Elfquest Reader's Collection #9a: Wolfrider! [Paperback]

Christy Marx (Author), Richard Pini (Author), Wendy Pini (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns; illustrated edition edition (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936861673
• ISBN-13: 978-0936861678
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,764,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely a must!, January 13, 2002

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Nicole (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elfquest Reader's Collection #9a: Wolfrider! (Paperback)

If you are a fan of the Elfquest comics, this is really a must to own. Lots of facts are to be revealed about Bearclaw's leadership and about the elf he was and if you are fan of Strongbow, you really must read it...

Why?
Because in this book you will find all kinds of emotion, from happiness to desperation and grief. And a dark chapter in the history of the Wolfriders is enlightened. What kind of chief, lifemate and father was Bearclaw?
And...
Did you ever wanted to know more about Strongbow, the silent archer? And about his deceased child? Then this issue is worth to read. His dislike of changes, it doesn't come out of nowhere, does it? Read and you'll know.

Not only this issue, but all the issues drawn by Wendy Pini are worth to read... you won't regret it......

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very complex look at a complex character., December 26, 2001

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Cas (the Idaho mountains) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elfquest Reader's Collection #9a: Wolfrider! (Paperback)

Bearclaw isn't an easy character to love, and he definitely isn't the stereotypical nurturing, loving, peacable Wolfrider. The book details how he came to make war on the humans and firmly sets responsibility for that war just as squarely on his shoulders as on the humans'. Prejudice, racial hatred, violent childrearing, and Dumb Boy Mistakes abound here. After reading this book, I came to understand that the Pini's elves are in their way just as human as we are, and just as capable of unpleasant behavior and beliefs.

In "Hidden Years", when Ember asks her father, Cutter (whose hand is raised to slap her), "Who taught you to do that, anyway?", the question is all the more poignant, and Cutter's childrearing beliefs in the face of Bearclaw's treatment become all the more remarkable.

I was quite jarred when, midway through the book, another artist took over -- this new artist had a very different style from Wendy and honestly I did not like that style much -- but eventually Wendy took over again.

I'd consider this a must-have in an Elfquest reader's library. It very efficiently balances the overly-good image the elves have.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, February 18, 2000

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"gadzook9" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elfquest Reader's Collection #9a: Wolfrider! (Paperback)

I think that this book is very interesting becasue it gives a little insight into bearclaw's world as a leader, but the illustrations get a little shotty towards the end. But all in all it is a great book. I recomend reading this book, so one would be able to learn the history of the wolfRider tribe.