‘The Dreaming City’ (graphic adaptations)

The Dreaming City (novella)

‘The Fall Of The Dreaming City’: graphic adaptation by Steven Grant (script) & John Adkins Richardson, in Elric # 1 (“Limited Special Edition”), Windy City Publications, 1973, $1·25, 40 pages.

**Contains ‘The Fall Of The Dreaming City’, pages 2–30,** plus prologue (& partial first chapter) to untitled second strip by George Olshevsky Jr. & John Allison, pages 31–33 & 36–38).

**Variant issue, **1973, $1·00, 32 pages**, containing ‘The Fall Of The Dreaming City’** **only, pages 2–**30.

**Variant issue, variant cover, **1973, $1·00, 32 pages**, containing ‘The Fall Of The Dreaming City’** **only, pages 2–**30.

‘The Dreaming City’: two-part (partial) graphic adaptation by Roy Thomas (script) & P. Craig Russell, in Epic Illustrated magazine, ed. Archie Goodwin, 1980, $2·00/75p.

**Vol. 1** **No. 3, Fall 1980, pages 9–20.**

**Collected (complete, in five parts) in *Elric: The Dreaming City*;**
**Marvel;**
1982 outsized paperback;
ed. Mike Friedrich;
original price: $5·95;
64 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-939766-12-4;
covers artist: Russell.

**Vol. 1** **No. 4, Winter 1980, pages 20–32.**

London: Titan Comics hardcover, 2016 (August 9th);
dated “July” on copyright page;
part of the **Michael Moorcock Library**;
original price: £10·99;
64 pages;
**includes ‘**Introduction: Conan, Elric, And Me’ (non-fiction) **by Thomas;**
I.S.B.N.: 9781785853340;
cover artist: Russell.

Elric: Weird Of The White Wolf: issue No. 2 of a five-part graphic adaptation by Roy Thomas (script), P. Craig Russell, Michael T. Gilbert & George Freeman; Chicago: First Comics, December 1986, $1·75, 36 pages, cover by Russell.

**Contains new but abridged adaptation of ‘The Dreaming City’, pages 5–12.**

**OMNIBUS**
Chicago: First Publishing outsized paperback **(as** ***Elric: The Weird Of The White Wolf*), 1990 (September);**
original price: $14·95;
142 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-915419-87-4;
cover artist: Robert Gould.

**Fullerton, CA: Graphitti outsized hardcover, 1991;**
original price: $55·95;
I.S.B.N.: 0-936211-29-6;
**“Signed and numbered hardcover edition limited to 1,200 copies”** (courtesy Grand Comics Database).

London: Titan Comics hardcover, 2017 (January 11th);
dated “November 2016” on copyright page;
part of the **Michael Moorcock Library**;
original price: £22·99;
152 pages;
**includes ‘**Introduction’ (non-fiction) **by Mike Friedrich;**
I.S.B.N.: 9781782762904;
cover artist: Gilbert.

Graphic adaptation (of ‘The Dreaming City’ together with The Jade Man’s Eyes) by Julien Blondel & Jean-Luc Cano (scripts), Julien Telo, Ronan Toulhoat & Stéphanie Paitreau; Grenoble: Glénat, 2021 outsized hardcover.

*Elric 4: Le Cité Qui Rêve*, 2021 (April 28th);
written by Blondel & Cano, art by Telo & Toulhoat, colours by Paitreau;
original price: unknown (“Code Prix GL55”?);
76 pages, including (quote): “16 pages of previously unpublished illustrations reserved for the first edition”;
also includes ‘Avant-Propos’ (Foreword; non-fiction) by Jean-Pierre Dionnet;
I.S.B.N.: 978-2-7234-8707-8;
cover artists: Jean Bastide.

**Elric 4: ***Le Cité Qui Rêve***: Édition spéciale, 2021 (December 15th);**
**original price: unknown** (“Code Prix GL71”?);
64 pages;
includes *Melniboné: L’Île Inversée* (non-fiction) **by William Blanc;**
I.S.B.N.: 978-2-344-04635-7;
**cover artist: Telo**.

First English-language version (of Le Cité Qui Rêve): Elric: The Dreaming City (in two parts [with variant covers]); London: Titan Comics, 2021, translated by Jessica Burton, £3·99.

**No. 1 (Cover A, by Mike Mignola), 2021 (August 18th [**dated “September” on copyright page**]), 28 pages.**

**No. 1 (Cover B, by Valentin Sécher).**

**No. 1 (FOC [‘Final Order Cuttoff’] Cover, by Telo).**

**No. 2 (Cover A, by Frank Brunner), 2021 (September 8th [**dated “October” on copyright page**]), 30 pages.**

OMNIBUS: Titan: Elric: The Dreaming City, 2022 (March 29th) outsized hardcover;
dated “December 2021” on copyright page;
original price: £17·99;
79 pages;
includes ‘Foreword’ (non-fiction) by Jean-Pierre Dionnet;
I.S.B.N. (Standard Edition): 9781785867712;
I.S.B.N. (Diamond Edition [whatever that’s supposed to mean!]*): 9781787738423;
cover by Sécher.

* Plus, as if there weren’t already enough versions of this…

Titan: Elric: The Dreaming City, the so-called “Diamond Edition” (available exclusively from a comic-book distributor of that name), 2022 (March 29th) outsized hardcover;
dated “December 2021” on copyright page;
original price: £17·99;
79 pages;
includes ‘Foreword’ (non-fiction) by Jean-Pierre Dionnet;
I.S.B.N.: 9781787738423;
cover by Mignola.