Sword of Sorcery #2 (DC, 1973) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $139.00
Sold: Jun 13, 2023
Sword of Sorcery #2 Values
Publisher: DC, 1973
About Sword of Sorcery #2
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Howard Chaykin (signed)
Inks: Bernie Wrightson (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Fafhrd; the Grey Mouser; Fissif; Sleyvas; Ivlis; ghosts of Omphal's brothers
Synopsis: Our heroes fight the thieves of Lankhmar for a jewelled skull.
Pages: 23.500
Script: Fritz Leiber (story); Denny O'Neil (script)
Pencils: Howard Chaykin
Inks: Crusty Bunkers (uncredited, see notes)
Letters: Milt Snappin ?
Notes: Adapted from Leiber's "Thieves' House." Per Nick Caputo, according to an ad selling the original artwork, and confirmed by Neal Adams in the Comics Journal #45 (March 1979), the inkers include the following (the pages detailed are those that were for sale at the time, it can be assumed that they assisted on the entire story): Page 8: Neal Adams inked two full panels and assisted Ralph Reese and Alan Kupperberg on the entire page. Page 9: Adams inked three full panels, including 1 large panel, assisted by Ralph Reese and Alan Weiss. Page 10: Adams inks in four panels (2 full) with Reese and Weiss. Page 12: Adams inking in all panels with Rich Buckler, Rick Bryant and Alan Kupperberg. Page 13: Adams inks on four complete panels along with Joe Rubinstein, Buckler and Weiss. Page 16: Adams inks in all panels, assisted by Jeff Jones (one panel), Rick Bryant, Kupperberg and Buckler. Page 18: Adams inks in 5 of 6 panels (1 complete panel) with Chaykin and Bryant. Page 19: Adams inks in 4 panels (one complete panel) along with Buckler and Bryant.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
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