The Secret of Two-Edge

(The Complete Elfquest: Book Six)
by
Wendy & Richard Pini

Father Tree Press, February 1989, 128 pp.
ISBN: 0-936861-11-8

Genre: Comics
Subgenre: Graphic Novel
Reviewed: 4/14/2002

Reviewed by: Conan Tigard

Book Cover

Comic Page

ElfQuest page

 

Synopsis

Winnowill still has Windkin and is tainting the poor infant. Cutter, Scouter and Clearbrook along with Adar and Noona enter Blue Mountain with the intent of rescuing Dewshine and Windkin. With the help of the Preservers, Cutter subdues the Chosen Eight. Rayek also travels into Blue Mountain with the intent of conquering Winnowill. Meanwhile, Dart leads many of the Sun Villagers to Blue Mountain with the intent of helping Cutter, after Suntop asked Savah for assistance. But things go astray when Rayek is subdued by Winnowill, humans attack the new holt, and Skywise gets stuck with his arm in the rock by Door. To top it off Winnowill is finally ready to hatch her master plan and leave this accursed planet behind. 

The Secret of Two-Edge is a collection of the second set of four comic books in the Elfquest: Siege at Blue Mountain mini-series (numbers 5 through 8) written by Wendy and Richard Pini and illustrated by Wendy Pini. Although the original comics were released in black and white, these pages have been colored to add enhancement to Wendy Pini's detailed artwork. 

ElfQuest is both excellently told and drawn with exquisite beauty. Wendy Pini is a very talented artist and really can take the reader deep into the story with the masterful stoke of her pencil. At the end of the book are the front covers for Warp Graphics comics, a nicely told (in colored pencils) story called "Homespun" about when Petalwing and the rest of the Preservers wrap up Malak and Selah (the two humans) in their wrapstuff, and two black and white images.

 

Review

The Secret of Two-Edge takes place shortly after the end of Siege at Blue Mountain. This being the last book that I have, but not the end of the ElfQuest, I was quite pleased with how this mini-series ends.

Once again, the artwork is wonderful and the storytelling is superb. But like Siege at Blue Mountain, the story is only four comics long and this time there aren't a lot of goodies at the end of the book. But, if you have read all the other books in this series, this one is a must pick up. The story moves along at a fast pace and is a lot of fun to read.

ElfQuest is an excellent Fantasy series that really shouldn't be missed.

I rated this book an 8½ out of 10.

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2002