Deimos

Deimos is a powerful sorcerer and arch-nemesis of Travis Morgan, the Warlord, in the subterranean world of Skartaris. Wielding dark magic against the warrior-hero and his companion Tara, he embodies the dread his mythological name promises.

Few villains carry the weight of a name drawn straight from the god of dread, and Deimos — introduced by Mike Grell in Warlord #21 in 1979 — lives up to the mythology. A Bronze Age creation from DC's imaginative depths, he emerged as a dark presence in the sword-and-sorcery world where Travis Morgan (the Warlord himself) and the warrior Tara carved out their adventures. His footprint extends into Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, that beloved Bronze Age institution that enshrined only characters worth knowing, alongside appearances in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest and Savage Tales Album. A compact but memorable figure in DC's fantasy corner, Deimos is exactly the kind of richly named, Grell-crafted antagonist that makes digging into the Warlord's world so rewarding.