Comic Title: Warlord #72
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1983
On Sale Date: May 19, 1983 Newsstand Date May 19, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #211

Newsstand Date May 19, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #25

Shipping Date April 26, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #211

Shipping Date April 26, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #25

Shipping Date April 26, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #81

Copyright Date April 26, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Ross Andru

Title: "Curse of the Unicorn"
Pages: 17

Feature(s):
Warlord (of Earth-1)

Writer: Cary Burkett
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Dan Adkins
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Anthony Tollin

Feature Character(s)

• Warlord (last appearance in Warlord #71; next appearance in Warlord #73)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shakira (last appearance in Warlord #71; next appearance in Warlord #73)
• Jennifer Morgan (last appearance in Warlord #71; next appearance in Warlord #73)

Villain(s)

• Scarhart (Waynah Hunnuh; a hunter; next appearance in Warlord #73)
• A unicorn (next appearance in Warlord #73)

Other Character(s)

• Member of Waynah's tribe (Lianthe named; die in flashback; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed guards (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued in part from Warlord #71 and continues in Warlord #73.

Synopsis:
After Travis Morgan and Shakira return to Castle Deimos through the magic mirror, the portal remains open. A black unicorn from another realm comes through. It scratches Shakira, then runs off. Next, a hunter emerges from the portal before Jennifer Morgan can seal it. The hunter attacks the Warlord, but is put to sleep by one of Jennifer's spells.

While the hunter sleeps, Jennifer probes his mind. She learns that his name is Waynah Hunnuh, a hunter who captured the unicorn and brought it home to his tribe. While he was away on another hunting trip, his entire village died of a plague caused by the unicorn. It also escaped. Waynah changed his name to Scarhart and pursued the beast That pursuit led through a waterfall which acted as a portal which brought both man and beast to Castle Deimos.

The scratch Shakira received causes her to develop the plague that killed Scarhart's village. The Warlord leaves the castle in pursuit of the unicorn in hopes that it can provide a cure to Shakira's illness. After Morgan leaves, Scarhart awakens and knocks out Jennifer. He follows Morgan, who has tracked the unicorn to a dark area inhabited by strange plants. The plant tentacle have caught the unicorn and are trying to consume it. Morgan saves the beast, but he falls victim to the plants himself.