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That's just a shame--I've been enjoying this series immensely and thought it was a breath of fresh air in the comic book industry, and at DC Comics in particular. Mike Grell has been developing some grade A work.



Man, that sucks. It doesn't help that DC never promoted this at all or anything, too obsessed with their latest crossovers. If this was an Image Comic--and lets face it, its basically a Grell creator-owned series that unfortunately was created an in era before creators owned their creations--it would surely still be going.

I feel ya Cobie. Maybe Vertigo could pick it up. Their books seems to have a little more leeway there.

Well, I'm going to collect right up until the bitter end to show my support. The series had all the makings to really use the new status quo to tell some exciting new stories and in the recent issues we get to see hints of what might have been.

I'm really enjoying all the new characters Grell introduced in the earlier issues, and how they interact with the older characters and world of Warlord.

I also thought and was hoping the alien 'dragon' might end up being the Faceless Creature, but alas, that was not the case.

I'll finish the run too. It sure was nice seeing Grell's art in print again, and the truly unexpected (to me anyway) turn in the saga of Travis Morgan was a don't-miss.

I read 14... wish Grell had drawn it. Hope he gets at least 1 more issue in.

For me, it's best this is ending shortly... I really don't think it would have made my cut once the price increase hits.

I read #15 today (at work ) and feel more than ever that its a damn shame this title is being canceled. Mike Grell returns to the artwork for the final two issues and this was really quite beautiful. The depictions of Joshua and Alysha riding the hippogrith show that Grell can still really nail it when he wants to.

I also actually am finding the storyline pretty fascinating too. It's not the first piece of fiction to address "Ancient Deities were Space Traveling Aliens" theme but it's still a theme I really enjoy reading about. Plus the Nazca lines in Peru is something I've always found fascinating if it were up to me, I'd want at least one comic book a month to have them involved in the story. I think a science-fiction story was a nice change of pace from the previous arcs and was allowing the new status quo to set-in and for the readers to get to know the newer characters more than ever.

It’s really too bad that won’t be the case! Like I said before, I wish Grell could buy out the Warlord franchise and do it as an independent comic at Image since that was this series basically is anyway. Damn you corporations and your trickery of the 1900’s.

Warlord and the recent Jon Sable series have reaffirmed my love for Mike Grell and letting me appreciate the new material he is producing. I’ll know I’ll be eagerly awaiting where he turns up next so I can follow him there. In the meantime, I committed to the entire series so I’m seeing this to the end.

The final issue is out and the series comes to a somewhat rushed ending. I'm not one to judge the quality of a series by its longevity. It was a thrill to see Grell working with these characters again. These 16 issues will have a special place in my collection.

I also got around to reading #16, the final issue today, and like Jerry, I felt I had to comment on the series and how much I'll miss it. Grell obviously rushed to fit in everything he could in the final issue to tie up the story, so it wasn't completely satisfying, but I could put that aside because the art was so tremendous and the love Grell has for these characters just pours through on every page.

It's a damn shame Warlord is being canceled. Again, I wish this was creator-owned and Grell could publish it on his own through IDW or Image.

I'm hoping at least for more Jon Sable to get a Grell fix.

Like I've said, the good stuff gets canceled...

And the crap sticks around.

Because we only buy the crap, not the good stuff.

Why?