THE WARLORD #86

“The Forever Man”
Writer: Cary Burkett
Artist: Dan Jurgens

Morgan, Krystovar and Shakira are back in their own time. They don’t have much time to enjoy it when an earthquake hits. It traps Morgan in a room. While exploring it he is confronted by a man that comes through the wall. A fight ensues that starts a fire. The fire knocks the mysterious man out and Morgan drags him to safety. He later finds out it is Dr. Reno. Reno comes around and tells his story. After Morgan left the Americans stored the old time ships in the cavern that they are in now. The time experiments had created this chamber as a point throughout time and accessible from any point in time. So the exiled Americans help build Atlantean science and peace and prosperity ensues. But Reno notices he doesn’t age. As time goes on and Atlantis becomes decadent Reno goes to the time cavern. There using his chronal energy in his body he travels through time and witnesses events.

Meanwhile the strange monkey saves Tinder from the giant spider. The story has Morgan and his friends sailing back to Skartaris. The weapons can’t be used because of the chronal radiation contaminating them. The ship they are one blunders into a battle between two ships.

“Capture the Qlov!”
Writer: Gary Cohn
Artist: Ron Randall

Jinal confronts the Qlov from last issue. She is the only one with an energy sword and manages to hold her own. But she is not capable of capturing it alive. Luckily her friends gang up on it and pin it so Yisrah can knock it out with a powder concoction.

So this issue is a wrap up of the Paradox story. We get to find out what happened to Reno and company. A sort of sad tale since Reno is destined to live forever alone. So now Morgan must get back to Skartaris and figure out another way of liberating is adopted land.

The Barren Earth is winding up its story in the Warlord for its new mini-series. Jin manages to capture a Qlov after a fun little fight. Looks like we may get some answers about the Qlov and the ancients next issue.