CREATOR

Name: Warren Publishing  (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1957 by James Warren Taubman (1930-).  Stopped in 1983.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Warren in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: The corporation especially published comic books in fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
The corporation never used a logo on their comic book front covers. The only identification (if any!) was the rather inconspicuous line A Warren Magazine.

 

 

MAIN STORY
The series premiered in 1979*. Stopped in 1982 after 14 issues.

The title character is scientist Restin Dane, who, via a time machine resembling the chess piece named a Rook (hence his alter ego name), travels in time on adventurous missions. 

* The character debuted in Eerie #82 from 1977.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


The Rook

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1979

#5 - 1980

#7 - 1981

#9 - 1981

#11 - 1981

#14 - 1982

 

 

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