Comic Title: Warlord #40
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1980
On Sale Date: September 25, 1980 Newsstand Date September 25, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #46

Newsstand Date September 25, 1980
Source: Comics Journal, #58

Copyright Date September 25, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date September 25, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #183

Newsstand Date September 22, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #24
Listed as on sale the fourth week of September

Shipping Date September 2, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #46

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack C. Harris

Title: "The Brotherhood of Death"
Pages: 17

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

Writer/Penciller: Mike Grell
Inker: Vince Colletta
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Warlord (last appearance in Warlord Annual #1; next appearance in Warlord #41)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tara (last appearance in Warlord #31; next appearance in Warlord #41)
• Shakira (last appearance in Warlord Annual #1; next appearance in Warlord #41)
• Aram Al Ashir (last appearance in Warlord #28; next appearance in Warlord #41)

Villain(s)

• Mustulous (a guardsman; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A group of assassins (no further appearances)
• Harrarh (next appearance in Warlord #41)

Comments:
This story continues in Warlord #41.

Synopsis:
The Warlord visits the kingdom of Kaambuka which is now ruled by his former traveling companion Aram Al Ashir. The king explains that he longs for the days he spent as a rogue. As a king, he is forced to endure the tasks of bureaucracy and politics. He is even being forced to marry another head of state from another kingdom.

Ashir takes Morgan and Shakira on a hunt. He is nearly killed by a mountain lion. Morgan discovers that his friend was set up. When they return to the palace, the trio is attacked by assassins. The Warlord and his friends kill them. Ashir unmasks one and discovers the attacker was a member of his guard.

Before the conspiracy is fully uncovered, the neighboring head of state, Ashir's fiance arrives. Ashir, seeing her for the first time, is surprised to find her beautiful. Morgan is even more stunned. She is his lost mate, Tara.