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A stunning comic book adaptation of the classic Elric: Bane of the Black Sword novel by Michael Moorcock. This is the fifth book in the bestselling fantasy series. The Bane of the Black Sword is the fifth volume in the saga of Elric, the albino sorcerer who wields the terrible, soul-eating magical sword, STORMBRINGER. This book is a comic adaptation of the collected, interconnected, five novellas of the original novel. The first four stories 'Old Wounds', 'Three Kings in Darkness', 'The King Beneath the Hill' and the 'Flame Bringers' tell of the continuing, eternal struggle of Elric against the elder gods of chaos as Elric finally brings Stormbringer home and finds peace at last in the arms of his true love Zarozinia. Meanwhile in the last story, 'To Rescue Tanelorn', Elric's friend Rackhir the Red must travel through the five gates to seek aid from the Grey Lords in an effort to save the besieged city of Tanelorn from a horde of unimaginable evil. No library descriptions found. |
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All of the stories adapted are short stories where Elric fights Chaos except the last one - To Rescue Tanelorn - where Elric's friend, Red Archer, is the main character and travels between multiple worlds to find the way how to save this legendary city from being overrun by Chaos forces. You might say these are all stories about Elric's wanderings that are not related to the main storyline and I would agree. But nevertheless stories are interesting and engaging. Only pitfall is to make sure you dont read it in quick succession with other Elric stories otherwise you will very soon experience utter saturation. When it comes to stories like these (and here I mean also Conan and other similar works that were originally serialized in one form or other), savor it and read slowly and in between other works for full enjoyment.
Art is somewhat a mixed bag for me. While some of the stories are drawn pretty well, in the initial issues Elric is so much emaciated that he more resembles heavy drug addict and I am not sure how he can even carry Dragon Helm on his head let alone Strombringer. Heh, in comparison creatures from King Under The Hill look like they are on good and healthy diet.
Interesting collection of stories, Elric as always is torn between his constant loss through every victory gained and love to women that he always fears will somehow meet their doom by his hand.
Recommended to fans of Elric and his adventures. ( )