Comic Title: Warlord #88
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1984
On Sale Date: September 20, 1984 Newsstand Date September 20, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #7

Newsstand Date September 20, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #54

Shipping Date August 28, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #7

Shipping Date August 28, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #92

Copyright Date August 28, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date August 28, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #54

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Ross Andru

Title: "A Dream Rekindled..."
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Cary Burkett
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Rich F. Buckler
Letterer: Bob Lappan
Colorist: Carl Gafford

Feature Character(s)

• Warlord (last appearance in Warlord #87; next appearance in Warlord #89)

Supporting Character(s)

• Scarhart (last appearance in Warlord #87; next appearance in Warlord #89)
• Joshua Morgan (last appearance in Warlord #87; next appearance in Warlord #89)

Villain(s)

• Soldiers from New Atlantis (last appearance in Warlord #87; next appearance in Warlord #89)
• Govenor DeMarkal (name not revealed in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Warlord #89)

Other Character(s)

• Chakka (last appearance in Warlord #87; next appearance in Warlord #89)
• Patch (a black marketeer; first appearance; next appearance in Warlord #89)
• Patch's men (Mammoth and Deke named; no further appearances)
• Avenel (Patch's son; next appearance in Warlord #89)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Aton (in flashback)

Comments:
This story continues in Warlord #89.

Synopsis:
Travis Morgan and Scarhart enter the town of Bakwele looking for supplies. The town is under the control of the New Atlanteans, so Morgan tries to contact the black marketeer, known as Patch. He eventually finds her and also meets her son Avenel. The boy believes in a story of freedom he once heard from Aton, the former herald of the Warlord. Morgan eventually arranges a deal with Patch, but their meeting is interrupted by the arrival of soldiers. Patch leads the Warlord and her friends to safety, but Avenel is captured by the soldiers.