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Elfquest

How to read Elfquest in chronological order

Elfquest is the longest-running independent fantasy graphic novel series in the USA, with more than 20 million comics, graphic novels and other publications in print. The story of Cutter, chief of the Wolfrider tribe of elves, and his quest to find others of their own kind on the world of two moons, Elfquest was first published in 1978 by creators Wendy and Richard Pini." -Elfquest.com
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This master list attempts to set all the Elfquest stories in chronological order. The complete storyline, from the arrival of the elves on Abode to the planet's space age, spans some 21,000 years. Headings are inserted to mark the most radical shifts in elfin history. The titles are linked so you can read them online in order.

​If you have never read Elfquest, start by reading the first twenty Elfquest comics published between 1978-1984, unofficially called “The Grand Quest." It was written and drawn exclusively by the creators of Elfquest, Wendy and Richard Pini. The comics produced after that first series were written and drawn by many contributors, and jump around between various timelines and stories in the history of the elves. Though all were published by the Pinis, not all contain artwork or writing directly done by the Pinis, and many are back stories or 'what-if' tales and thus not always consistent. The most recent series, "The Final Quest," still available in stores, ties all of the stories together and brings the long-awaited conclusion the central storyline–40 years later to the day!

All of the Elfquest comics except The Final Quest are available to read online for free at Elfquest.com. But for the best reading experience, read them in print! My favorite editions are the color 4-volume Archives (colored by Wendy Pini), but those are quite expensive as they are no longer in print. My second favorite are the color 4-volume Starblaze editions printed in the 80s, which go for a much lower price and are beautiful as well (though it's worth noting that Wendy wasn't happy with the coloring in this, so if you want to see the colors as she intended, get the Archives or read them online.)

If you just want a refresher or overview of certain comics, you can read a short or long synopsis here.


Central Chronology

​​Even though I do provide a complete chronology below that contains all of the Elfquest comics, here is a "short list" of only those comics which are part of the central Elfquest storyline, in chronological order and linked to the online versions:
  • Elfquest #1-20 - The Grand Quest
  • Siege at Blue Mountain
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel
  • Hidden Years #4 - Right of Passage
  • Hidden Years #10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
  • Shards #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12-16
  • Full Circle (a short story in Reader's Collection 8b "In All But Blood")
  • The Searcher and the Sword
  • The Discovery
  • The Final Quest

Complete Chronology

Arrival of the High Ones on Abode
  • Hidden Years 6 - How Shall I Keep from Singing? Part 1 
  • Hidden Years 7 - How Shall I Keep from Singing? Part 2 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 1 - Colors

The Wolfriders
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 3 - Swift-Spear (originally subtitled Part 1) 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 4 - Two-Spear (sequel to issue 3) 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 6 - Tale of the Snowbeast 
  • Two-Spear 1-6
  • Kahvi 2 - Perchance to Dream (conclusion) - Kahvi 3 - Music of the Spears (beginning) 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 5 - Talon 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 7 - At the Oak's Root 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 17 - Howl for Eldolil 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 18 - Finder 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 8 - Spirit Quest 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 9 - Shadow Play 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 12 - Coyote 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 13 - Demontricker's Dilemma 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 14 - Hero Worship 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 2 - The Phantom of the Berry Patch 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 15 - Lessons in Passing 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 16 - Of the Fathers 
  • Hidden Years 9 - The Enemy's Face 
  • Wolfrider! Part 1-5 (Reader's Collection and manga. Originally in EQII 19, 21, 23, 25, 27)
  • Hidden Years 5 - Starfall, Starrise 
  • Wolfrider! Part 6-7 (Reader's Collection and manga. Originally in EQII 29, 31)
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 19 - Scavengers 
  • By Any Other Name (Warp Annual #1)
  • Wolfrider! Part 8 (Reader's Collection and manga. Originally in EQII 33)
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 10 - The Broken Circle Part 1 
  • Blood of Ten Chiefs 11 - The Broken Circle Part 2 
  • Wolfrider! Part 9-10 (Reader's Collection and manga.)
  • Troll Games and Soul Names (Reader’s Collection 8b: In All But Blood)
  • New Blood 6
  • Wolfrider! Part 11-Part 12  (Reader's Collection and manga.)

The Grand Quest
  • Elfquest 1 - Fire and Flight 
  • Elfquest 2 - Raid At Sorrow's End 
  • Elfquest 3 - The Challenge 
  • Elfquest 4 - Wolfsong 
  • Elfquest 5 - Voice of the Sun 
  • The Heart's Way (Elfquest the First 20 Years)
  • New Blood 4 - Moonshade 
  • Homespun (Elfquest the First 20 Years)
  • Elfquest 6 - The Quest Begins 
  • Elfquest 7 - The Dreamberry Tales 
  • Elfquest 8 - Hands of the Symbol Maker 
  • Elfquest 9 - The Lodestone 
  • Elfquest 10 - The Forbidden Grove 
  • Elfquest 11 - Lair of the Bird Spirits 
  • Elfquest 12 - What Is the Way 
  • Elfquest 13 - The Secret of the Wolfriders 
  • Elfquest 14 - The Fall 
  • Elfquest 15 - The Quest Usurped! 
  • New Blood 9 - Long Dream's Ending 
  • Elfquest 16 - The Go-Backs 
  • Elfquest 17 - The First War 
  • Elfquest 18 - The Treasure 
  • Elfquest 19 - Quest's End Part 1 
  • Elfquest 20 - Quest's End Part 2

The Palace Recovered
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 1 (pages 1-16) 
  • New Blood 5 - Windkin 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 1 (pages 17-end) 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 2 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 3 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 4 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 5 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 6 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 7 
  • Siege at Blue Mountain 8 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 1 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 2 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 3 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 4 
  • Rock-Shaper (New Blood Summer Special)
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 5 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 6 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 7 
  • Hidden Years 2 - Going Back 
  • New Blood 11 - War Part 1 
  • New Blood 12 - War Part 2 
  • New Blood 13 - Forevergreen Part 1 beginning (pages 1-14) 
  • Frank Frazetta Fantasy illustrated 1 - “The Jury"
  • Hidden Years 1 - Wolfwood 
  • Hidden Years 3 - Little Patch 
  • Kahvi 1-6
  • NB Summer Special: The Price of a Soul (not available to read online)
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 8 
  • Kings of the Broken Wheel 9 
  • 2001 Summer Special 1 - Wolfshadow
  • Dreamtime (Reader's Collection. Originally in EQ II 4-7, 9, 11-13, 15-16, 18, 10)
  • Hidden Years 8 - Daughter's Day 
  • Hidden Years 4 - Right of Passage 
  • New Blood 13 - Forevergreen Part 1 conclusion (pages 15-end) 
  • Hidden Years 9.5 - Rogue's Challenge 
  • Hidden Years 10 - Shards Part 1 (episode was not numbered in the magazine) 
  • New Blood 14 - Forevergreen Part 2 
  • Hidden Years 11 - Shards Part 2 
  • Hidden Years 12 - Shards Part 3 
  • Hidden Years 13 - Shards Part 4 
  • Hidden Years 14 - Shards Part 5 
  • Hidden Years 15 - Shards Part 6
After issue 15, the plot splits in two, with Hidden Years carrying one thread and the Shards magazine the other. A third series, New Blood issues 13-35, runs parallel to these two plot lines. How New Blood interlocks with the other two series is not easy to tell, so most of this plotline is shown first.
  • New Blood 15 - Forevergreen Part 3 
  • New Blood 16 - Forevergreen Part 4 
  • New Blood 17 - Forevergreen Part 5 
  • New Blood 18 - Forevergreen Part 6 
  • New Blood 19 - Forevergreen Part 7 
  • New Blood 20 - Forevergreen Part 8 
  • New Blood 21 - Forevergreen Part 9 (According to this episode, which appeared in September 1994, the story at this point is a year behind the events of Shards 2 and Hidden Years 16, which were published at about the same time.) 
  • New Blood 22 - Forevergreen Part 10 
  • New Blood 23 - One Life One Lie 
  • New Blood 24 - Opening Door 
  • New Blood 25 - Prelude to Doorwar 1 - Sorrow's End 
  • New Blood 26 - Prelude to Doorwar 2 - Darkness Settling 
  • New Blood 27 - Doorwar 
  • New Blood 28 - Triompe and Defeat 
  • New Blood 29 - In a Gilded Cage 
  • New Blood 30 - Fight or Flight 
  • New Blood 31 - Window of the Soul 
  • New Blood 32 - Sorrow's Fate 
  • Shards 1 - Clay 
  • Shards 2 - Wood 
  • Shards 3 - Stone 
  • Hidden Years 16 - First Step 
  • Shards 4 - Flesh 
  • Hidden Years 17 - Something Old, Something New 
  • Shards 5 - Hand 
  • Hidden Years 18 - Thick-coming Fancies 
  • Shards 6 - Head 
  • Hidden Years 19 - Mouse Hunt 
  • Shards 7 - Heart 
  • Hidden Years 20 - When Head Meets Head 
  • Shards 8 - Turnabout Part 1 
  • Hidden Years 21 - Messenger 
  • Shards 9 - Turnabout Part 2 
  • Hidden Years 22 - Inheritance 
  • Shards 10 - Revelation Part 1 (simultaneous with Hidden Years 23) 
  • Hidden Years 23 - Alpha and Omega (simultaneous with Shards 10) 
  • Shards 11 - Revelation Part 2 
  • Hidden Years 24 - Fire Fire Burning Bright 
  • Shards 12 - The Key (simultaneous with Hidden Years 25) 
  • Hidden Years 25 - Before the Storm (simultaneous with Shards 12) 
  • Shards 13 - Underground 
  • Hidden Years 26 - Questions - No Answers
  • Shards 14 - Reunion
  • Hidden Years 27 - To Shed a Teir 
  • Shards 15 - Resurrection 
  • Hidden Years 28 - Siege at Howling Rock 
  • New Blood 33 - Blood's End Part 1 
  • New Blood 34 - Blood's End Part 2 
  • New Blood 35 - Blood's End Part 3 
  • Hidden Years 29 - Chief's Fate (partially overlaps Shards 16) 
  • Shards 16 - The New Beginning 
  • Leetah's Song (EQ II 32) (takes place during Shards 16) 

The Palace Restored
  • Wild Hunt Betwixt Tale 2 (EQ II 14)
  • EQ Reader’s Collection 8b: In All But Blood - Full Circle
  • The Searcher and the Sword
  • Wavedancers 1 (This storyline originally was intended to take place a few human generations after the events of Shards and Hidden Years. However, for the Discovery series, Warp Graphics apparently has moved the timeline much farther back, to a time only a few years after the Shards War. The Discovery begins five years after that war.)
  • Wavedancers Graphic Novel (Reader's Collection; Originally in EQ II)
  • Wavedancers Unpublished Chapters
  • The Discovery
  • Wild Hunt Betwixt Tale 1 (EQII - Don't know what volume this is in)
  • The Wild Hunt (Reader's Collection. Originally in Metamorphosis; EQII 1-7,10,12,15,18,20-30, 9,11,14)
  • Mender's Tale (EQII 32, 33, Parts 3, 4, 5 never published; click on links to read)
  • 2001 Summer Special #2 - Recognition - a what-if tale; canon version is in Final Quest
  • Fire-Eye (Reader's Collection. Originally in Metamorphosis; EQII 1-17,19-22)
  • The Final Quest (the must-read stunning conclusion to the central storyline!)
  • Stargazer's Hunt
  • Rogue's Curse (Reader's Collection. Originally in EQII 8, Metamorphosis, EQII 1,3,9-10,12-13,15-17,20,22,24-30; Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #4 1998)
  • Proof Positive Part 1 (EQII 2)
  • Proof Positive Part 2 (EQII 3)

Invasion of the Neverending aliens
The first two stories of the Abodean space age, The Rebels and Jink, are set 900 years after the Shards War era and parallel each other closely.
  • Jink 1 - Now You See Her... 
  • Jink 2 - Jink Quest 
  • Jink 3 - Neverending Story 
  • Jink 4 - Soul Meets Soul 
  • Jink 5 - Convergence - Hide and Seek 
  • Jink 6 - Should Auld Acquaintance... (The last few pages take place six months after the rest, at the same time as The Rebels 6.) 
  • The Rebels 1 - To Colder Seas 
  • The Rebels 2 - Leavetaking 
  • The Rebels 3 - He That Goes 
  • The Rebels 4 - Aught Other Reason 
  • The Rebels 5 - The Business of War 
  • The Rebels 6 - Sharp Tools 
  • Jink 7 - Mindcoil Part 1 - Blue Mountain, Black Snake 
  • Jink 8 - Mindcoil Part 2 - Lawless, Winged and Unconfined 
  • Jink 9 - Ripples 
  • Jink 10 - On Shifting Sands 
  • Jink 11 - Of Unholy Blue 
  • Jink 12 - ...Be Forgot 
  • The Rebels 7 - Into the Dark 
  • The Rebels 8 - Running With the Night 
  • The Rebels 9 - Lightning On the Road 
  • The Rebels 10 - The Thunder of Hearts 
  • The Rebels 11 - The Melting Pot 
  • The Rebels 12 - Fire and Steele 
  • Futurequest (Metamorphosis, EQII 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22)
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