Warlord (British comics)
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Warlord was a Comic book published weekly in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s.
First published in 1974 by D.C. Thomson, it was dedicated to World War II stories and was a popular boys' comic. The comic included several stories per issue, the main story being about a character called Lord Peter Flint (in the strip entitled Codename: Warlord), a World War II James Bond.
At the end of 1978 another comic, Bullet had been merged into it. It ran for 12 years (627 issues) until 1986, when it was incorporated into the long-running Victor comic. For the next four years after the comic's demise, the publishers produced summer specials, ending in 1990.
Other characters and stories included the popular Union Jack Jackson, Spider Wells, Bomber Braddock and Wingless Wonder. Features included True Life War Story and articles on weaponry called Weapons In Action. After Bullet was added to the comic, it featured that publication's main story Fireball - a secret agent who was Lord Peter Flint's nephew.
Often the comic would include free gifts and toys and offered membership to an 'exclusive' club for a small fee.
The magazine was published in a time before political sensitivity known as Political Correctness (PC), and quite patriotic in content. Before the addition of the Bullet comic, Warlord had been specifically geared towards stories and articles about World War II. Much of the language used in the stories was modern, and terms given used to describe the enemy reflected commonly used descriptions. Being patriotic, the 'good guys' always won in the end, and both Germans and Japanese were frequently stereotyped; Though there were some series like Iron Annie and Kampfgruppe Falken which took the German point of view.
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