Warlord (vol. 1) #65 (January 1983)
Written by Mike Grell (Sharon Grell); Penciled by Dan Jurgens; Inked by Mike deCarlo
Synopsis: Morgan approaches Castle Deimos in the realm of twilight known as the Terminator. Painful memories come up unbidden as he sees it once again.
Faithful Faaldren leads him to his daughter, Jennifer, the sorceress supreme:
Morgan tells her about Rostov and Shakira, lost in the Age of Wizard Kings. Jennifer unveils a magic mirror to help them scry his friends’ whereabouts. Soon, he sees an image of the two with a centaur....
In the Age of Wizard Kings, Shadowstorm (the centaur) thinks he has a solution to Rostov’s and Shakira’s predicament: They need to find a good wizard. Unfortunately, those are hard to come by as the Evil One keeps killing them. They’ll have to settle for the 10th or 11th (whichever) in line for the title of sorcerer supreme—Mungo Ironhand.
A bit later, in Mungo’s tower, the wizard has just returned to tell Mariah and Machiste that he’s now 9th in line for sorcerer supreme! If the Evil One keeps killing at this rate, he just might make it to the top. Mariah and Machiste suggest the wizards band together to defeat the Evil One before he masters the full power of the Necronomicon.
Before Mungo can make more excuses an alert sounds: They have visitors. Peering into a crystal ball, they don’t recognize Shakira, Rostov, os Shadowstorm. They prepare an ambush. In the melee that follows, Mariah finally recognizes Rostov, but before she can tell Machiste, he appears likely to bash Rostov’s head in with his mace hand.
Morgan (watching all this in the glass) tells Jennifer to bring them back to the present—now! Jennifer replies enigmatically that she can’t--suggesting his friends may play a role in the defeat of the Evil One. Morgan and Jennifer will have to go to them:
Things to Notice:
- This issue's cover more resembles events from last issue (and last issue's more closely matches this one!).
- While her hair has been white since issue #50, we were never really given an explanation of how Jennifer's hair got that way from its original blonde. Perhaps the shock of her encounter with Deimos?
- Mungo Ironhand seems a rather poorly regarded wizard.
Where It Comes From:
The title references the use of the magic mirror to watch most of the action of the story. It may have been suggested by the title of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll.
The title references the use of the magic mirror to watch most of the action of the story. It may have been suggested by the title of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll.
2 comments:
I was always wondering about her hair myself. I was hoping for some huge sorcery blow out or shock did it.
The necornomicon gets around more then the Bible but anyhow that's another story. Good solid coverage of this issue! Keep up the great work!
Either that or there are a lot of books called the Necronomicon. ;) Thanks for stopping by!
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