the Warlord #2 - DC

First of all . . what an awesome Mike Grell cover. Right? I'm glad Mike's back to writing this series. The one that came out a couple of years ago was ok. The best part about it was Bart Sears art. But . . it just wasn't the same. They were trying to reinvent it. But . . it was perfect the first time. So . . there was no need. From the beginning of this series, it appears that they're ignoring those 10 issues. At least that's how it looks for now. But, in Skartaris anything is possible, so . . you never know if somewhere along the line they may decide to try to work it in. In this world . . never say never. This issue reintroduced us to a lot of Travis' rich past and stories. Just in case we'd forgotten . . or you're a new reader. We find out about Deimos . . the Warlord's primary nemesis. They think he might be behind the trouble in the Shadow Kingdom. But, he's dead. However . . he's been dead before. And it didn't stop him then. They also bring Tinder back. He's a Bard from the Queen's court. He seems to be brought back mostly to retell the stories, but . . I think this kid may have more in store for him. However, he does tell the story of how Travis met and fell in love with Tara. Also how he met his best friend Machiste. On their trek to the Shadow Kingdom, it's not long before they find some adventure when they come across a group of slave-raiders. They also see that Machiste is in one of their wagons. Travis and Tinder have a bit of an argument over the decision to save 1 over the many in the surrounding villages. But Travis compares it to the story when Deimos took his son Joshua and aged him to adulthood. He had to kill him in order to survive. So, he feels a debt to his friend and as he goes to free him, Tinder goes off to warn the settlers. Once free . . now they all follow Tinder. I think Joe Prado is doing an excellent job on the art in this series. Sure it would be nice to have Mike doing it, but . . I think Joe really gives this book a good feel. His stuff is similar to Mike's, in ways, but it's got a lot more detail. And obviously, since Mike's writing it, the story and frames flow the same. I'm really glad that this series is back, however . . in order to keep it coming we're really going to need to talk it up on the message boards. I love this series and I'd love for it to be here for the long run. But in order to do so . . we need to get other readers on board. The Warlord is back. Spread the word. And if possible, try to get others to give it a shot. They won't be disappointed.