ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Zazapat Ikopek - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt (Dark Horse, 2021 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: May 2022
Key date: 2022-05-00
On-sale date: 2022-06-08
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Books
Price: $17.99; 23.99 CAD
Pages: 108
Barcode: 978150672141551799
ISBN: 9781506721415

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Zazapat Ikopek - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Nokkah - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dre-Ahn - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Cutter, Goldruff, Jink, Moonshade, Skywise, Strongbow, Timmain
1	unpublished ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #5 cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Skywise, Thistlecap
2	Found in the Stars	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Wendy Pini
3	-	comic story	20	script: Richard Pini, Wendy Pini; pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait; letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot	Cutter, Ember, Freetouch, Goldruff, Zazapat Ikopek First, Jink, Leetah, Pike, Skywise, Suntop, Thistlecap, Timmain, Par Tolfsson, Trinket
4	unpublished ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #6 cover	illustration	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Zazapat Ikopek First, Par Tolfsson
5	-	comic story	20	script: Richard Pini, Wendy Pini; pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait; letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot	Ember, Goldruff, Zazapat Ikopek First, Jink, Leetah, Mender, Nokkah First, Shuna, Skywise, Teir, Thistlecap, Par Tolfsson, Trinket, Yun
6	unpublished ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #7 cover	illustration	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Skywise
7	-	comic story	20	script: Richard Pini, Wendy Pini; pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait; letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot	Cutter, Dre-Ahn First, Goldruff, Zazapat Ikopek First, Jink, Leetah, Nokkah First, Petalwing, Picknose, Skywise, Thistlecap, Par Tolfsson, Yun
8	unpublished ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #8 cover	illustration	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Cutter, Goldruff, Jink, Moonshade, Skywise, Strongbow, Timmain
9	-	comic story	20	script: Richard Pini, Wendy Pini; pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait; letters: Nate Piekos of Blambot	Brill, Dre-Ahn First, Goldruff, Zazapat Ikopek First, Jink, Leetah, Old Maggoty, Nokkah First, Petalwing, Picknose, Satreeka, Savah, Skywise, Strongbow
10	-	illustration	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Cutter, Skywise
11	Stargazer on the Run	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Richard Pini; pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait	Skywise
12	Dream Job	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Sonny Strait; pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Sonny Strait	Goldruff, Leetah, Petalwing, Picknose, Skywise, Thistlecap, Yun
13	Shades of Gray	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	3	script: Wendy Pini; pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait	Zazapat Ikopek First, Timmain, Par Tolfsson
14	ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #1 cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Jink, Skywise, Strongbow, Timmain
15	unpublished ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt #5 cover	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Wendy Pini; inks: Wendy Pini; colors: Wendy Pini	Cutter, Goldruff, Jink, Moonshade, Skywise, Strongbow, Timmain
16	-	illustration	1	pencils: Sonny Strait; inks: Sonny Strait; colors: Sonny Strait	Skywise, Thistlecap

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Elfquest: Stargazer's Hunt Complete Edition #[nn] ISBN 9781506742359	2023	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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