Warlord #70 [Direct]
(June 1983)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
8
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-02-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Ross Andru

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Warlord / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?

Job Number
C-348
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Shakira

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

Lock 'n' Chase (Table of Contents: 1)

Intellivision; Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Outback (Table of Contents: 2)

Warlord / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell (plot); Sharon Grell (uncredited)
Pencils
Dan Jurgens
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
J-8613
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Shakira; Jennifer Morgan; Lisa; Dan
Synopsis
Morgan finds out the world was devastated, not by a war, but pollution.

Indexer Notes

Scripting credits per Mike Grell, October 2006. "I worked by dictation and she typed the scripts. I plotted, she wrote. I got billing credit."

Behind the Candy Counter (Table of Contents: 3)

Bubble Yum / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
children
Synopsis
A child wants some Bubble Yum gum.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic form.

After page 4 of The Outback.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

TSR Hobbies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The adventure is yours with Dungeons & Dragons fantasy adventure games

Indexer Notes

Before page 5 of The Outback.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We are looking for a few good boys and girls...

Indexer Notes

After page 8 of The Outback.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Next Day Shipping Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Start your own battle collection

Indexer Notes

A set of U.S. military patches.

Before page 9 of The Outback.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Frank Miller's Ronin / preview (from the publisher) / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Miller
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you intend to die, you can do anything.
Genre
sword and sorcery

Indexer Notes

Glossy insert as centerfold.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These heroes saved the world many times! Now they'll save you money!
Characters
Justice League of America [Superman; Hawkman; Green Lantern; Elongated Man; Black Canary; Flash; Batman; Wonder Woman; Zatanna; Green Arrow; Aquaman; Firestorm; red Tornado; Martian Manhunter]; Captain Carrot

Indexer Notes

Subscription form.

The Mulge! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Barren Earth / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gary Cohn
Pencils
Ron Randall
Inks
Ron Randall
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Duncan Andrews

Job Number
J-8711
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Barasha; Mangle; Renna; Jinal Ne Comarr; Skinner
Synopsis
The Mulge attack.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Amethyst / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Amy was an ordinary girl... until last night.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Amethyst

Indexer Notes

After page 4 of The Mulge!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano (signed as Dick)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As I write this the new year is but seventy-two hours old.

Indexer Notes

Clarifies that he did write an earlier Meanwhile... column that was printed without his name.

Before page 5 of The Mulge!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Chain Mail / letters page / 1.6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1298
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I really enjoy Warlord, but, due to lack of knowledge of the comic when it started, I missed many issues...

Indexer Notes

Letters from Andrew Blacker, A. Richard Mackenzie, Manuel Grinage, Mike Usen, Stephen B. Harrell, Charles David Haskell, and Kerry M. Gough.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Star Wars Jedi Arena Video Game Cartridge (Table of Contents: 15)

Parker Brothers Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Luke Skywalker

Tron (Table of Contents: 16)

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

A video game, not the movie.

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Warlord
  2. 1. Lock 'n' Chase
    Intellivision; Mattel Toys
  3. 2. The Outback
    Warlord
  4. 3. Behind the Candy Counter
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. ["The adventure is yours with Dungeons & Dragons fantasy adventure games"]
    TSR Hobbies
  6. 5. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  7. 6. ["Start your own battle collection"]
    Next Day Shipping Company
  8. 7. ["If you intend to die, you can do anything."]
    Frank Miller's Ronin
  9. 8. Write Right Now!
  10. 9. ["These heroes saved the world many times! Now they'll save you money!"]
  11. 10. The Mulge!
    The Barren Earth
  12. 11. ["Amy was an ordinary girl... until last night."]
    Amethyst
  13. 12. ["As I write this the new year is but seventy-two hours old."]
    Meanwhile...
  14. 13. ["I really enjoy Warlord, but, due to lack of knowledge of the comic when it started, I missed many issues..."]
    Chain Mail
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
  16. 15. Star Wars Jedi Arena Video Game Cartridge
    Parker Brothers Games
  17. 16. Tron
    Mattel Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore