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]
| Dagar the Invincible | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Western Publishing |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | October 1972 – December 1976, April 1982 |
| No. of issues | 19 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Donald F. Glut |
| Artist(s) | Jesse Santos |
| Collected editions | |
| Dagar the Invincible Archives, Vol. 1 | ISBN 1595828184 |
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.