‘Dek Of Noothar’

A composite title for three fantasy-story episodes by John Wisdom (in collaboration with Moorcock) — those of Dek of Noothar — which appeared in Tarzan Adventures in 1957/’58.

First appearances:-

Tarzan Adventures Vol. 7 No. 27
London:  Westworld comic, 1957 (October 5th);
edited by Michael Moorcock;
price: 6d;
28 pages;
I.S.S.N.: none;
cover artist: Jerry Facey.

‘The Sword Of Life’ (illustrated by James Cawthorn) by John Wisdom: pp. 18/19.

Tarzan Adventures Vol. 7 No. 28
London:  Westworld comic, 1957 (October 12th);
edited by Moorcock;
price: 6d;
28 pages;
I.S.S.N.: none;
cover artist: Facey.

‘The Sword Of Life Part 2 — The Strange Ones’ by Wisdom: pp. 18/19.

Tarzan Adventures Vol. 8 No. 13
London:  Westworld comic, 1958 (June 28th);
edited by Moorcock;
price: 6d;
28 pages;
I.S.S.N.: none;
cover artist: Nick Cardy.

‘The Siege Of Noothar’ (illustrated by Cawthorn) by Wisdom: pp. 17/18.

First collected appearance: Sojan
Manchester:  Savoy, 1977 (September 29th) trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
edited by David Britton (uncredited);
original price: 80p (unpriced in some copies; see below*);
157 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-7045-0241-0 (see below*);
cover artist: Jim Cawthorn (also interior);
introduction by Michael Butterworth (uncredited).

* Some copies have a variant I.S.B.N. — 0-352-33000-7 (attributable to Wyndham [the book’s distributor]) — printed on the inside back cover; these copies also carry the 80p price.

‘Dek Of Noothar’ (as ‘Dek Of Noothar: The Sword Of Life’ on contents page) (composite, but comprising only ‘The Sword Of Life’ [Part 1] and ‘The Siege Of Noothar’, illustrated by Jim Cawthorn) as by Michael Moorcock “(with John Wisdom)”: pp. 105–114.

Other appearances:-

The Time Centre Times Vol. 5 No. 4
London:  The Nomads Of The Times Streams magazine (q.v.), August 2010;
edited by Ian Covell, John & Maureen Davey and D.J. Rowe;
price:  (circa) £3·13 (subscription only [“£12.50 for 4 issues”]);
40 pages;
cover artist: Lee Binding;
‘Dek Of Noothar’ (composite, but complete, illustrated by Jim Cawthorn) as by Michael Moorcock “(with John Wisdom)”: pp. 27–34.
also Sojan The Swordsman
London: Gollancz/Gateway, 2013 (April 11th) e-book (q.v.);
part of the Michael Moorcock Collection (one of five electronic-only titles in the series);
edited by John Davey;
original price:  £2·99;
I.S.B.N.:  978-0-575-07890-1;
illustrated by James Cawthorn (combining Sojan 1st-ed. [1977] artwork together with artwork from Tarzan Adventures, not seen since in 1957/’58).