Forgotten Realms Comic Book #23

DC's Forgotten Realms #23 (July 1991) brings "Unreal Estate" to life with a wonderfully offbeat cover by Rags Morales — a high-stakes game board scene where a long-armed figure reaches across a circular playing surface scattered with dice and coins, while a white-bearded elder and a dark-haired, heavyset figure lean in with competing intensity, and a tiny lone figure stands on the board itself like a pawn in someone else's game. The tagline "Such a Deal--" perfectly captures the wheeling-and-dealing energy on display, suggesting that real estate in the Forgotten Realms comes with some very unusual terms. Writer Jeff Grubb, artist Chas Truog, and inker Dave Simons round out this TSR-licensed gem from DC's fantasy comics lineup.