Warlord #52 [Direct]
(December 1981)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Laurie Sutton (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

Back in the U.S.S.R. (Table of Contents)

Warlord / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell
Inks
Mike Grell
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-720
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Back in the U.S.S.R. (Table of Contents: 2)

Warlord / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell (credited) (plot); Sharon Grell
Pencils
Mike Grell (credited)
Inks
Rodin Rodriguez (credited)
Colors
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
J-7693
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Shakira; Tara; Jennifer Morgan; Faaldren
Synopsis
Morgan tries to return to Skartaris.
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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."

[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
Laurie Sutton (credited as Laurie S. Sutton)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-893
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The letter X. X as in Warlord.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Amundsen, Terry L. Richardson, and Marcelo Sanjines.

NBC Superstar Saturday Pow! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

NBC Saturday Cartoons / 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-7686
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There came a time of destiny...
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Thiron; Dysillus; Jerrand; Anna; Quisel
Synopsis
Introduction of some of the supporting cast, including the evil emperor Quisel and his enchanted battle-axe.

[Kung-Fu] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Back in the U.S.S.R.
    Warlord
  2. 1. ["Challenge #8860"]
    Lego Toys
  3. 2. Back in the U.S.S.R.
    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. ["The letter X. X as in Warlord."]
    Chain Mail
  7. 6. NBC Superstar Saturday Pow!
    NBC Saturday Cartoons
  8. 7. ["There came a time of destiny..."]
    Dragonsword
  9. 8. [Kung-Fu]
  10. 9. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  11. 10. ["Magnum 440's are the fastest HO racing cars..."]
    Tyco Toys
  12. 11. ["First there were Fast 111's you like to race..."]
    MPC Model Kit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Andrew S. Troth
  • Jim Van Dore
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