Warlord was a comics anthology

Comics anthology

Comics anthologies collect works in the medium of comics that are too short for standalone publication.- U.S. :- UK :British comics have a long tradition publishing comics anthologies, often weekly...

 published weekly in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 between 28 September 1974

1974 in comics

This is a list of comics-related events in 1974.-Year overall:* From May to September, Marvel debuts their Giant-Size series, mostly double- or triple-length comics featuring their most popular characters...

 and 27 September 1986

1986 in comics

-Year overall:* Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a four-issue limited series written and drawn by Frank Miller and published by DC Comics, debuts...

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It was first published in 1974 by D.C. Thomson

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd

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. The comic was dedicated to wartime adventures and was a popular success, leading IPC Magazines

IPC Media

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 to create a competitor, Battle Picture Weekly

Battle Picture Weekly

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, in 1975. Warlord included several stories per issue, initially centered around a character called Lord Peter Flint (Codename: Warlord), a World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 version of popular spy James Bond

James Bond

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At the end of 1978 Warlord absorbed D.