Comic Title: Warlord #40
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1980
On Sale Date: September 25, 1980 Newsstand Date September 25, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #46

Newsstand Date September 25, 1980
Source: Comics Journal, #58

Copyright Date September 25, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date September 25, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #183

Newsstand Date September 22, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #24
Listed as on sale the fourth week of September

Shipping Date September 2, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #46

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack C. Harris

Title: "The Book of the Dead"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Wizard World

Writer/Penciller: Mike Grell
Inker: Vince Colletta
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Mongo Ironhand (last appearance in Warlord #34; next appearance in Warlord #41)

Guest Star(s)

• Machiste (last appearance in Warlord #34; next appearance in Warlord #41)
• Mariah (last appearance in Warlord #34; next appearance in Warlord #41)

Villain(s)

• Sarrgon Fire-Eye (a wizard; name spelled Zarrgon in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Warlord #41)
• Several gnomes (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Warlord #41.

Synopsis:
In the stronghold of Wralf the Wretched, Mongo Ironhand locates the Book of the Dead. A powerful spellbook which could be used to send Machiste and Mariah back to their own time. However, the book is stolen by Zarrgon, a rival wizard. Mongo, Machiste, and Mariah must then journey to Zarrgon's keep to get the book back. They are attacked along the way, and Zarrgon triggers a landslide to bury them.