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There was a comic strip of "The Sword of Shannara" in 1978!

There was a comic strip of "The Sword of Shannara" in 1978!

Nationally syndicated daily comic strip published in newspapers of Terry Brooks' fantasy epic!

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There was a comic strip of "The Sword of Shannara" in 1978!
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My well-worn copy I read 45 years ago.

Author Terry Brooks’ “The Sword of Shannara” is a 700+ page epic fantasy first published in 1977. It’s been said that if you are a fan of Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” then you will enjoy re-reading it all in Brook’s “Shannara.” There’s something to that critique. And I believe it is that thematic familiarity in…

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