In the early seventies, Gold Key got in on the sword-swinging with Tales of Sword and Sorcery: Dagar the Invincible. Dagar was the creation of Donald Glut (also author of the early Masters of the Universe mini-comics) and drawn by Jesse Santos. The Dagar stories don't have quite the flash of Marvel's Conan efforts, but there are the industry standard werewolves, evil sorcerers, and single-horned apes a-plenty. Check out these covers for hint of the sort of action Dagar gets into:
Undead smashing? Check.
Ape punching? Indeed.
So if that's the sort of stuff you're into (and I think you are) check out the Dagar the Invincible Archives.
7 comments:
I am, I am...thanks.
Oh, cool. I've never even heard of Dagar the Invincible, though I did read Gold Key's Turok, Son of Stone series.
Thanks for the heads-up, Trey. I've been buying Dark Horse's Savage Sword reprints, and now I might have to add Dagar to the list of things to get.
Nice to see that some of Gold Key's efforts are being reprinted! Werewolves & nastiness are great! Looking forward to reading these!
Solid post!
Cool find. Never heard of this before. Looks likle its worth checkking out. Thanks trey.
Thank you! This is a new one to me - and has gone straight on my Christmas list!
Hi.. its been a long time now that Vol I was released. An awesome compilation!! So any news about Vol II? Cheers!! A fan from India :)
That's for stopping by! There wasn't a lot of Dagar, so that may have been it.
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