 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.
38"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
39Featuring
- 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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #9 (October-November 1977) — Lair of the Snowbeast
- Also printed
-
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #7 ([December 1984?]) — Lair of the Snowbeast
-
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.
40Featuring
- 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.
41Featuring
- 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.
42"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
43Featuring
- 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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #10 (December 1977-January 1978) — Tower of Fear
- Also printed
-
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #8 ([March 1985?]) — Tower of Fear
-
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.
44Featuring
- 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.
45Featuring
- 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.
46"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
47Featuring
- 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
-
Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #12 (April-May 1978) — Trilogy
- Also printed
-
Savage Tales (Federal, 1983 series) #9 ([May 1985?]) — Trilogy
-
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.
48Featuring
- Feature
- Warlord
- Genre
- Sword and sorcery
- Code
- C-633
- Characters
- Warlord [Travis Morgan]
Credits
- Art
- Mike Grell, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
Reprint history
49Notes
Inside back cover.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.