Justice League Task Force #35-36 (1996) couldn't be more nineties if Martian Manhunter was listening to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Shakira moved into Melrose Place. The visit of this proactive (i.e. extreme) version of the Justice League to Skataris is just so...extreme.
Maybe this extreme-ness was why it ended the very next issue.
A couple of years earlier, Warlord had an appearance in a better book, albeit only a cameo. 1991's Books of Magic #4 saw him rubbing shoulders with Vertigo charcters to be, and beautifully illustrated by Charles Vess:
The Teen Titans visit I've chronicled before. The next superhero to vacation beneath the eternal orb of Skartaris' sun was Wonder Woman. Writer/artist Phil Jimenez sent her there after a cabal of super-villainesses for a five part arc in 2002 beginning in #179. Jimenez's rendering of Skartaris and its people is different, but interesting, and several of the Warlord cast make appearances. The hitch is those appearances are pretty limited. Morgan and Jennifer are off the stage early so Wonder Woman and her supporting cast can be the stars:
The DCU isn't done with the Warlord. The internet tells me the new Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager limited features an alternate history version of Travis Morgan, a pirate (clever given that Grell named him after a pirate).
Who know's where he'll turn up next or who will be making a visit to the inner world?
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Just read your comment so I wanted to pop over. Can't go wrong with melted chocolate. I bought there pretzels that have extra fiber, oh boy, and they're organic. Double treat. But they need chocolate.
Hope you're having a groovy morning. It's cool here today and the back yard is filling up slowly, with dried walnut tree leaves.
Oh yeah, and since it's my day off, I might just stay in my jams all stinking day long.
Cheers to you, Trey.
PS: I sent you an email a week or so ago. Don't know if you got it.
Batman?
Batman and the Warlord have never specifically crossed paths, interestingly. I suppose it could have occurred off-screen in Crisis since everybody was there.
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