The Michael Moorcock Library: Elric of Melniboné #1

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• 9.0

  Newsarama - Scott Cederlund

  Mar 24, 2015

  This wouldn't be the only Elric adaptation for Roy Thomas, P. Craig Russell and Michael T. Gilbert but it's the only one all three of them would work on together. Other Elric comics would feature maybe only one or two of these creators and would contain elements of this book but nothing else could feel as complete as Elric of Melnibon. The sword and sorcery outer wrapper of the story gives this creative team the room to craft a story about a flawed individual who has to make choices that harm him while protecting and maybe even saving his world and his lover. Working together, these three creators made an adaptation that remains faithful to the original novel but never feels like a mere adaptation or retellling of the source material. They made Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibon novel into their great comic book. Read Full Review