(May 1986)
First,
1986 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 14.95 USD; 19.95 CAD
- Pages
- 180
- On-sale Date
- 1986-05-16 ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- First Comics Inc.
- Brand
- ?
- ISBN
-
0-915419-05-X
- Printer
- Printed in the United States of America
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- 8.5" x 11" (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm)
- Paper Stock
- Cardstock cover; glossy interior
- Binding
- Squarebound
Issue Notes
Volume collects Elric (First, 1983 series) #1-6, the adaptation of Michael Moorcock's novel Elric of Melniboné. Continues in Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate (First, 1987 series). May release date from listing in regular feature "First Notes".
Elric of Melniboné
Elric / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (signed)
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell (signed)
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock
- Letters
- typeset
Out of the Dreaming City
Elric / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas (script & adaptation)
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (layout); Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- Michael T. Gilbert; P. Craig Russell
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #1 (April 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Broken down as "Chapter One" and "Chapter Two" of overall story.
Welcome to the Domain of... Dr. Jest!
Elric / comic story / 27 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (layout); Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- Michael T. Gilbert; P. Craig Russell
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #2 (August 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Makes up "Chapter Three" of overall story.
[no title indexed]
Elric / comic story / 29 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell (layout); Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- Michael T. Gilbert; P. Craig Russell
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #3 (October 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Makes up "Chapter Four" of overall story.
The Ship Which Sails Over Land and Sea!
Elric / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #4 (December 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Listed as "Chapter Five" of overall story. Credits just list "Art & Colors: P. Craig Russell & Michael T. Gilbert".
Through the Shade Gate
Elric / comic story / 28 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Michael T. Gilbert; P. Craig Russell
- Inks
- Michael T. Gilbert; P. Craig Russell
- Colors
- Michael T. Gilbert; P. Craig Russell
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #5 (February 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Makes up "Chapter Six" of overall story.
Credits read "Art and Colors by Michael T. Gilbert and P. Craig Russell".
At Last--Stormbringer
Elric / comic story / 26 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #6 (April 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Makes up "Chapter Seven" of overall story.
Splash page includes the notes "PCR #15" and "MTG #44"
Epilogue
Elric / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Michael Moorcock (novel); Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Colors
- P. Craig Russell; Michael T. Gilbert
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #6 (April 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Synopsis
- Biographies of Roy Thomas, P. Craig Russell, Michael T. Gilbert, Tom Orzechowski, and Mike Friedrich. Features portraits of Thomas, Russell, and Gilbert by P. Craig Russell.
Rackhir
Elric / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #5 (February 1984)
-
Wraith & Ivory
Elric / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Reprints
- from Elric (Pacific Comics, 1983 series) #6 (April 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
Elric / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Synopsis
- Promotional blurb for other Elric volumes and Moorcock adaptations by First, as well as other First comics and graphic novels. Featuring art frame by Michael T. Gilbert.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Elric of Melniboné
Elric -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Introduction
-
3.
Out of the Dreaming City
Elric -
4.
Welcome to the Domain of... Dr. Jest!
Elric -
5.
[no title indexed]
Elric -
6.
The Ship Which Sails Over Land and Sea!
Elric -
7.
Through the Shade Gate
Elric -
8.
At Last--Stormbringer
Elric -
9.
Epilogue
Elric -
10.
[no title indexed]
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11.
Rackhir
Elric -
12.
Wraith & Ivory
Elric -
13.
[no title indexed]
Elric
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