Who's This? The Warlord's daughter.
The facts: Warlord's daughter first appears in issue 38 of his title (October 1980) - created by Mike Grell (hard not to see her as a take on his Princess Projectra, except in green) - from which point she becomes a recurring character in this and, later stories taking place in Skartaris, coming just short of 100 appearances over time.
How you could have heard of her: When the JLU visited Skartaris in "Chaos at the Earth's Core", you can bet she was there, voiced by Kim Mai Guest.
Example story: Warlord #81 (May 1984) "Thief's Magic" by Cary Burkett, Dan Jurgens and Dan Adkins
It's real warm in Skartaris (close to Earth's hot center, I don't care if you say it's in another dimension, whatever) so Jennifer Morgan can sleep in the open air and the open blouse, no problem. And of a thief comes along, her magic ring will sound the alarm.
This is Tinder (no relation) in the holding spell, a boy who's been part of the supporting cast since issue 15(!), but Jennifer is meeting him for the first time. His recap is only about the last few days, and Lady Jen can tell (magically?) that he tells the truth, but also that there's more to this boy's back story (basically that he's her own half-brother). He also reveals that he heard Warlord's Shamballah, where she is heading, has been conquered by enemies unknown. Time for an exotic dance/locater (sic) spell.
Would you believe Travis Morgan is stuck in 2303 A.D.? It's true, and he's dreaming of Tinder, or rather, of his infant son, grown to adulthood by Deimos to fight him, then reverted to childhood, then cloned... good thing this is about Jennifer and not the boy, right? Jen decides they should go to Shamballah anyway and puts away the magic gem she uses as a focus for her powers:
Just then, they are set upon by the minotaur who was chasing Tinder and his goon army. Jennifer starts to weave a spell, but one of the goons has a crossbow and an itchy trigger finger.
Jennifer's companion Faaldren jumps to her defense, killing the minotaur's dinosaur mount while, fighting through the pain, she conjures up illusory warriors to buy them all some time. This seems less like a spell than a power innate to her ring, or perhaps she can just share her magic through its focus. It's really going to be up to Tinder to come up with a more convincing illusion.
The baddies freak out at Tinder's interpretation of a train, something described to him by the Warlord that Jennifer - who was born on our plane of existence - recognizes despite its demonic look. It seems this boy is more intriguing than she thought, so she keeps him around and even agrees to teach him a little magic. And her picaresque continues...
This was MY era of Warlord (brief as I made it, picking up an issue here and there in the hope that it would "grab" me) and one of the places I discovered Dan Jurgens (the other was Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes). Grell or not, the "fantasy babes" - Jennifer, but also Shakira - were the best reason to return to Skartaris. Not so much that they were sexy, but they were COOL. Unfortunately, the comic never DID grab me, despite my D&D-fuelled interest in sword & sorcery at the time. Maybe it's just that I was always picking things up in the middle, and not invested enough as a result. Perhaps one day, I will actually spend the time...
Who's Next? A mute Titan.
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