Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer
New York: DC Comics outsized paperback, 2007 (July 11th);
by Michael Moorcock & Walter Simonson;
original price: $19·99;
208 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-4012-1334-3;
cover artist: Simonson (also interior);
colourist: Steve Oliff;
letterer: John Workman.
Elric of Melniboné — proud prince of ruins, kinslayer — call him what you will. He remains, together with maybe Jerry Cornelius, Moorcock’s most enduring, if not always most endearing, character…
Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer is an original graphic novel. It was first serialised in four parts (2004–’06) — see below — before being published as a single-volume omnibus (2007), which in 2024 was republished (see below). Each issue (and the original omnibus edition) bore the author’s “Note: The events in this story occur immediately before the opening of the novel Elric of Melniboné.” The graphic novel’s (textual form) script was later collected in Elric In The Dream Realms (2009) and Elric Of Melniboné And Other Stories (2013).
Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer (No. 1 — ‘The First Dream: Bargains In Blades’ — 22nd September, 2004, $5·95, 48 pages)
Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer (No. 2 — ‘The Second Dream: The Sea King’s Sister’ — 29th December, 2004, $5·95, 48 pages)
Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer (No. 3 — ‘The Third Dream: The South Wind’s Soul’ — 14th June, 2006, $5·99, 48 pages)
Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer (No. 4 — ‘The Fourth Dream: Dragon Lord’s Destiny’ — 2nd August, 2006, $5·99, 48 pages)
OMNIBUSES
First British (& first hardcover) edition: London: Titan Comics h/c, 2024 (September 24th, dated “July” on copyright page);
by Michael Moorcock & Walter Simonson;
part of the Michael Moorcock Library;
original price: £26·99;
211 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 9781787741560;
cover artist: Simonson (also interior);
colourist: Steve Oliff;
letterer: John Workman;
includes ‘A Tale Of The Youth Of Prince Elric, The Albino, Of Melniboné… (And A Hitherto Unrevealed Secret…)’’ (afterword; non-fiction) by Simonson.
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