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Sword and sorcery comics

Scope note

Comics whose stories are set in distant times and lands, either past or future, featuring heroic persons, magicians, and mythological figures battling evil forces, typically in face-to-face combat with swords, axes, hammers, and other hand-wielded weapons, and often involving magic.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262923

Broader Terms used

<comics by subject>

Equivalent Terms used

sword and sorcery comic

Created

13yrs ago

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