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A look at the original EQ vision, April 28, 1999
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This review is from: Elfquest Reader's Collection #3: Captives of Blue Mountain (Paperback)
The present "Reader's Collection" version of the EQ series presents the first eight books (originally 37 issues) in their original black-and-white format. Despite the absence of color, this edition is valuable for its wealth of visual detail - some of which was unfortunately lost when Marvel Comics reissued the series (up to no. 20) in colorized form - blunt and unsubtle color, to say truth. (Beg, borrow or steal the Donning color versions from the mid-80s!) The point has been made repeatedly, of course, but rereading the original 20 issues reminds one, again, of the incredible amount of thought that went into the creation of the story - as LITERATURE as well as art. For an author to create not one but 17 protagonists - whose cares, fears and hopes virtually become our own - is not often acheived even in ordinary literature... certainly never in the comic industry! For all the magic-users, trolls, and insectoids featured in the series, it is the emotional realism - the use of the elfin to mirror the human - that has, and always will, make Elfquest what it is.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Only one word needed here........Awesome!, July 11, 1999
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This review is from: Elfquest Reader's Collection #3: Captives of Blue Mountain (Paperback)
This is the third book out of four collections of the original quest which are, in my opinion, works of genius!! The first book is Fire and Flight, the second - The Forbidden Grove, and the last (In my opinion, as the stuff that follows doesn't really seem like Elfquest to me) is the Quest's End. I have been reading those same four books over and over again for 15 years and I feel that they have enriched my life.
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Wow...this is good!, December 15, 2000
This review is from: Elfquest Reader's Collection #3: Captives of Blue Mountain (Paperback)
If you are new to the world of elfquest this is the third book in the elfquest line.Before it comes the books Fire and Flight(book #1)and the Forbbiden Grove(book #2). In this book, you meet the Gliders, a group of elves that claims to be the High Ones. You also meet the dark and evil Winnowill, a healer but one which uses her powers for hurting rather then healing.Lastly you learn the secret of the Wolfriders... I won't give away the story but I do reccomend you buy this book for its art,story and feeling...
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