Elflord vol. 2 #2 Aircel, 1986, colour.
1 Elflord vol. 2 #2 cover Greylone has told Windblade of a magical castle (Evarmohr) as they approach another castle (well drawn by Barry with a hand holding out a tower. They need supplies and directions (why Greylone needs directions since he knows the castle——is perhaps he has never been to it, only heard of it). Against Greylone's wishes to find out why the elf—men want to kill the girl (who they call a witch), Hawk cuts cut—throats who want to kill a black haired girl. As an elf tries to stab Hawk from behind, Hawk rams his sword in the man's upper stomach while cutting off the face of an Oriental like elf who had a long pony tail (or is it shade and shadows?). Hawk kills another knight elf that rushes him by sticking him in the face. Windy says, a wide eyed expression on his face, "Gee, that didn't take long." Princess Willow tells them her father, King Blackgate, rules Skygate Castle. Greylone and Windblade anticipate the royal feast. Greylone eyes the solid gold cups while Windy is working, bringing food for the group at the table and he swipes one, knowing he could get money for it on another world. The king slaps Hawk's back in friendly banter and he spits out his drink. The king tells Hawk that he remind him of his youth, once he was slim and trim (Hawk doubts that, meanly calling him a fat slob in his mind). A reddish brown haired elf boy and a black haired elf boy tell Windy not to go out after dark. The one eyed cook yells at them to get to work. He hits the brown haired one and the others cringe. Windy is blaming Hawk. Windy's face registers anger at Hawk. Hawk tells Windy he can handle anything so he goes for a walk outside the castle walls, despite Windy's warning. Greylone tells Windy that perhaps Willow reminds Hawk of another princess in another castle. A skinny guard outside, Tamrin, vanishes as a flying object descends from the tower roof. Three guards are slain, one a chubby one. Hawk finds one youngish one, dying and bloody, telling him every night she hunts. He tells the king in the morning but the king laughs it off. When Windy tells the king that others say it is dangerous to go out at night, the king calls his Captain Dilfin to flog anyone who would say such a thing. Windy complains that they never get to see Hawk since coming here. Greylone warns him that the cook is coming with more kitchen chores for him. Windblade makes a face, "Yipes." He hides in a barrel. Greylone tries to sell him a can opener from another world. Greylone pulls Windblade out after the cook leaves...he is purple...and drunk on wine which was in the barrel. Windy's hiccups make an owl, rabbit, cat, and fox or rat drunk too. A bull or some other horned creature comes near them. In the Great Hall, Hawk tells Windy and Greylone that there will be no feast tonight, something destroyed thekitchen this morning. Greylone looking suspicious says, "Oh, really?" Windy eats many apples. Greylone can't talk Hawk out of trying to get proof of the winged monster, so he proposes Windblade and he go along with Hawk, who was hoping he would say that. Outside a dark flying form rises from the tower. Greylone tells Hawk that it is coming from Princess's Willow's tower; Hawk gets mad at him, telling him he was against her from the beginning. Hawk says she is sweet and innocent. Windy yells, "It's seen us! Run!"

Art: Barry Blair.
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a great bit of art from Ral (or Rat (?)——issue Vol. 2 No. 5 tells us this is Pat McEown): a barbarian, a warrior woman, and Viking along with a crawling lizard type see bones and meet a scout who runs off. In the battle, the barbarian is skewered by a spear from his belly out his back but he manages to put his sword through the attacker's helmet and out the back. Ghoul archers fire arrows into the woman who fights on. She is killed and the Viking seems to be beheaded. A ghoul carries the girl's body off. REVIEW: A wonderfully drawn bit of work with German or some other language as the bubble talking. It is, at times, difficult to tell which side is which (is the lizard thing the same as the scout or are they two different things?) but the crispness of the art and battle are wonderfully brought to life. A grim but enjoyable bloodletting, especially when the barbarian gets the spear in his muscular stomach and we see it in the next frame far out his back, sticking up. The frames of his face in battle as he fights and is stuck are one after the other and lend themselves to terrific feeling. The letters page in VOL. 2 NO. 5 tells us more about this: the alien language is fictional.