Three overlooked DC roads worth reopening
Three side roads through DC history: a long-running sword-and-sorcery world, a strange four-issue invasion story, and a sharp Vertigo assassin tale.
The Warlord
1976 · ongoing series · Mike Grell · Confirmed canon
Mike Grell's Travis Morgan is a pilot who falls into Skartaris, an underground world of kingdoms, monsters, and sword-and-sorcery conflict. The ongoing series began in 1976 and grew into a 133-issue run, giving DC a durable fantasy setting that sits well away from the usual superhero routes.
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The Weird
1988 · 4-issue miniseries · Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson · Fringe / continuity unclear
The Weird is a Zarolatt, a non-corporeal energy being who reaches Earth in Walter Langley's body. Superman, Blue Beetle, Guy Gardner, and the Justice League become part of a tragic story about the Macrolatt invasion; later appearances leave the character's continuity position open to interpretation.
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The Extremist
1993 · 4-issue miniseries · Peter Milligan and Ted McKeever · Fringe / Vertigo
Judy Tanner takes up her murdered husband's identity as an assassin tied to the Order in this 1993 Vertigo miniseries. Peter Milligan's script and Ted McKeever's art make the series a compact, brutal detour into DC's creator-driven edge.
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