Elfquest Reader's Collection

Elfquest Index by Reader's Collection

This list describes which comic issues are collected into which volumes of the black and white Elfquest Reader's Collection series. Note that this list includes ALL the Elfquest series.

The information in this list was compiled by Kir, the Last Go-Back (a.k.a. Howard Yune), and annotated by Cathy Purchis. Thanks to both for letting us post this here on www.elfquest.com.

Abbreviations:

  • EQ = Elfquest (the original series)
  • EQM = Marvel re-release of the original series
  • EQ II = Elfquest anthologies (the Second Elfquest)
  • BoTC = Blood of Ten Chiefs
  • HY = Hidden Years
  • KBW = Kings of the Broken Wheel
  • NB = New Blood
  • SBM = Siege at Blue Mountain

In the beginning, Elfquest consisted of one title. The original Warp Graphics versions of the comics were published in black and; white (the Marvel reprints of the Original Quest were in color). Story by Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Wendy Pini.

The Original Quest (1978 - 1984)

These correspond to volumes 1-4 of the Donning/Starblaze color collection and Father Tree Press Complete Elfquest color collection (both out of print)

1 - Fire and Flight: EQ 1-5/EQM 1-8

2 - The Forbidden Grove: EQ 6-10/EQM 9-16

3 - Captives of Blue Mountain: EQ 11-15/EQM 17-24

4 - Quest's End: EQ 16-20/EQM 25-32

Siege at Blue Mountain (1986 - 1989)

These correspond to volumes 5-6 of the Father Tree Press Complete Elfquest color collection (out of print)

5 - Siege at Blue Mountain: SBM 1-4

6 - The Secret of Two-Edge: SBM 5-8

Kings of the Broken Wheel (1990 - 1992)

These correspond to volumes 7-8 of the Father Tree Press Complete Elfquest color collection (out of print)

7 - The Cry from Beyond: KBW 1-4

8 - Kings of the Broken Wheel: KBW 5-9

In May, 1992, Elfquest shifted from a continuing storyline to the original Hidden Years, a series of single-issue stories, which turned into a continuing storyline again beginning with issue 9 ½. Other artists started drawing Hidden Years beginning in HY 6. The Wolfriders and the Hidden Years storyline split (into Hidden Years and Shards) beginning in August 1994.

In August, 1992, Warp started publishing the New Blood series. This started as single-issue stories by a variety of artists, but became a continuing storyline drawn by Barry Blair and Colin Chan starting with NB 11.

The Blood of Ten Chiefs comic series launched in July 1993. These were mostly single-issue stories by a variety of artists.

Jink and The Rebels began in November 1994. They were continuing stories set in Abode's future.

Kahvi and Two-Spear were mini-series of 6 and 5 issues respectively; both began in October 1995.

In March 1996, Warp wrapped up all the individual titles. Shards 16 ties together the final chapters of Shards, Hidden Years and New Blood. In April 1996, Warp published Metamorphosis, the prolog to the anthology series that began in May 1996 and ran through February 1999 (EQ II).

WaveDancers Special #1 was a single issue published in February 1996. This is the NEW Wavedancers, not to be confused with the series that ran in 1993-94. The "original" Wavedancers story is not available as a Reader's Collection.

King's Cross was a 2-issue mini-series published in November - December 1997 that concluded a story begun in EQ II 17.

Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated Issue 4, Winter 1998, contained a stand-alone Rogue's Curse story.

In 1998, Warp published a book called Elfquest, the First 20 Years, which contained essays, an interview with Wendy and Richard, a number of sketches, and several short comics, including the first English appearance of The Heart's Way.

In 2001, Warp published 2 summer specials, the first Elfquest individual comics in over 2 years.

The following list is in order by RC number. Various people have made recommendations about which order to read them in; what follows here is simply the list. The Decades in Print page has one suggestion (down toward the bottom of the page).

Three color collections, not technically part of the RC series

The Hidden Years

HY 1-5
Wendy and Richard Pini.
The original comics were published in color.

New Blood

NB 1-5

Wendy and Richard Pini and a host of others.
The original comics were published in color.

Complete EQ 9 - Rogue's Challenge (out of print)

HY 6-9.5
Art by Paul Abrams, Charles Barnett, Paty Cockrum, Wendy Pini, John Byrne, Suzanne Dechnik.
The original comics were published in color.

8a - Dreamtime

EQ II 4-7, 9, 11 - 13, 15 - 18

Story by Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Wendy Pini
The original comics were published in black and; white.

8b - In All But Blood

Elfquest 2001 Summer Special 1: Wolfshadow; The Heart's Way (from EQ the First 20 Years); plus new material

Story by Wendy and; Richard Pini and Sonny Strait, art by Wendy Pini, Sonny Strait and Carol Lyon
The Heart's Way was originally published in color.
Wolfshadow was originally published in black and; white.

9 (new) - Rogue's Curse

Metamorphosis, EQ II 1, 3, 8-10, 12-13, 15-17, 20, 22, 24-26, Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated 4

Story by Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney and Bern Harkins, art by Wendy Pini, Delfin Barral, Brandon McKinney, Barry Blair and Jerry Braccia
The original comics were published in black and; white with the exception of FFFI 4.

9a - Wolfrider

EQ II 19-21-23-25-27-29-31-33, plus new material

Story by Christy Marx and Wendy Pini, art by Wendy Pini and Jeff Zugale
The original comics were published in black and; white.

9b - Blood of Ten Chiefs

BoTC 1-7, 10-11

Story by Richard Pini, Andy Mangels and Terry Collins, art by Janine Johnston, Brandon McKinney, Paul Bonanno, Ken Hooper, Steve Blevins, Craig Taillefer, Barb Kaalberg and Charles Barnett
The original comics were published in color.

9c - Kahvi

Kahvi 1-6, Two-Spear 1-5

Story by Joellyn Auklandus, Kim Yale and Terry Collins, art by Steve Blevins, Daniel Shelton, Delfin Barral and Barry Blair
The original comics were in black and; white.

9d - Chief's Howl

BoTC 12-15, 18-20

Story by Terry Collins and Richard Pini, art by Delfin Barral, Mat Nastos, Bill Neville, Al Nickerson, Craig Taillefer, Jen Marrus, Rick Ketcham and Barry Blair
The original comics were published in color.

(BoTC 8-9 and 16-17 have not been reprinted.)

10 - Shards

HY 8-15

Story by Wendy and; Richard Pini and Sara Byam, art by Wendy Pini, Paul Abrams, Brandon McKinney, John Byrne, Charles Barnett, Terry Beatty and Craig Taillefer
The original comics were published in color.

11 (old 11a) - Legacy

HY 16-22

Story by Wendi Lee, Joellyn Auklandus and Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Brandon McKinney, O.F. Roko, Steve Blevins, Craig Taillefer and Terry Beatty
The original comics were published in color.

11a - Huntress

HY 23-29

Story by Joellyn Auklandus and Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Steve Blevins, Terry Beatty and Craig Taillefer
HY 23 - 24 were published in color; HY 25-29 were published in black and; white.

11b - The Wild Hunt

Metamorphosis, EQ II 1-7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20-22

Story by Joellyn Auklandus with Wendy Pini, art by Steve Blevins and Lorraine Reyes
The original comics were published in black and; white.

11c - Shadowstalker

EQ II 23-30

Story by Joellyn Auklandus with Wendy Pini, art by Lorraine Reyes
The original comics were published in black and; white.

12 - Ascent

Shards 1-8

Story by Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Brandon McKinney and Terry Beatty
The original comics were published in color.

12a - Reunion

Shards 9-16

Story by Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Brandon McKinney, Terry Beatty, Justin Bloomer and Kathryn Bolinger
Shards 9-11 were published in color; Shards 12-16 were published in black and; white.

13 (old 13a) - The Rebels

The Rebels 1-6

Story by Bern Harkins and Richard Pini, art by Delfin Barral, Charles Barnett, Craig Taillefer and Jen Marrus
The original comics were published in color.

13a - Skyward Shadow

The Rebels 7-12

Story by Bern Harkins and Richard Pini, art by Delfin Barral and Charles Barnett
The Rebels 7-8 were published in color; The Rebels 9-12 were published in black and; white.

14 - Jink!

Jink 1-6

Story by John Ostrander with Wendy Pini, art by David Boller, Terry Beatty, Craig Taillefer, Charles Barnett and Paul Abrams
The original comics were published in color.

14a - Mindcoil

Jink 7-12

Story by John Ostrander with Wendy Pini, art by Dennis Fujitake, Charles Barnett, Kathryn Bolinger, Paul Abrams and Jerry Braccia
Jink 7 was published in color; Jink 8-12 were published in black and; white.

15 - Forevergreen

NB 11-19

Story by Barry Blair and Wendy and; Richard Pini, art by Barry Blair and Colin Chan
The original comics were published in color.

15a - Dream's End

NB 20-27

Story by Barry Blair and Richard Pini, art by Barry Blair and Colin Chan
The original comics were published in color.

15b - Phoenix

NB 28-35

Story by Barry Blair and Richard Pini, art by Barry Blair and Colin Chan
NB 28-31 were published in color; NB 32 - 35 were published in black and; white.

16 - WaveDancers

WaveDancers Special 1, Metamorphosis, EQ II 1-2, 5, 21, 23-24, 27-28, 30-31
Story to be concluded in a future volume

Story by Richard Pini, Vickie Murphy and Kathryn Bolinger, art by Steve Blevins, Craig Taillefer and Wendi Strang-Frost
The original comics were published in black and; white, with the exception of WaveDancers Special 1.

? - Worldpool

Selections from New Blood and EQ II 2-3, 17, 31, plus Kings Cross 1-2

Story by Richard Pini, Christopher Lane, Brandon McKinney, Terry Collins, Pam Fremon, Bill Neville, Kim Yale and Carla Speed McNeil, art by Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney, Bill Neville, Barry Blair, Ken Hooper, Carla Speed McNeil, Barb Kaalberg and Chris Schenk

Proof Positive, Kings Cross and Small World were originally published in black and; white.

[Note: the ? is intentional - it appears on the book spine.]