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Publication date Vol. 1: March 1973 - December 1973Vol. 2: November 2012 - July 2013 Number of issues Vol. 1: 5Vol. 2: 9 (#1-8 and #0) Similar Dial H, Demon Knights, Green Lantern: New Gua, GI Combat, The Movement | ||
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Sword of Sorcery was an American sword-and-sorcery comic book featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, heroes and rogues created by Fritz Leiber. Published bi-monthly by National Periodical Publications, it ran for five issues in 1973, with a cover price of 20¢. The title was written by Denny O'Neil and featured art by Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson and Jim Starlin.
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- Wonder Woman
- 1 MarchApril 1973
- 2 MayJune 1973
- 3 JulyAugust 1973
- 4 SeptemberOctober 1973
- 5 NovemberDecember 1973
- The New 52
- Collected Editions
- References
In June 2012, the series returned with a revival of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld by writer Christy Marx and artist Aaron Lopresti. The title included a backup feature starring Beowulf written by Tony Bedard and drawn by Jesus Saiz.
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Wonder Woman
A prequel to the series appears the Wonder Woman series, in the last panel of #201 and all of #202. In this story, written by Samuel R. Delany, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser team up with Diana Prince (Wonder Woman minus her super-powers), her kung-fu mentor I Ching, and Catwoman, to defeat the dimension-spanning wizard Gahwron.
#1: March–April 1973
untitled story — "adapted from Fritz Leiber's story, 'The Price of Pain Ease'" (1970 Swords Against Death, coll.)
#2: May–June 1973
"Revenge of the Skull of Jewels" — "from Fritz Leiber's story, 'Thieves' House'" (1943 Unknown)
#3: July–August 1973
"Betrayal!" — original story by Denny O'Neil
#4: September–October 1973
"The Cloud of Hate!" — "adapted from a story by Fritz Leiber" ("The Cloud of Hate", 1963 Fantastic)
"The Prophecy!" — original story by Denny O'Neil — featuring "Young Fafhrd the Barbarian"
#5: November–December 1973
"The Sunken Land" — adaptation of Leiber's story (1942 Unknown) — featuring a romantically inclined, but mute, bird woman
"The Mouse Alone" — original story by George Alec Effinger — exploring the Gray Mouser's introduction to thievery —
The New 52
The series was relaunched with issue #0 in September 2012 (cover dated November 2012, as part of DC's The New 52 line. This series was written by Christy Marx with art by Aaron Lopresti and featured the adventures of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. A backup story written by Tony Bedard and drawn by Jesus Saiz told the story of Beowulf. DC cancelled the new series as of issue #8 (July 2013).