Advanced Dungeons & Dragons #36

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons #36 was published in April 1990 by DC Comics, marking a period when the company held the license to produce comic books based on the popular tabletop roleplaying game. This era of the series was characterized by an attempt to translate the high-fantasy mechanics and narrative tropes of the D&D universe into a serialized monthly format, often leaning into the dramatic conventions of sword-and-sorcery adventure stories that defined the game's cultural footprint in the late 1980s.

The issue features artwork and storytelling reflective of the house style DC Comics maintained for its licensed properties during the decade. Like its predecessors in the run, the creative team sought to balance the appeal of the established game lore with the demands of traditional comic book pacing. While the series was intended to capture the imagination of the game's dedicated player base, it remains a notable example of the multimedia expansion efforts that TSR, the original publisher of Dungeons & Dragons, pursued to maintain brand relevance outside of the gaming table.