Warlord #56 [Direct]
(April 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
1981-12-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Laurie Sutton (editor)

Issue Notes

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

Conspiracy (Table of Contents)

Warlord / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
?
Job Number
C-837
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara; Arion (inset)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colors credit confirmed by Anthony Tollin.

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[Sales Leadership Club] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Conspiracy (Table of Contents: 2)

Warlord / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Grell (plot); Sharon Grell (uncredited)
Pencils
Mark Texeira
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Joshua Morgan; Griff; Darvin; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Tara; Praydor; Remald; Graemore
Synopsis
Re-intro Morgan's son, Joshua. Begins a multi-issue story on plots to topple Tara from her throne.
Reprints

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)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The magic in gum is Bubble Yum.

Indexer Notes

After page 4 of Conspiracy.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can't find your favorite DC Comics?

Indexer Notes

Before page 5 of Conspiracy.

[Johnson Smith Company] (Table of Contents: 6)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Between pages 8 and 9 of Conspiracy.

[Write Right Now!] (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Yeates
Inks
Tom Yeates
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Swamp Thing is back!
Characters
Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]

Trial by Ice! (Table of Contents: 9)

Arion / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Jan Duursema
Inks
Jan Duursema
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Wyynde; Lady Chian; Arion; Caculha (carving); Tynan (statue); Gemimn (statue)
Synopsis
Arion, Chian and Wyynde begin their quest for Caculha.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A unique experience
Characters
Arion; Wonder Woman; Zatanna; Superman

Indexer Notes

Between pages 4 and 5 of Trial by Ice!

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Grell (signed)
Inks
Mike Grell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-960
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, there's really not much to say about the lead story in #51, seeing as how it was a reprint...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers T. M. Maple, Gwendy Leigh, and Fred Traweek. Includes a preview of next issue's cover.

[Prizes or Cash] (Table of Contents: 12)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Captain O

Indexer Notes

Olympic Sales Club.

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

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now you can build your own Hot Wheels model.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Conspiracy
    Warlord
  2. 1. [Sales Leadership Club]
  3. 2. Conspiracy
    Warlord
  4. 3. ["The magic in gum is Bubble Yum."]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["Can't find your favorite DC Comics?"]
  7. 6. [Johnson Smith Company]
  8. 7. [Write Right Now!]
  9. 8. ["Swamp Thing is back!"]
  10. 9. Trial by Ice!
    Arion
  11. 10. ["A unique experience"]
  12. 11. ["Well, there's really not much to say about the lead story in #51, seeing as how it was a reprint..."]
    Chain Mail
  13. 12. [Prizes or Cash]
  14. 13. ["Now you can build your own Hot Wheels model."]
    Monogram Models
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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