Elfquest - Hidden Years [Hardcover]

Wendy Pini (Author), Richard Pini (Author)

Book Description

Series: Elfquest | Publication Date: March 1993

Completely new stories from the World of Two Moons--unknown and unrecorded--until now. Share the ill-omened birth of Skywise the stargazer, the tempest as grown-up chief's-daughter Ember strives for her own freedom, the joys and sorrows of a human cub growing among the Wolfriders, and more. Full color.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns; First Thus edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936861304
• ISBN-13: 978-0936861302
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #504,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Pinis are back in a great, flaring nova!, April 8, 2000

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R. Garcia "Beeyotch" (Brockport, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elfquest - Hidden Years (Hardcover)

In a slightly smaller format than the original paperback volumes, the Elfquest tales that occurred between the great espiodes of the elfin adventures on The World of Two Moons are all presented in full, glaring colors that really blinds your eyes which are more accustomed to the gentler tones of the colorized comic-book collections. Here you meet Strongbow and his wolffriend, Kyavek and her winged boyfriend, Ember and her coming-of-age discoveries, Tyleet and her foster kid, and Skywise and his ill-fated parents. Personally, I feel that the gentle little Tyleet had inherited her mother's child-hunger, so she had a chance to fulfill her aching maternal instincts with an abandoned infant from a nearby human camp. Pretty sappy, in my opinion. But all the Elfquest fans get to unlock even more mysteries about their most favorite elfin characters as well as color-saturated new stories to boot!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hidden Years: four gems and a diamond, April 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Elfquest - Hidden Years (Hardcover)

Outstanding artwork, four compelling tales - and one tearjerker for the ages, the final story "Starfall, Starrise".

The visual work of this volume is, praise the pharaohs, presented IN COLOR. Better yet, the coloring is a return to the exquisite work done for the long-out-of-print Donning editions of EQ (from the mid-80s); the hues, shading and detail make the characters all but three-dimensional!

All five stories are of quality, but by far the two standouts are "Little Patch" and "Starfall, Starrise". The former deals with Tyleet's daring decision to raise a human foundling as her own child - and as an elf; the joy and heartbreak - sometimes both at once - of her life with one who is, at once, dearest and farthest from her. Despite the very quiet tone of the tale, it is one of the most thought-provoking in the entire series.

The latter story, which concludes the book, deals with the tragic circumstances of Skywise's birth. The conclusion of this tale is a masterstroke - the revelation that the "killer" actually tried to save the baby's mother, and that HE suffered the greatest horrors. The last page of this story... well, if there could be one "signature" image for the Elfquest saga, this would be it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best in a long while, June 1, 2001

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"lori_in_berkeley" (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elfquest - Hidden Years (Hardcover)

A collection of short stories, _Hidden Years_ fills in some missing spots in the storyline, mostly from the time period before the 'Shards'and Kings of the Broken Wheel timeline. It was really nice to see that a story could indeed be covered in the equivalent of one issue of a comic book. My favorites are the story depicted on the cover and the origin story for Skywise. No spoilers here, just go out and get it.