ElfQuest (2025)

A color art collection of exquisitely-illustrated, standalone short stories from the world of ElfQuest.ElfQuest premiered in 1978 as a black-and-white independent comic—with an engaging tale, diverse cast of characters, and alluring art by Wendy Pini—and the title quickly took fandom by storm.In 1990, co-creators Wendy and Richard Pini made a leap into full-color publishing, with the series ElfQuest: Hidden Years. The first five issues contained standalone stories that could be enjoyed by anyone. Wendy Pini created those iconic pages in vibrant watercolor, with each brush stroke, line, and tint now presented in a unique gallery edition hardcover to present the full effect of her original art pages, which are now permanently housed at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library for preservation and study.Each of the five color issues within the ElfQuest: Hidden Years Gallery Edition hardcover are standalone stories, unlettered to offer an unprecedented look at Wendy Pini’s lush artwork, complete with her margin notes, color tests, and behind-the-scenes material. This volume is a powerful example of the incredible world-building and visual storytelling in ElfQuest that has set the standard in fantasy comics for decades.

The original ElfQuest saga continues! Wolfriders Cutter and Skywise leave Sorrow’s End in search of other elves in this classic fantasy epic—in full color for the first time from Dark Horse Comics!Humans have discovered the desert haven called Sorrow’s End. Cutter, chief of the Wolfrider tribe of elves, must embark on a new quest—to bolster their meager numbers with new elfin allies. With his trusted companion Skywise, he ventures out once again into a world weirder and more dangerous than anything he has ever known in his young life. Along the way, the adventurous pair tangle with an old adversary long thought gone and forgotten. What is the secret of Cutter’s sword, New Moon? And what eerie creatures inhabit the sinister Forbidden Grove, guarding a mystery that will change Cutter’s life forever?Collects ElfQuest: The Original Quest #6–#10.

In full color for the first time, Dark Horse presents the original ElfQuest by Eisner Award Hall of Famers Wendy and Richard Pini.In the third book of the original ElfQuest saga, the Wolfriders encounter the Gliders of Blue Mountain!“Blue Mountain, lair of the Bird Spirits.”With these words Cutter and Skywise imagine their quest to find other elfin allies may be close to completion. The companions have no idea their hopes will be upended. For imperious Lord Voll rules Blue Mountain and the hawk-riding elves who dwell within, and he wishes no intrusion upon his Gliders’ isolated way of life. Yet even Voll’s resistance pales before the hostility of the true power in Blue Mountain—treacherous, seductive Winnowill. Shape-shifter, pain-giver, she will stop at nothing to prevent the Wolfriders from threatening her invisible hold on the Gliders.