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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published November 1975
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando; Paul Levitz (assistant editor)

Cover Details

Characters Tara; Warlord
Genre sword and sorcery
Pencils Mike Grell (signed)
Inks Mike Grell (signed)
Reprinted in Warlord: The Savage Empire (DC, 1992 series) #1 (1992); in Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1

18 page Warlord story "Land of Fear!"

Characters Deimos (high priest of Thera); King of Thera; Tara; Warlord [Lt. Colonel Travis Morgan]
Genre sword and sorcery; military
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Mike Grell
Inks Mike Grell
Notes Set in Skartaris. Continued in Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #1 (January-February 1976).
Reprinted in Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #11 (February-March 1978) (with new framing sequence); in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #1/1980 ([January?] 1980) [Sweden]; in Warlord: The Savage Empire (DC, 1992 series) #1 (1992); in Showcase Presents: The Warlord (DC, 2009 series) #1

1 page text article The Story Behind the Story; The Dossier on "Iron Mike"

Characters Mike Grell (self-portrait)
Script Mike Grell
Pencils Mike Grell (self-portrait, signed)
Inks Mike Grell (self-portrait, signed)
Colors ? (portrait)
Letters typeset

1 page Shazam!; Hostess Twinkies advertisement "Minerva Menace!"

Characters Aunt Minerva; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Comics ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company.

2 page advertisement "CBS Saturday"

Characters Bamm Bamm; Bugs Bunny; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Christopher Glenn; Fat Albert; Fred Flintstone; Ghost Busters; Isis; Pebbles; Road Runner; Scooby Doo; Wile E. Coyote; Wilma Flintstone
Genre humor; superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Notes Comics ad for the CBS Saturday morning kid shows.