Comic Title: Warlord #48
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1981
On Sale Date: May 21, 1981 Newsstand Date May 21, 1981
Source: House Ad, Justice League of America #193, Page 48

Newsstand Date May 21, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #54

Newsstand Date May 21, 1981
Source: Comic Reader, #191

Copyright Date April 28, 1981
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1981
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date April 28, 1981
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #54

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 48
Editor: Ross Andru

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Dragon of Ice"
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 #47; next appearance in Warlord #49)

Supporting Character(s)

• Tara (last appearance in Warlord #43; next appearance in Warlord #50)
• Shakira (last appearance in Warlord #47; next appearance in Warlord #49)
• Jennifer Morgan (last appearance in Warlord #47; next appearance in Warlord #49)
• Aton (last appearance in Warlord #46; next appearance in Warlord #50)

Villain(s)

• Faaldren (name revealed in this story; last appearance in Warlord #47; next appearance in Warlord #50)
• A group of villagers (no further appearances)
• Deimos (behind-the-scenes; last appearance in Warlord #47; next appearance in Warlord #49)

Synopsis:
Aton arrives in Shamballah. He reports to Tara that Travis Morgan has gone north in search of his daughter. Tara decides to follow her lover. She and Aton ride out to find him.

Meanwhile, Morgan and Shakira continue their search for Jennifer along the coast. They witness a human sacrifice taking place in a village. Against Shakira's advice, Morgan gets involved and saves the intended victim. The supposed victim then attack Morgan from behind. She was a willing sacrifice. Morgan and Shakira must then fight off the villagers.

After the villagers flee, Morgan witnesses a frozen viking ship being pulled in with the tide. The ship is the source of the villagers' ice dragon legend. Despite Morgan's action, he and Shakira agree that the superstitious villagers will continue their sacrifices once they depart.

Elsewhere, Jennifer Morgan and her companion Faaldren arrive at the castle of Deimos.