Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Warlord Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: September 16, 2009 Direct Market Date September 16, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Direct Market Date September 16, 2009
Source: Previews, #249

Cover Price: $17.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Sean Mackiewicz

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Wizard World"
Pages: 5

Writer/Artist: Mike Grell

Reprinted From:
Warlord #28 (1979)

Feature Character(s)

• Mongo Ironhand (a sorcerer; first appearance; next appearance in Warlord #29)

Guest Star(s)

• Machiste (last appearance in Warlord #25; next appearance in Warlord #29)
• Mariah (last appearance in Warlord #25; next appearance in Warlord #29)

Villain(s)

• A three-headed dog (next appearance in Warlord #29)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Tara (last appearance in Warlord #25; next appearance in Warlord #31)

Comments:
This story continues in Warlord #29.

Synopsis:
Near the city of Shamballah, a meteor fragment crashes to the ground. Mariah investigates the fragment which has landed in a place of forbidden magic. The stone opens a portal which pulls Mariah inside. She travels back in time to the Age of Wizard and Sorcerer Kings.

When she arrives, Mariah meets Mongo Ironhand, a dwarf sorcerer who had been attempting to summon a three-headed dog. He thinks she is a demon, but Mariah explains that she is from Skartaris. Mongo demonstrates the he possesses knowledge of the distant future.

Back in Skartaris, Machiste decides to follow Mariah through the portal. Tara stays behind and watches the portal close as Machiste enters. Machiste is reunited with Mariah in the past. They then witness the arrival of the three-headed dog which Mongo had been trying to summon.