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Title: Ascent (Elfquest Reader's Collection, Book 12) by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney ISBN: 0936861436 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book, but get the sequel too!
Comment: Since I read this book in it's original form (comic books) I don't know what the black and white version is like, but I loved this story. It's the most intense Elfquest story yet (and there is some gore - probably not suitable for children)! But if you get this book, you should also read it's sequel to find out what happens. The ending is great!
Rating: 2
Summary: What a disappointment :(
Comment: I can't believe that Wendi and Richard sell their story like it was some cheap....@#$!*&^!!! They receive my ultimate praise for the first four compilations (the original #1-#20)which are the best fantasy epic that I have ever read but anything after that I do not bother reading. The quality of the artwork has gone way down and it is as if some giant tornado has come along and swept up all the characters I knew and replaced them with the X-men! Please Richard and Wendi save the characters we all know and love and bring them back to us!
Rating: 4
Summary: Through a glass darkly... except sometimes
Comment: The present book, "Ascent", covers the first part of the story of the Wolfriders' attempt to win the Palace of the High Ones back from their old enemy Winnowill - and a new one, the dictator Grohmul Djun.
First, it must be said that this is the darkest EQ tale yet. Given that the story deals with two would-be Stalins (take a guess, fans), this is inevitable - but fair warning, the opening scene (the first three pages) is NOT for children! That said, this is a dramatic, well-paced story, much more unified than that in the companion volume "Legacy". Too, the artwork is far more consistent, it having been entrusted to only one team of artists. (The use of several teams for "Legacy" is that book's weakness; art and story are very diffuse in that volume.)
It is a measure of the quality and "4-D-ness" of the story that grim, even frightening events share the stage with moments of lightheartedness, each appropriate to the story. Try, for instance, "Wood" (issue 2 of the series),the sequence depicting the Wolfriders and the trolls.
In short, despite the often-depressing story line (which will become even more so in "Reunion", the upcoming sequel), this book is a story well told with artwork well drawn - and a very affecting ending.
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #12a: Reunion by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney ISBN: 0936861444 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #11c: Shadowstalker by Joellyn Auklandus, Wendy Pini, Lorraine Reyes ISBN: 0936861754 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #11a: Huntress by Joellyn Auklandus, Steve Blevins ISBN: 0936861460 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #10: Shards by Richard Pini, Wendy Pini, Brandon McKinney, Charles Barnett ISBN: 0936861428 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Elfquest Reader's Collection #11: Legacy by Wendi Lee, Joellyn Auklandus, Steve Blevins, O.F. Roko ISBN: 0936861452 Publisher: Warp Graphics Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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