Warlord #53 [Newsstand]
(January 1982)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
7
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-10-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893248201
Editing
Laurie Sutton (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #195.
This issue is a variant of Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #53 [Direct].

The Sorceress' Apprentice (Table of Contents)

Warlord / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed as Mike Grell)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed as Mike Grell)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-765
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Jennifer Morgan; Ashiya; Warlord [Travis Morgan] (outline)

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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Trucking Adventure (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Sorceress' Apprentice (Table of Contents: 2)

Warlord / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell (credited) (plot); Sharon Grell
Pencils
Mark Texeira (credited)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Milt Snapinn (credited)
Job Number
J-7694
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Jennifer Morgan; Faaldren; Ashiya [Rachel Morgan]; Deimos; Tara; Shakira
Synopsis
Jennifer Morgan becomes a sorceress.
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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."

Ashiya takes on the appearance of, and pretends to be, Jennifer's mother.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Willy Wonka / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Chain Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-930
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As you may have noticed, Mike Grell did not draw this comic book!

Indexer Notes

Letters from: The Ramblin' Jersey and Dean K. Rollings.

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

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Dragonsword / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Levitz (credited)
Pencils
Tom Yeates (credited)
Inks
Tom Yeates (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Shelly Leferman (credited)
Job Number
J-7778
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Numberless are the years of struggle...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Dysillus; Anna; Jerrand; Thiron; Quisel
Synopsis
Thiron is taken to confront Emperor Quisel.

NBC Superstar Saturday Pow! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

NBC Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

MPC Model Kit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Sorceress' Apprentice
    Warlord
  2. 1. Trucking Adventure
    Tyco Toys
  3. 2. The Sorceress' Apprentice
    Warlord
  4. 3. ["The magic in gum is Bubble Yum."]
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. ["Amaze your friends with my Willy Wonka magic card trick!"]
    Willy Wonka
  6. 5. ["As you may have noticed, Mike Grell did not draw this comic book!"]
    Chain Mail
  7. 6. ["Take 5 for hours of big scale fun!"]
    Monogram Models
  8. 7. ["Numberless are the years of struggle..."]
    Dragonsword
  9. 8. NBC Superstar Saturday Pow!
    NBC Saturday Cartoons
  10. 9. ["First there were Fast 111's you like to race..."]
    MPC Model Kit
  11. 10. ["Challenge #8860"]
    Lego Toys
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  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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