Comic Title: Warlord #25
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1979
On Sale Date: June 21, 1979 Newsstand Date June 21, 1979
Source: House Ad, Warlord #24, Page 29

Newsstand Date June 21, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #31

Newsstand Date June 21, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #47

Copyright Date June 21, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date June 19, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #169

Newsstand Date June 18, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #25
Listed as on sale the week of June 18th

Shipping Date May 29, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #31

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

Title: "This Sword for Hire"
Pages: 17

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

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

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Warlord Vol. 1 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Warlord (last appearance in Warlord #24; next appearance in Warlord #26)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tara (last appearance in Warlord #21; next appearance in Warlord #28)
• Machiste (last appearance in Warlord #21; next appearance in Warlord #28)
• Mariah (last appearance in Warlord #21; next appearance in Warlord #28)

Villain(s)

• A snow giant (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Aram Al Ashir (a thief; only last name given in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Warlord #26)
• Chakal (a mercenary; next appearance in Warlord #26)
• Atalus (a mercenary; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Balfoosh (a mercenary; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A group of mercenaries (all die in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Travis Morgan joins a band of mercenaries which have been hired by Prince Kali to capture a thief named Ashir. Morgan makes an enemy of Chakal, the second-in-command of the group. The leader, Balfoosh, leads the warriors into the Mountains of the Sun. Most of the group are killed in an avalanche. Morgan, Balfoosh, and Chakal continue their quest until a snow giant kills Balfoosh. Morgan kills the giant, before finally locating Ashir.

Ashir and Morgan fight it out atop the mountain. Morgan prevails, but he gives up his plan to capture the rogue. Ashir senses that he and Morgan both care more about adventure than gold. Chakal then appears, after surviving the encounter with the snow giant. Morgan kills him. The Warlord and Ashir head south together to find a jewel known as the Eye of Truth.