ElfQuest: The Original Quest: Book 1--Fire and Flight

Part of ElfQuest

Illustrated by Wendy Pini
$29.99 US
Dark Horse Comics | Dark Horse Books
12 per carton
On sale Feb 25, 2025 | 9781506748467
FOC Nov 18, 2024 | Catalog October 2024
Sales rights: World
Discover ElfQuest, one of the most beloved fantasy series in comic-book history! Now in full color for the first time from Dark Horse Comics, ElfQuest is a tale made for our times.

Chief Cutter and the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home by fearful humans bent on their destruction. As they wander the ever-changing landscape of their harsh primeval world, the elves discover hidden danger, odd creatures…and to their surprise, other elfin tribes. Follow the Wolfriders as they forge new alliances, take on hidden enemies, and discover truths about themselves and their origins they never imagined.

Collects Elfquest: The Original Quest #1–#5.
"The comic is utterly addictive."—NPR
 
"One of the most important works in American fantasy."—American Library Association
 
"ElfQuest redefined graphic novel storytelling on an epic scale."—Barnes and Noble
 
"One of the most beautifully crafted, well thought out comic book fantasy epics of all time."—CBR
 
"Wendy and Richard [Pini] created and sustained one of the most successful independent comics of all time."—Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
 
"[ElfQuest] is particularly important because of its key role in the establishment of a highly visible phase of alternative, independent comic books and also its creative direction by a female artist."—Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons, Columbia University 

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Discover ElfQuest, one of the most beloved fantasy series in comic-book history! Now in full color for the first time from Dark Horse Comics, ElfQuest is a tale made for our times.

Chief Cutter and the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home by fearful humans bent on their destruction. As they wander the ever-changing landscape of their harsh primeval world, the elves discover hidden danger, odd creatures…and to their surprise, other elfin tribes. Follow the Wolfriders as they forge new alliances, take on hidden enemies, and discover truths about themselves and their origins they never imagined.

Collects Elfquest: The Original Quest #1–#5.

Praise

"The comic is utterly addictive."—NPR
 
"One of the most important works in American fantasy."—American Library Association
 
"ElfQuest redefined graphic novel storytelling on an epic scale."—Barnes and Noble
 
"One of the most beautifully crafted, well thought out comic book fantasy epics of all time."—CBR
 
"Wendy and Richard [Pini] created and sustained one of the most successful independent comics of all time."—Rodney Rothman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
 
"[ElfQuest] is particularly important because of its key role in the establishment of a highly visible phase of alternative, independent comic books and also its creative direction by a female artist."—Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons, Columbia University