Monday, August 10, 2015

Sword and Sorcery Week! Greetings from Skartaris: "Lair of the Snowbeast!" by Grell

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! It's SWORD AND SORCERY WEEK, and what better way to kick it off than with another timeless tale featuring Travis Morgan aka The Warlord! This time, Travis, Mariah, and Machiste are in for one whopper of a violent version of Beauty and the Beast! Not only that, but this is the issue in which Travis gets his loin-cloth outfit (but only after he spends a couple'a pages fighting a Sasquatch-type character in the buff --both of 'em, actually, but the Big Foot at least has plenty of fur)! It's an action-epic with heart, and more of Iron Mike Grell's ground-breaking storytelling style! Go back with us to Warlord #9 (July 1977) to visit the..."Lair of the Snowbeast"!

















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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 14, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    Where is Warlord #8?

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    1. The Groovy AgentAugust 14, 2015 at 5:57 AM

      Would you believe I skipped it to give y'all the feel of how difficult it was to get complete runs of mags back in the Groovy Age? Would you believe I skipped ish #8 to see who was paying attention (you're the only one who mentioned it, btw)? Would you believe I goofed? Don't tell anyone--let's see who says something like "I was wondering why you skipped #8" when I do post it... ;D

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    2. OLGERD VLADISLAVSeptember 7, 2015 at 1:37 PM

      LOL! you are soooo mean to us ! ;)

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    3. AnonymousNovember 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM

      ( Dave Ryan )

      Hi again 10 years later. I provided links, and I checked them, they're all there so you can follow the first 14 issues in order. And Groove DID provide correct links for all the issues.
      But...

      Some of the links are rather similar looking, so I wrote them out so you can see the link that corresponds to each issue. There are 2 links that have an "8" in the code, even though one of them connects to issue 8, and one to issue 9. But they do connect to the right issues.
      Here they all are :

      WARLORD issue 8
      https://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2015/08/sword-and-sorcery-week-greetings-from.html

      WARLORD issue 9
      http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2015/08/sword-and-sorcery-week-greetings-from.html

      WARLORD issue 10
      http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2015/10/greetings-from-skartaris-tower-of-fear.html

      WARLORD 11 is a reprint of the FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL 8 origin story, the two new framing pages for issue 11 shown at the link for issue 12

      WARLORD issue 12
      http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2015/12/greetings-from-skartaris-trilogy-by.html

      WARLORD issue 13
      http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2016/01/greetings-from-skartaris-hunter-by-mike.html

      WARLORD issue 14
      http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2016/02/greetings-from-skartaris-all-men-are.html

      WARLORD issue 15
      https://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2017/11/greetings-from-skartaris-holocaust-by.html

      Hope that makes it a bit easier for anyone struggling to find the next issue.

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  2. Dave RyanMarch 25, 2019 at 8:11 AM

    Fore easy navigation, here is a link to Groove's post of the next issue, WARLORD 10, cover-dated Jan 1978: http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2015/10/greetings-from-skartaris-tower-of-fear.html

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  3. AnonymousJune 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM

    I like this adventure, thank you

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