Other Tales of the Eternal Champion
More than mere apocrypha!
Moorcock – and others! – have written many more tales of the Eternal Champion than are collected in The Tale of the Eternal Champion…
Comics and graphic novels
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Elric: The Return to Melniboné
(graphic novel, Unicorn 1973, Jayde Design 1997; adapted by Phillipe Druillet) |
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Illustrated by Druillet, and with text by Moorcock. A new afterword in the Jayde Design edition explains this rare item’s history. The first Elric graphic novel showcases some of Druillet’s very best work: very French, baroque, atmospheric, with enormous scale and bizarre costumes. It is a stand-alone Elric story, about the albino’s return to Melniboné, in which he wears a black jewel in the centre of his forehead – a year or two before Hawkmoon! [“Prof. Pop”] |
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Stormbringer
(Savoy 1976; adapted by James Cawthorn) |
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A very large format graphic version (16 3/4 inches x 12 inches) of Moorcock’s novel chronicling the death of Elric of Melniboné. Jim Cawthorn and I have been inseparable for over twenty-five years, sometimes to the point where I can’t remember which came first, the drawing or the story. It is his drawings of my characters which remain for me the most accurate, both in detail and in atmosphere. His interpretations in strip form will always be, for me, the best. ― Michael Moorcock |
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The Swords of Heaven, the Flowers of Hell
(Heavy Metal 1978; by Howard Chaykin and Michael Moorcock) |
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The third book in the “inner” Eternal Champion series, featuring Clen of Clen Gar. “The script is pretty much wholly mine, by the way, even though it was presented to Howie as a scenario. My scenarios can often be close to a complete script.” — MM |
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The Jewel in the Skull
(Savoy 1978; adapted by James Cawthorn) |
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The first in Savoy’s large format adaptations of Michael Moorcock’s Dorian Hawkmoon Runestaff books, co-published by Savoy and Peter Ledeboer’s Big O imprint. Jewel in the Skull illustrated by James Cawthorn is truly a really excellent work! Cawthorn has not yet reached his best stride and dimension in his work, but there is a quality here that is most compelling and fascinating. He has gone far beyond any of the existing fantasy interpretations of the cartoon heroics one finds in most book material today. He has reached a point of the unpredictable in his characterisations, his mood, his strange atmosphere and gross, brutal intensity. One almost feels a quality of the bizarre, dark, forbidding quality first shown in certain classic Russian movies (of the war genre) like Alexander Nevsky by Eisenstein – the Teutonic Knights, for example, and the battle on the ice. There is something of a crude power here, which disavows the matinee idol posturing in cliché assumptions of most vapid styles of Marvel Comics. I’m impressed by the gargoyle quality of the masks, the helms(?), the garb(?), the uncharacteristic settings. Perhaps if Cawthorn were to experiment with a brush instead of pen work, his drawing would begin to get the tragic density his power is searching for. But he has an authentic talent and I’m happy to see this opus – and anticipate the next. He's on the threshold of big things! ― Burne Hogarth |
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The Crystal and the Amulet
(Savoy 1986; adapted by James Cawthorn) |
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The middle book of Savoy’s planned trilogy of Dorian Hawkmoon adaptations. Jim Cawthorn is the greatest living artist of epic fantasy. He brings to life in all their panoramic scope the visions of Michael Moorcock. No one can equal him in the portrayal of Moorcock’s characters… The Crystal and the Amulet is not merely a graphic novel, it is a work of art. ― Bill Harry, Idols |
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Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné
(First Comics/First Graphic Novel 1986; adapted by Roy Thomas, cover & layouts by P. Craig Russell, and pencils & colors by Michael T. Gilbert) |
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Graphic adaptation of the Moorcock novel in full color. This is the longest version and probably the longest graphic novel so far in one volume. |
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Collections
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Sojan
(collection, Savoy 1977) |
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| “The Stone Thing: A Tale of Strange Parts” (Triode Oct 1974) |
Cover of Sojan (Savoy 1977) by Jim Cawthorne This was a large-format book, illustrated by Cawthorne, containing some of Moorcock’s earliest stories and articles on the origins of Elric and Jerry Cornelius |
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| “The Dying Castles” (New Worlds April 1970) | |||
Sojan the Swordsman
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Sojan, Swordsman of Zylor!
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Sojan and the Sea of Demons
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| “Sojan and the Plain of Mystery” (Tarzan Adventures May 31 1958) | |||
| “Sojan and the Sons of the Snake-God” (Tarzan Adventures Jun 21 1958) | |||
| “Sojan and the Devil Hunters of Norj” (Tarzan Adventures Jul 12 1958 (+1) as “Sojan and the Hunters of Norj”) | |||
| “Klan the Spoiler” (Tarzan Adventures April 19 1958, as by J. R. Taylor) | |||
Dek of Noothar —
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| “Rens Karto of Bersnol“ (Tarzan Adventures September 6 1958) | |||
| “The Secret Life of Elric of Melniboné” (article, Camber #14 1964) | |||
| “Elric” (letter, Niekas #8 1963) | |||
| “New Worlds—Jerry Cornelius” (letter, 1972) | |||
| “In Lighter Vein: A Note on the Jerry Cornelius Tetralogy” (article) * | |||
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Elric at the End of Time
(collection, NEL 1984) |
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All but the title story and one other in this collection were published in Sojan (collection, Savoy 1977)
Cover art for Elric at the End of Time (NEL) by Chris Achilleos 
Cover art for Elric at the End of Time (Grafton) by Michael Whelan |
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| “Elric at the End of Time” (Elsewhere v1, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981) | ||
| “The Last Enchantment ” (Ariel v3 1978) | ||
| “The Secret Life of Elric of Melniboné” | ||
SOJAN THE SWORDSMAN
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| JERRY CORNELIUS AND CO. | ||
| “New Worlds—Jerry Cornelius” | ||
| “In Lighter Vein: A Note on the Jerry Cornelius Tetralogy (Sojan, Savoy Books Ltd., 1977) | ||
| “The Stone Thing: A Tale of Strange Parts” | ||
The Second Ether: the “Begg” family trilogy
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Blood: A Southern Fantasy
(fixup, Millennium 1995) |
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| “Colour” (New Worlds 1, ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1991) |
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| “Corsairs of the Second Ether (Ch. 97-9)” (New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1992 as by Warwick Colvin Jr.) | ||
| “Free States” (Time Centre Times v2 #1 1993 (+1)) | ||
| “Corsairs of the Second Ether (Ch. 204-6)” (New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1992 as by Warwick Colvin Jr.) | ||
| “Codes” | ||
| “Corsairs of the Second Ether (Ch. 1014-6)” (New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1992 as by Warwick Colvin Jr.) | ||
| “Routes” | ||
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Fabulous Harbours
(collection, Millennium 1995) |
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| “The Retirement of Jack Karaquazian” [This and linking passages through the book are frames for the stories.] |
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| “The White Pirate” (Blue Motel, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK, 1994) | ||
| “Some Fragments Found in the Effects of Mr. Sam Oakenhurst” (Excerpts from a tale of the Chaos Engineers.) | ||
| “The Black Blade’s Summoning” (Elric: Tales of the White Wolf, ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1994 as “The White Wolf’s Song”) | ||
| “Lunching with the Antichrist” (Smoke Signals, 1993) | ||
| “The Affair of the Seven Virgins” (Time Centre Times v3 #2 1994) | ||
| “The Girl who Killed Sylvia Blade” (Golden Nugget v1 #9 1966; as “The Girl Who Killed Sultry Cane” as Hank Janson; revised.) | ||
| “Crimson Eyes” (The New Statesman Dec 16/30 1994) | ||
| “No Ordinary Christian” (Tombs, Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995) | ||
| “The Enigma Windows” (The New Statesman May 5 1995) | ||
| “Epilogue: The Birds of the Moon” (Jayde Design, 1995 as “The Birds of the Moon: A Traveller’s Tale”) | ||
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A sequel to Blood. The tales are presented as stories told by the Begg family and friends, linked by brief passages. The book includes recent short stories (most slightly revised or restored), a very rare item from the 1960s, and several originals. |
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The War Amongst the Angels
(novel, Millennium 1996) |
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Other tales of the Multiverse
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Silverheart by Michael Moorcock & Storm Constantine
(novel, Earthlight 2000) |
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In six days Max Silverskin, thief and trickster, must discover the secrets of his heritage or perish from the witch mark – the silverheart – on his chest which will devour his heart. Lady Rose Iron, daughter of the leader of the mighty Clan Iron in Karadur, city of metal, steam and ancient secrets, is thrown into an uneasy alliance with Max as she searches out the secrets which may save the city’s future. Captain Cornelius Coffin, head of the clans’ secret security forces, is in love with Lady Rose and obsessed with capturing Max. And there are others in Shriltasi, Karadur’s underworld twin city, who know the prophecy which says that only Max Silverskin can save both realms. |
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