PRESS RELEASE
One of the most beloved fantasy series in comic book history is setting out to reach new fans of epic fantasy with a stunning new hardcover volume collection. ElfQuest: The Original Quest will be available for new fans and long-time readers alike to experience with a four-book series showcasing the entire Original Quest, now in full color for the first time at Dark Horse. ElfQuest: The Original Quest Book 1 will arrive in bookstores in February 2025 and Book 2 in May 2025. The rest of the series is expected to be available before the end of 2025–more details to be announced. Today, ElfQuest readers can pre-order Books 1 and 2 from your favorite book and comics retailers!
Creators Wendy and Richard Pini had this to say about the new hardcover volume set:
“We envy everyone who is discovering—or rediscovering—ElfQuest in this gorgeous new full-color Dark Horse incarnation for the first time. ElfQuest is classic yet refreshingly surprising in the way it tosses traditional fantasy clichés out on their pointed ears. The quest of the title—a search for identity, for home, for family—though decades in the telling—is today more contemporary, relevant…and needed…than ever. From forest to mountain, from desert to frozen waste, you’re in for one hell of a howling good thrill-ride.”
A New York Times Best Seller, ElfQuest tells the adventures of elfin chief Cutter and the Wolfriders – a tribe of feral, forest-dwelling elves allied with wolves – as they seek to find their true place in a dangerous world. It’s a story about inclusiveness, self-discovery, finding community and overcoming the forces of bigotry and hate—all wrapped in a visually stunning high-fantasy adventure. Wendy Pini’s artwork blends eastern and western artistic conventions into a new and unique style. ElfQuest has been called “the first American manga.”
In ElfQuest: The Original Quest Book 1:
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.
Begin the Quest of a lifetime when ElfQuest: The Original Quest Book 1 hits bookstores on February 25, 2025, and comic shops on February 26, 2025. This 176-page (6.625 x 10.1875″) hardcover book is now available for pre-order for $29.99. Pre-order today from TFAW, Amazon, Barnes and Noble or your local bookstore, or visit PRH Comics or Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.
In ElfQuest: The Original Quest Book 2:
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 tangles 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?
Keep the Quest alive when ElfQuest: The Original Quest Book 2 arrives in bookstores on May 20, 2025, and comic shops on May 21, 2025. This 176-page (6.625 x 10.1875″) hardcover book is now available for pre-order for $29.99. Pre-order today from TFAW, Amazon, Barnes and Noble or your local bookstore, or visit PRH Comics or Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.
Stay tuned for more news and watch for Books 3 and 4 to complete the Quest when pre-orders become available for the entire series!
