Dagar the Invincible
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Tales of Sword and Sorcery Featuring Dagar the Invincible is a comic-book series created by writer Donald F. Glut and artist Jesse Santos for Western Publishing's Gold Key Comics line.[1]
Publication history
The first issue had the cover date of October 1972.[2] The series was published on a quarterly schedule and only 18 issues were produced. The final issue appeared with a cover date of December 1976 and reprinted the first issue. Later on, a new story appeared in Gold Key Spotlight #6, in July 1977. Whitman later published a reprint issue, #19, in April, 1982.
In fall of 2011, Dark Horse Comics started a hardcover archive reprint series.[3] The first volume reprinted #1–9.[3]
Series history
Dagar was a sword and sorcery series, set in a mythical past of warriors and wizards.[4] There were a few secondary characters (Durak in #7, 12, 13; Torgus in #9, 10, 13). Durak originally appeared as "Duroc" in Mystery Comics Digest #7, 14 and 15, then was renamed for his debut in Dagar the Invincible.[5]
Don Glut also tied in his other Gold Key characters such as Tragg and Doctor Spektor. In #5, Tragg's Neanderthal brother Jarn appeared. Tragg cameoed in issue #11. In issue #13, the story actually crossed over into and was concluded in issue #15 of The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor.
References
- ↑ Markstein, Don(2009)."Dagar the Invincible."Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Archived from the original on May 27, 2024."Dagar started as a non-series character, the hero of a story that writer Don Glut...wrote for Gold Key's Mystery Comics Digest."
- ↑ "Dagar the Invincible."Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (2011-10-26)."Dagar the Invincible Archives Volume 1 (hardcover collection) :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics."Darkhorse.com.Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- ↑ (March 2018)."Those Unforgettable Super-Heroes of Dell & Gold Key".Alter Ego.(#151)
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- ↑ (2014).American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s.TwoMorrows Publishing.pp. 87.ISBN 978-1605490564.