Comic Title: Warlord #34
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1980
On Sale Date: March 27, 1980 Newsstand Date March 27, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #40

Newsstand Date March 27, 1980
Source: Comics Journal, #54

Copyright Date March 27, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date March 25, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #177

Newsstand Date March 24, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #10
Listed as on sale the week of March 24th

Shipping Date March 4, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #40

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.40
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack C. Harris

Title: "Sword of the Sorcerer"
Pages: 17

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

Writer/Penciller: Mike Grell
Inker: Vince Colletta
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Warlord (last appearance in Warlord #33; next appearance in Warlord #35)

Guest Star(s)

• Mongo Ironhand (last appearance in Warlord #29; next appearance in Warlord #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Machiste (last appearance in Warlord #29; next appearance in Warlord #40)
• Mariah (last appearance in Warlord #29; next appearance in Warlord #40)
• Shakira (last appearance in Warlord #33; next appearance in Warlord #35)

Villain(s)

• Wralf the Wretched (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The mayor of the dwarves (last appearance in Warlord #33; next appearance in Warlord #35)

Comments:
This story continues in part in Warlord #35.

Synopsis:
After Morgan has defeated the Hawkmen, the mayor of a town of dwarves declares him a hero. He then shows Morgan the sword named Hellfire which the dwarves have been keeping safe for ages. The sword is missing a stone that was once embedded in the blade. The mayor says the stone was lost, but Morgan pulls the shattered Hellfire stone from his pouch. He had been carrying it since his battle with Deimos.

When Morgan places the pieces of the gemstone back into the blade, it surges with magic. The power then transports the Warlord back in time to the age of wizard kings. He finds Machiste and Mariah who have also been transported into the past. They have come to a sorcerer named Wralf to find a way back to Skartaris.

Wralf the Wretched carries the same sword as Morgan with the gem intact. A battle ensues between the Warlord and Wralf, pitting blade vs. blade. Morgan's blade eventually contacts the gemstone in Wralf's splitting it in two. Thus Morgan himself was the cause for the broken stone. The sword then acts on its own to kill Wralf.

Mongo Ironhand explains that the blade comes with a price. It must draw blood every time it is drawn. Morgan can return home by putting the blade back into its sheath, but Mariah and Machiste remained trapped in the past.