''Tales of Sword and Sorcery Featuring Dagar the Invincible'' is a

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series created by writer

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and artist

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for

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line.

Publication history

The first issue had the

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of October 1972. 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,

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started a hardcover archive reprint series. The first volume reprinted #1–9.

Series history

Dagar was a

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series, set in a mythical past of warriors and wizards. 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''. Don Glut also tied in his other Gold Key characters such as Tragg and

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. 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 ''

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''.

References

External links

Interview with Don Glut, focusing on Dagar
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