Elfquest Shards (1994) #1

Cover pencils by Brandon McKinney, inks by Terry Beatty. Clay, script by Richard Pini (co-plot) and Wendy Pini (co-plot, script), pencils by Brandon McKinney, inks by Terry Beatty;

The Black Snake, the former Gliders ruler after Lord Voll, Winnowill has developed morphic-capability; She grew a "fifth finger" and bethrothed herself to the most powerful of humans, the Warlord Grohmul Djun, and calling herself "Venovel"; Her Child, the Half-Troll Half-Elf Two-Edge, built the citadel Palace for the human ruler, and speaks to her by "sending" through the walls of his masterpiece; Assassins come for VenoVel and stab her through the heart, but her morphic ability closes the knife in her chest; she spins and delivers a death-blow to the culprit while the other assassin runs away.

36 pgs., B&W. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.