Editing Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (section)

=== Comics adaptations ===
[[File:WW202.jpg|thumb|right|Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser premiering in [[DC Comics]] in 1972.]]

In 1972, Fafhrd and the Mouser began their comics career, appearing in ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' #202 alongside the title character and [[Catwoman]] in a story scripted by award-winning SF writer [[Samuel R. Delany]]. In 1973, [[DC Comics]] began an ongoing series, ''[[Sword of Sorcery]]'', featuring the duo.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sacks |first1=Jason |last2=Dallas |first2=Keith |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490564 |page=115}}</ref> The title was written by [[Dennis O'Neil|Denny O'Neil]] and featured art by [[Howard Chaykin]],<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=McAvennie|editor-first1= Michael|editor-last2=Dolan|editor-first2=Hannah|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |year=2010 |isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 155 |quote = Fantasy became a DC Comics reality when writer/editor Denny O'Neil and artist Howard Chaykin brought forth a new comic based on Fritz Leiber's adventurous and virtuous warriors of myth, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.}}</ref> [[Walt Simonson]] and [[Jim Starlin]]; the well-received title ran only five issues. Stories included adaptations of "The Price of Pain-Ease", "Thieves' House", "The Cloud of Hate", and "The Sunken Land", as well as original stories. This series was collected by [[Dark Horse Comics]] in a trade paperback collection published in June 2008.

In 1991, [[Epic Comics]] published a four-issue comic book adaptation of seven of the stories: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" (issue 1), "The Circle Curse" and "The Howling Tower" (issue 2), "The Price of Pain Ease" and "Bazaar of the Bizarre" (issue 3), and "Lean Times in Lankhmar" and "When the Sea King's Away" (issue 4). The comics were scripted by Howard Chaykin, who had drawn several issues of the earlier DC title, and pencilled by [[Mike Mignola]], whose ''[[Hellboy]]'' comic book often has a similar feel to Leiber's work. Mignola also did the jacket covers and interior art for the White Wolf collection. This series was collected by [[Dark Horse Comics]] in a trade paperback collection published in March 2007.<ref name=libraryjournal>{{cite magazine
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[[Marvel Comics]] created their own version of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, when they introduced Fafnir of [[Hyborian Age|Vanaheim]] and his companion Blackrat to the ''[[Conan comics|Conan]]'' comic series. The pairs of characters were very much alike and [[Roy Thomas]], who wrote the original ''Conan'' comics, made no secret that it was his intention to create characters that were a tribute to Fritz Leiber's creations.<ref>{{Citation
| title = The Chronicles of Conan, Volume 3
| publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse Books]]
| first = Roy | last = Thomas | author-link = Roy Thomas
| contribution = Behind the Swords
| year = 2003
| isbn = 1-59307-024-1}}</ref>