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The Epic Legends of the Hierarchs comic book

A comic series written by Annonymous Miranda and published by Realmworlds Publishing, the ELotH (no "The Elemenstor Saga") comic was a 57-or-so issue comics (there was some confusion over the numbering of certain comics) chronicling the adventures of the Air Elemenstor Horizon, the Extremely Elf and Barber-surgeon I'den, the Lifegiver Man-raised-by-Quilp Crisis, and their semi-leader, the enigmatic and prematurely gray Twilight. Later issues added the former foe Deldon to their ranks.

Inception

The beginnings of the comic were quite simple: Realmsworld wanted an Elemenstor comic series, and Annonymous Miranda took up the mantle of writing the series. However, due to awkward juggling of budget, the series lacked an actual artist for several issues, leaving Annonymous to do the art by herself.

Reaction

The comics were a reasonable success, even with their early artistic limitations, and have been collected in several Graphic Novels. In the light of his all-consuming neutrality (and occasional outright hostility) towards most ELOTH:TES comic spinoffs, Tycho Brahe has been immensely generous with his granting slight, damning praise to the comic*.

Known Issues

Below is a list of many of the issues of the ELotH comic book.

1: Of the Dark between Pears

2: Into Skeins

3: Over there be giants

4: Roundabout Dragons

5: Dark Arpeggios

6: Dawn of Deldon

7: Deldon Afternoon

8: Deldon Cut Short

9: Grief Happening

First of three non-Annonymous-artists, Yoshi Imano, to work on the series is hired

10: Terrordox Paradox

11: Gibbinous Temporality

Issues #12 through #17- Forgottenness Saga

12: Vox Silentium

13: Moving Picture Scrolls

14: Lair'd and Ladies

15: Charnel Forge

16: Hell Wyrmed Over - First artist suffers a stroke after finishing the illustration of the Charnel Wyrm

17: Flesh Falls Away

18: Extremely Elven Envy

Issues #19 through #21- The Twilight's Garden Trilogy

19: In the Shadow of Dragons - New artist, Scotch Mcleod is hired

20: A Meal of Ash

21: Sorrow's Footsoldier

22: Off to the Hikinkis

Also 22: Off to Hijinkis

23: Furry People Attack -Scotch Mcleod fired for bad timing

24: Blue Gray Twilight

25: Paladin Pals

26: Joyous Quilpay, Doctor

27: Vampyre Puppy Pyre

Issues #28 through #30- The Winter into Spring Saga

28: A Costly Mistake

29: A Brewer, a Beggar, and a Barmaid

30: Into the Air - double size issue

31: Popsicle Girl -New artist, Shuchisen Chorizo, hired, subsequently fired, and shunned

Issues #32 through #37- The Ending of Times Sextuplet

32: The Fog of War

33: The Journey of a Thousand Miles

34: True Horizons

35: Choxo Town at Last!

36: Together Forever

37: A Parting of Ways

Cross-overs

Cross-overs illustrated by second artist, Scotch Mcleod

1: Crisis Dies at the End

2: Crisis Versus the Volcano

3: Crisis Doesn't Go to the Beach

4: Red Hot Trespasser on I'den Action

The Seemed Like a Good Idea Trilogy

5: The Jabberwocky Incident, guest-written by Michael Crichton

6: In Which We Explore Masculine Angst, guest-written by Anne Rice

7: Versus Bloodfeast Islandman, guest-written by "Violence" Dufresne

8: War of the War of the Worlds

9: Threads

10: Tetromino Rain

11: Know No Limit

12: Safety Not Guaranteed

13: Vs. ElamenSTAR Shuffle

14: Scourge Britanica

15: Crisis and Dino Crisis

16: Cavalcade of Whores, Sin City crossover guest-written by Frank Miller.

17: Bartman in Battal by Matt Groening

18: Elemenstors Assemble

19: Crisis and Pikachu's Dangerous Day

20: Sun of War and Moon of Doom

21: Legendary World of Hierarchs: The Epic Crusade

Critical Reaction

• *"Oh yes. The ELotH comic. It is rather proficient, for something produced for so inferior a medium." -Tycho Brahe

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