List of Elfquest publications

Elfquest is a comic book series created by Wendy and Richard Pini, first published in 1978. The comics and related works of prose fiction tell the story of the elves of the World of Two Moons, particularly the elfin tribe called the Wolfriders.
Elfquest was first published in the short-lived Fantasy Quarterly anthology in February, 1978; after one appearance there, it was published by Warp Graphics as a stand-alone series which began with issue #2. Starting in 1992, it branched into multiple titles, many of which were re-absorbed into a single title which ran from 1996-1999. In 2003 Warp Graphics, after publishing a few single issues and graphic novels, licensed the publishing rights to DC Comics. They published reprints in manga-like graphic novel format, as well as new material. In 2003 DC Comics also began re-releasing the original collections in re-colored hardcover format. These are considered by the authors themselves to be "the definitive version" of the material. In 2013 Dark Horse Comics acquired the publishing license for both reprint and new material.

Original material by publication date

This list includes only the first publication date for a given publication. It does not include reprint material.

Comics

1978: Fantasy Quarterly #1
From 1978-1992, Elfquest was published as a series of consecutive titles:
* 1978-1984: Elfquest: The Original Quest - 20 story issues plus one "extra" issue ; #1 reprints the story from Fantasy Quarterly #1; #21 was a "bonus" issue containing fan letters about the end of the quest, background sketches, published reviews, editorials, and other behind the scenes material.
* 1980: Epic Illustrated #1: anthology work containing new Elfquest short, "Homespun".
* 1986: Warp Graphics Annual, containing "Courage, By Any Other Name..."
* 1986-1988: Siege at Blue Mountain - 8 issues
* 1988-1990: Kings of the Broken Wheel - 9 issues
In 1992, the Elfquest series split into several concurrently-running series:
* 1992-1996: Hidden Years - 30 issues
* 1992-1996: New Blood - 35 issues
* 1993-1995: Blood of Ten Chiefs - 20 issues
* 1993-1994 WaveDancers I - 6 issues, created by Julie Ditrich, Bruce Love and Jozef Szekeres, also known as BMP.
** This story's non-canon status may be due to a contractual dispute between its creators and the Pinis.
* 1993: New Blood Summer Special - 1 issue
* 1994: Elfquest Bedtime Stories - anthology work containing several new shorts.
* 1994-1996: Shards - 16 issues
* 1994-1996: The Rebels - 12 issues
* 1994-1996: Jink - 12 issues
* 1995-1996: Kahvi - 6 issues
* 1995-1996: Two-Spear - 5 issues
* 1996: WaveDancers II Special - 1 issue
In 1996, the Elfquest lines were merged into a single monthly anthology comic containing several storylines:
* 1996: Metamorphosis - 1 issue
* 1996-1999: Elfquest II - 33 issues, containing the following storylines:
** "Dreamtime"
** "Fire-Eye"
** "Leetah's Song"
** "Mr. Beat"
** "Return to Centaur"
** "Rogue's Curse"
** "Tiny Toons"
** "Wavedancers"
** "Wild Hunt"
** "Wolfrider!"
** "Worldpool"
Several mini-series or one-issue stories were also published during the run of the ElfQuest anthology:
* 1997: Kings Cross - 2 issues
* 1997: Worldpool - 1 issue
* 1998: Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #1: anthology work containing new Elfquest short, "Jury".
* 1998: Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #4: anthology work containing new Elfquest short, "Rogue's Curse".
* 1998: Elfquest: The First Twenty Years: anthology work containing new Elfquest short, "The Heart's Way" and reprinting "Homespun" and "Courage, By Any Other Name".
After the Elfquest anthology comic came to an end in 1999, new material continued to be released in the form of one-issue stories, or as new material added to the Reader's Collections :
* 1999: Wolfrider - reader's collection containing the conclusion to the storyline begun in Elfquest II.
* 2001: Wolfshadow Summer Special - 1 issue
* 2001: Recognition Summer Special - 1 issue
* 2002: In All But Blood - reader's collection containing two new Elfquest shorts, "Troll Games and Soul Names" and "Full Circle" and reprinting "Wolfshadow" and "The Heart's Way".
In 2003, Elfquest was licensed to DC Comics. Since then, new material has been released:
* 2004: The Searcher and the Sword
* 2006: The Discovery - 4 issues
Since 2013, new comics as well as more reprints have been published by Dark Horse Comics:
* 2013: The Final Quest Special
* 2014–2018: The Final Quest - 24 issues
* 2019–2020: Stargazer's Hunt - 4 issues

Prose fiction

1984: Journey to Sorrow's End - prose novelization
1986: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, edited by Richard Pini, Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey - short story anthology:
* "Pendulum" - Richard Pini
* "Coming of Age" - Lynn Abbey
* "Plague of Allos" - Piers Anthony
* "Swift-Spear" - Mark C. Perry & C. J. Cherryh
* "Tale of the Snowbeast" - Janny Wurts
* "The Deer Hunters" - Allen L. Wold
* "Tanner's Dream" - Nancy Springer
* "The Spirit Quest" - Diana L. Paxson
* "Lessons in Passing" - Robert Lynn Asprin
* "Night Hunt" - Diane Carey
1988: Wolfsong, edited by Richard Pini, Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey - short story anthology:
* "Colors" - Richard Pini
* "Love and Memory" - Lynn Abbey
* "Songshaper" - Nancy Springer
* "The Search" - Christine Dewees & C. J. Cherryh
* "Genesis" - Richard Pini, Lynn Abbey, & Marcus Leahy
* "Dreamsinger's Tale" - Janny Wurts
* "Summer Tag" - Allen L. Wold
* "Stormlight's Way" - Nancy Springer
* "A Very Good Year for Dreamberries" - Diana L. Paxson
1989: Winds of Change, edited by Richard Pini - short story anthology:
* "Ice" - Lynn Abbey
* "Wind Warning" - Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
* "A Friend in Need" - Mercedes Lackey
* "Song's End" - Janny Wurts
* "The Flood" - Allen L. Wold
* "At the Oak's Root" - Nancy Springer
* "The Fire Song" - Diana L. Paxson
* "Coyote" - Richard Pini
* "The Phantom of the Berry Patch" - Mercedes Lackey & Richard Pini
1990: Against the Wind, edited by Richard Pini - short story anthology:
* "The Good Summer" - Lynn Abbey
* "Court and Chase" - Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
* "Ties that Bind" - Mercedes Lackey
* "Season of Sorrows" - Heather Gladney & Janny Wurts
* "Firstborn" - Allen L. Wold
* "Howl for Eldolil" - Nancy Springer
* "The Changeling" - Diana L. Paxson
* "Hero Worship" - Len Wein & Deni Loubert
1994: Dark Hours, edited by Richard Pini - short story anthology:
* "In Memory Green" - Alice Cascorbi & Richard Pini
* "Starting Over" - Lynn Abbey
* "Personal Challenge" - Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
* "Riders of the Storm" - Mercedes Lackey
* "The Naming of Stonefist" - Allen L. Wold
* "Finder" - Nancy Springer
* "Turnings" - Diana L. Paxson
* "The Long Hunt" - Len Wein & Bill Rotsler
* "Five-Finger Exercise" - Esther M. Friesner
A sixth volume titled "Hunter's Dawn" was planned, the stories even written, but never published. Elfquest volume II issue #26 contained some teasers.
1996: The Quest Begins - prose novelization
1996: A Gift of Her Own - children's book
1997: Captives of Blue Mountain - prose novelization

Nonfiction and game material

1981: The ElfQuest Gatherum #1 - background material book
1984: Elfquest Roleplaying Game: Elfbook & Worldbook
1985: Elfquest Roleplaying Game: The Elfquest Companion
1988: The ElfQuest Gatherum #2 - background material book
1997: The Big ElfQuest Gatherum - background material book.
1998: Elfquest: The First Twenty Years
1999: The Wolfrider's Guide to the World of ElfQuest - background material book

Graphic novels / reprints

Donning/Starblaze
* Elfquest Book 1
* Elfquest Book 2
* Elfquest Book 3
* Elfquest Book 4 Elfquest
* ElfQuest #1-#32 The Complete ElfQuest
* Vol. 1 - "Fire and Flight"
* Vol. 2 - "The Forbidden Grove"
* Vol. 3 - "Captives of Blue Mountain"
* Vol. 4 - "Quest's End"
* Vol. 5 - "Siege at Blue Mountain" #1-4
* Vol. 6 - "The Secret of Two-Edge"
* Vol. 7 - "The Cry From Beyond"
* Vol. 8 - "Kings of the Broken Wheel" #5-9
* Hidden Years #1-5
* Vol. 9 - "Rogue's Challenge"
* New Blood #1-5
* Bedtime Stories Reader's Collections
* RC Vol. 1 - "Fire and Flight"
* RC Vol. 2 - "The Forbidden Grove"
* RC Vol. 3 - "Captives of Blue Mountain"
* RC Vol. 4 - "Quest's End"
* RC Vol. 5 - "Siege at Blue Mountain"
* RC Vol. 6 - "The Secret of Two-Edge"
* RC Vol. 7 - "The Cry From Beyond"
* RC Vol. 8 - "Kings of the Broken Wheel" #5-9
* RC Vol. 8a - "Dreamtime"
* RC Vol. 8b - "In All But Blood"
* RC Vol. 9 - "Rogue's Curse"
* RC Vol. 9a - "Wolfrider"
* RC Vol. 9b - "Blood of Ten Chiefs" #1-7, 10-11
* RC Vol. 9c - "Kahvi"
* RC Vol. 9d - "Chief's Howl"
* RC Vol. 10 - "Shards"
* RC Vol. 11 - "Legacy"
* RC Vol. 11a - "Huntress"
* RC Vol. 11b - "The Wild Hunt"
* RC Vol. 11c - "Shadowstalker"
* RC Vol. 12 - "Ascent"
* RC Vol. 12a - "Reunion"
* RC Vol. 13 - The Rebels #1-6
* RC Vol. 13a - "Skyward Shadow"
* RC Vol. 14 - "Jink!"
* RC Vol. 14a - "Mindcoil"
* RC Vol. 15 - "Forevergreen"
* RC Vol. 15a - "Dream's End"
* RC Vol. 15b - "Phoenix"
* RC Vol. 16 - "WaveDancers"
* RC Vol. ? - "Worldpool"
Elfquest Archives
* Volume One
* Volume Two, short Homespun )
* Volume Three, A Day in the Lives, Elfquest Portfolio )
* Volume Four Elfquest
* Wolfrider volume 1
* Wolfrider volume 2
* The Grand Quest volume 1
* The Grand Quest volume 2
* The Grand Quest volume 3
* The Grand Quest volume 4
* The Grand Quest volume 5
* The Grand Quest volume 6
* The Grand Quest volume 7
* The Grand Quest volume 8
* The Grand Quest volume 9
* The Grand Quest volume 10
* The Grand Quest volume 11
* The Grand Quest volume 12
* The Grand Quest volume 13
* The Grand Quest volume 14 Elfquest color trade paperback
* Elfquest: Discovery
Dark Horse Books: The Complete Elfquest
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 1
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 2
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 3
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 4
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 5
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 6
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 7
* The Complete Elfquest Volume 8
Dark Horse Books: Elfquest: The Final Quest
* Elfquest: The Final Quest Volume 1
* Elfquest: The Final Quest Volume 2
* Elfquest: The Final Quest Volume 3
* Elfquest: The Final Quest Volume 4
Dark Horse Books: Elfquest: Stargazer's Hunt
* Elfquest: Stargazer's Hunt Volume 1
* Elfquest: Stargazer's Hunt Volume 2
* Elfquest: Stargazer's Hunt Complete Edition