Editing Elfquest (section)

===DC Comics===
[[File:Elfquest - Wolfrider Volume 1.jpg|270px|thumb|''Elfquest: Wolfrider'' #1, 2003.]]
In March 2003, after 25 years of self-publication, the Pinis licensed all publishing and merchandising rights in the series to [[DC Comics]], although the Pinis retained ownership and creative control.

DC's publication of ''Elfquest'' material began in July 2003 with ''The Elfquest 25th Anniversary Special'', reprinting the first issue of ''Elfquest'' with new computer coloring and lettering by Wendy Pini and two short interviews with the Pinis. This was a teaser for ''The Elfquest Archives'', hardcover color compilation volumes which were released beginning in November. This series planned to reprint the first eight graphic novel collections in glossy format with new coloring and lettering. Fans complained that the publication schedule was disappointingly slow. Volume 2 was originally scheduled to appear in fall 2004 but after some delays was finally released in March 2005, 16 months after Volume 1. Part of the reason for the delay is that Wendy Pini was undergoing [[hip]] replacement [[surgery]].<ref>[http://www.elfquest.com/edits/WendyWords_06_21_04.html Wendy Words] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204060446/http://www.elfquest.com/edits/WendyWords_06_21_04.html|date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>

Meanwhile, September 2003 saw the publication of ''Elfquest: Wolfrider Volume 1'', beginning a series of bimonthly [[manga]]-sized black-and-white reprint collections which arrange the story into chronological order for the first time, beginning around 600 years before the events in the original series. ''Wolfrider Volume 2'' is followed chronologically by ''Elfquest: The Grand Quest Volume 1'', the first in a series reprinting the original storyline, including the additional art drawn for the Marvel version. In this series, the original artwork has been rearranged into new panel layouts for clarity in the physically smaller manga format, which sometimes involved Wendy Pini adding extensions to the original artwork. Some sections of the original artwork are not included, for example in ''ElfQuest: The Grand Quest Volume 11'', a standalone story involving Tyleet and her adopted human son Little Patch is not in the volume, though later in Volume 13 Tyleet mentions Little Patch constantly while discussing the dream she had while encased for 10,000 years by the Preservers.

Another book, ''Elfquest: The Searcher and the Sword'', was published in July 2004. Critical reaction was generally favorable; the major criticism leveled at the book is that it is overpriced for its size (96 pages).

After the four-issue comic series ''Elfquest: Discovery'', published in 2006, no more new stories appeared until the ''Final Quest'', beginning in 2012.