Warlord #133 (Winter 1988)
Written by Michael Fleisher; Pencils by Jan Duursema, Inks by Tom Mandrake
Synopsis: Ishum leads Morgan and Tara and the group of warriors freed from Yk’Kphat’s jewels back to Skartaris. In her sanctum beneath the volcano, Khnathaiti gloats to her demons that the destruction wrought by Anu will lead to the creation of a new universe with her as its queen. And the cosmos draws to its end.
Morgan and crew arrive in Shamballah and he’s reunited with
Jennifer and Shakira. Ishum raises the horn to his lips to blow it but:
Yk’Kphat has played on last trick.
The prophecy of doom begins to fulfill itself. Anu releases
beams of fire, and the nine worlds begin to burn. Ice follows, flash freezing
everything in touches. Then comes stone, turning men and beast in statutes.
Morgan and his friends can only watch helpless, but protected behind a magic
shield courtesy of Jennifer.
All of a sudden, Aoife emerges from a portal with the real
god-horn in her hand. Before he can, one of Anu’s blasts turns him to stone. He
drops the horn, but Morgan dives over the edge of the precipe their standing on
and catches it. Anu grabs Morgan with one its tentacles. Morgan resolves to
take Anu with him if he’s going.
He blows the horn:
Anu returns to his plane of rest. The nine worlds are saved.
Jennifer goes to confront Khathaiti. It turns out that won’t
be necessary: Khnathaiti and her minions have been turned to stone, victims of
the forces they released.
Aoife explains to the others what happened. Yk’kphat was
miffed at Khnathaiti’s arrogance, so he let Aoife carry the horn to them, but
he doesn’t grant favors without exacting a price. He demands the return of the
warriors freed from his jewels. Knowing that Morgan loves Tara and not her,
Aoife as agreed to substitute for Tara.
The warriors reluctantly agree, knowing that is the only way
to keep petulant Yk’Kphat from summoning Anu again. They boast they’ll all
escape together one day.
After seeing their compatriots off, our heroes turn to the
task of reuniting Tara’s spirit with her body. Jennifer casts her spell and
it’s a success. Tara awakens.
And so ends Warlord vol. 1.
Unanswered Questions:
Where to from here:
The first volume of Warlord is done, but his story isn't over. In 1989, Mike Grell would return to his creation for the first time in 6 years.
- Is Tinder still in Wizard World?
- Will Tara and Morgan ever discover that he's really their son?
- Is Morgan really going to leave Mariah with that traitor and abuser Maddox?
- Will Machiste ever get a queen?
- What's Shakira's true origin?
Where to from here:
The first volume of Warlord is done, but his story isn't over. In 1989, Mike Grell would return to his creation for the first time in 6 years.
4 comments:
One more question. What is up with everyone's hair?
I know it was the 80s...
Great run. Looking forward to reading what's next.
I know, right? Jan Duursema seems to really have embraced the poodle-head look in his art.
We will wait the six years for more!
Wow, that's some really serious hair on that red-head. She makes the Greatest American Hero look like a chump!
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