That is: Lieber (or Chaykin I haven’t read the original books) fridges both Fafhrd’s and Gray Mouser’s girlfriends in the most horrible manner. I mean, as shocking and revolting developments go, it’s a shocking and revolting development, and comes completely out of the blue (at least for me). Which is why this horrorshow of a reveal took me completely by surprise. (Stop scrolling now if you don’t want spoilers on this thirty year old comic book.) It’s a perfect little romp of intrigue and danger and excitement and romance. It’s amazing how much it just looks like a part of Mignola’s style and not like… deformities. I had forgotten how small Mignola draws feet. But his style is so well-suited to this sort of picaresque pseudo-medieval stuff… I mean, look at that ramshackle house. I don’t see a lot of Williamson here in the inking, but then Mignola’s pencils usually overpower anybody working with him. The CRAKAKATRASSHH where we can fill in ourselves what’s going on, while the repartee keeps pattering on. I mean, it’s just so seemingly effortless. It’s dense, but it’s playful and light and really readable. And we get hints at dark things happening with the other guys, and a feeling for the city, and…
Instead we have a great meet cute between Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in the middle of a hold-up.
Wow! It’s good! No, it’s more than good: It’s funny! And it drops us right into the story without a lot of tiresome exposition, and without an origin story of every character involved. On the other hand, this isn’t a Byron Preiss production (he’s usually involved somehow when somebody adapts something to comics in the 80s, and particularly when Chaykin does some work). I like all of them, but this is an adaptation, and they usually go awry, anyway. This is 1 of 2 Sword of Sorcery issues by Adams and 1 of 3 Sword of Sorcery issues by Wrightson.By Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Al Williamson and Sherilyn van Valkenburgh This issue also includes cover artwork by Mike Kaluta. Both artists add a professional finish to the struggling pencils. Bernie Wrightson inks the last three pages, possibly more. Certainly he worked on most of the central figures.
Comprised of Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Ralph Reese and others, Adams' inks are the most prominent. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser's adventures are drawn by Howard Chaykin, inked by the Crusty Bunkers. Sword of Sorcery v1 #1, 1973 - Based on the characters by Fritz Leiber, DC makes its second foray into the sword and sorcery genre (preceded by Nightmaster's brief run on Showcase).
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