Sword of Sorcery was a sword-and-sorcery comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are two seminal sword-and-sorcery heroes appearing in stories written by Fritz Leiber . They are the protagonists of what are probably Leiber's best-known stories....

, heroes and rogues created by Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theatre and films, playwright, expert chess player and a champion fencer. Possibly his greatest chess accomplishment was winning clear first in the 1958 Santa Monica Open.. With...

. Published bi-monthly by National Periodical Publications

DC Comics

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, it ran for five issues in 1973, with a cover price of 20¢.

Wonder Woman

A prequel or introduction to the series appears in two issues of Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....

, in the last panel of #201 and all of #202. In this story, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser team up with Diana Prince (Wonder Woman minus her super-powers), Catwoman

Catwoman

Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...

, and Prince's kung-fu master, I Ching, to defeat the dimension-spanning wizard Gahwron. This story was written by Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...

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#1: March-April 1973

untitled story — "adapted from Fritz Leiber's story, 'The Price of Pain Ease'" (1970 Swords Against Death, coll.)

• Writer: Denny O'Neil
  Dennis O'Neil
  Dennis J. "Denny" O'Neil is an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of books until his retirement....
  
  
• Pencils: Howard Chaykin
  Howard Chaykin
  Howard Victor Chaykin is an American comic book writer and artist famous for his innovative storytelling and sometimes controversial material...
  
  
• Inks: The Crusty Bunkers
  Crusty Bunkers
  Crusty Bunker, or the Crusty Bunkers, was the collective pseudonym of group of comic book inkers clustered around Neal Adams' and Dick Giordano's New York City-based art and design agency Continuity Studios from 1972-1977. The group was also occasionally credited as Ilya Hunch, Chuck Bunker, or The...
  
  
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited
• Cover: Howard Chaykin (pencils) and Michael Wm. Kaluta
  Michael William Kaluta
  Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta , is an American comic book artist and writer.-Early life:Born in Guatemala to U.S...
  
   (inks) (uncredited)

#2: May-June 1973

"Revenge of the Skull of Jewels" — "from Fritz Leiber's story, 'Thieves' House'" (1943 Unknown

Unknown (magazine)

Unknown was an American pulp fantasy fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1943 by Street & Smith, and edited by John W. Campbell. Unknown was a companion to Street & Smith's science fiction pulp, Astounding Science Fiction, which was also edited by Campbell at the time; many authors and...

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• Writer: Denny O'Neil
• Art: Howard Chaykin
• Inks: The Crusty Bunkers (uncredited)
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited

• Cover: Howard Chaykin (pencils) and Berni Wrightson (inks) (uncredited)

#3: July-August 1973

"Betrayal!" — original story by Denny O'Neil

• Writer: Denny O'Neil (uncredited)
• Pencils: Howard Chaykin (uncredited)
• Inks: Michael Wm. Kaluta, Berni Wrightson (uncredited)
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited

• Cover: Howard Chaykin (pencils) and Alan Weiss (inks) (uncredited)

#4: September-October 1973

"The Cloud of Hate!" — "adapted from a story by Fritz Leiber" ("The Cloud of Hate", 1963 Fantastic

Fantastic (magazine)

Fantastic was an American digest-size fantasy and science fiction magazine, published from 1952 to 1980. It was founded by Ziff-Davis as a fantasy companion to Amazing Stories. Early sales were good, and Ziff-Davis quickly decided to switch Amazing from pulp format to digest, and to cease...

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• Writer: Denny O'Neil
• Artists: Chaykin, Inc.
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited

"The Prophecy!" — original story by Denny O'Neil — featuring "Young Fafhrd the Barbarian"

• Story: Denny O'Neil
• Art: Walter Simonson
  Walt Simonson
  Walter "Walt" Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was The Star Slammers, which was published as a black and white promotional comic book...
  
  
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited

• Cover: Howard Chaykin (pencils & inks) (uncredited)

#5: November-December 1973

"The Sunken Land" — adaptation of Leiber's story (1942 Unknown) — featuring a romantically inclined, but mute, bird woman

• Story: Denny O'Neil, Fritz Leiber
• Art: Walter Simonson, Al Milgrom
  Al Milgrom
  Allen "Al" Milgrom is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his 10-year run as editor of Marvel Fanfare; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker on Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; his four-year tenure as West...
  
  
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited

"The Mouse Alone" — original story by George Alec Effinger

George Alec Effinger

George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.-Writing career:...

 — exploring the Gray Mouser's introduction to thievery — cameo appearance

Cameo appearance

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 by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

' Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...

 (second page, third panel)

• Story: George Alec Effinger
• Art: Jim Starlin
  Jim Starlin
  James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters...
  
  , Al Milgrom
• Letterer: not credited
• Colorist: not credited

• Cover: Walter Simonson (pencils & inks) (uncredited)