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Mike Grell's The Warlord Gets Two Omnibus Volumes From DC Comics

Mike Grell mentioned on his site, on the occasion of his 77th birthday and the 50th anniversary that The Warlord was getting two omnibuses.

Published Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:57:08 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Mon, 16 Sep 2024 06:39:18 -0500

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Mike Grell's The Warlord celebrates its 50th anniversary with two omnibus volumes from DC Comics.
The first volume set for release in 2025, followed by a second, completing Grell's original series.
The Warlord follows US spy pilot Travis Morgan in the mythical world of Skartaris.
Originally launched in 1975, the series ran 133 issues and is now being revived in a collectible format.

Mike Grell mentioned on his site, on the occasion of his 77th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the original publication of his swords'n'sci-if sorcery series The Warlord that "I'm pleased to announce that DC Comics will be publishing MIKE GRELL'S THE WARLORD OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 in 2025, to be followed by VOLUME 2 which will complete my full run on my very first comic creation. Over the decades THE WARLORD has proven a perennial favorite among fans around the world in many languages."

As he puts it, "THE WARLORD tells the story of a US spy pilot whose SR-71 is damaged while on a mission over Russia and plunges through an opening at the North pole into Skartaris, the world at the center on the earth, where creatures of from mythology and Earth's ancient past co-exist amid fantastic cities and leftovers of the civilization of Atlantis. TRAVIS MORGAN'S struggle to survive in this savage world is the heroic saga of a modern man in pursuit of his destiny in a land beyond time."

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Created by writer-artist Mike Grell, he debuted in 1st Issue Special #8 published by DC Comics in 1975). In which man out of space and time, Travis Morgan, obtains the name "Warlord" as he fights for the freedom of the people of Skartaris.

The series ran for a remarkable 133 issues until 1988, and Mike Grell wrote and drew the comic for six years, handing over the art chores after issue #59 in 1982. Issues #53 through #71 were ghost-written by Grell's then-wife Sharon Wright. A six-issue miniseries written by Mike Grell ran in 1992, and Bruce Jones and Bart Sears rebooted the series from DC without Mike Grell for the 35th anniversary and ran for ten issues in 2006. And Grell returned to write Warlord for sixteen issues in 2009 and also drew the latter half of that series. Expect those in the second volume. But what of Green Arrow #27 and 28, guest starring Warlord and based on the premise that Grell always drew those two characters as pretty much identical?

But now that it is returning in a much bigger, preserved and collectable form, might there be a chance for The Warlord to make a new return for DC All In?

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