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Elfquest #14
Jink!
Four fingers or five?
No one knows who or what Jink is. To the military of Abode, she's an irritating and necessary troublemaker whose telepathic gift once helped avoid interstellar war with the alien Neverending. To the Black Snakes, an elite corps of "jacked up" technologically enhanced mind-readers, she's The Enemy. To Kullyn Kenn, hapless "tweak" with only marginal telepathic abilities, she's the sexiest creature he's ever met and he's love to know her better - if she doesn't get him killed.
But what is Jink - elf? human? or... other?
No one knows who or what Jink is. To the military of Abode, she's an irritating and necessary troublemaker whose telepathic gift once helped avoid interstellar war with the alien Neverending. To the Black Snakes, an elite corps of "jacked up" technologically enhanced mind-readers, she's The Enemy. To Kullyn Kenn, hapless "tweak" with only marginal telepathic abilities, she's the sexiest creature he's ever met and he's love to know her better - if she doesn't get him killed.
But what is Jink - elf? human? or... other?
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1999
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John Ostrander
2,081 books172 followersJohn Ostrander is an American writer of comic books. He is best known for his work on Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy, series he helped create.
Originally an actor in a Chicago theatre company, Ostrander moved into writing comics in 1983. His first published works were stories about the character "Sargon, Mistress of War", who appeared the First Comics series Warp!, based on a series of plays by that same Chicago theatre company. He is co-creator of the character Grimjack with Timothy Truman, who originally appeared in a back up story in the First Comics title, Starslayer, before going on to appear in his own book, again published by First Comics in the mid 1980s. First Comics ceased publication in 1991, by which time Ostrander was already doing work for other comics companies (his first scripts for DC Comics were published in 1986).
Prior to his career in comic books, Ostrander studied theology with the intent of becoming a Catholic priest, but now describes himself as an agnostic. His in-depth explorations of morality were later used in his work writing The Spectre, a DC Comics series about the manifestation of the wrath of God. His focus on the character's human aspect, a dead police detective from the 1930s named Jim Corrigan, and his exploration of moral and theological themes brought new life to a character often thought of as impossible to write. He has also worked on Firestorm, Justice League, Martian Manhunter, Manhunter, Suicide Squad, and Wasteland for DC.
Originally an actor in a Chicago theatre company, Ostrander moved into writing comics in 1983. His first published works were stories about the character "Sargon, Mistress of War", who appeared the First Comics series Warp!, based on a series of plays by that same Chicago theatre company. He is co-creator of the character Grimjack with Timothy Truman, who originally appeared in a back up story in the First Comics title, Starslayer, before going on to appear in his own book, again published by First Comics in the mid 1980s. First Comics ceased publication in 1991, by which time Ostrander was already doing work for other comics companies (his first scripts for DC Comics were published in 1986).
Prior to his career in comic books, Ostrander studied theology with the intent of becoming a Catholic priest, but now describes himself as an agnostic. His in-depth explorations of morality were later used in his work writing The Spectre, a DC Comics series about the manifestation of the wrath of God. His focus on the character's human aspect, a dead police detective from the 1930s named Jim Corrigan, and his exploration of moral and theological themes brought new life to a character often thought of as impossible to write. He has also worked on Firestorm, Justice League, Martian Manhunter, Manhunter, Suicide Squad, and Wasteland for DC.
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September 11, 2022
What even...
October 1, 2025
Read online at ElfQuest.com for my Great ElfQuest Read of 2025. I do have most of this series as single issues and read them back when they came out.
I like the artwork in this series and TOTALLY appreciate the full color, but Rebels still has it beat. I read these issues on release, but I did not remember anything about the story. I certainly didn't remember Jink jumping every psychic guy she met on first contact. Sheesh.
The story was pretty good, though. I don't like how Kullyn has a poor girl back home pining over him and he just immediately ditched her for Jink. I guess my issues with this series are all relationship based, haha. The Neverending are interesting and I liked their plot line. Can't wait to see where the rest of the series goes.
I like the artwork in this series and TOTALLY appreciate the full color, but Rebels still has it beat. I read these issues on release, but I did not remember anything about the story. I certainly didn't remember Jink jumping every psychic guy she met on first contact. Sheesh.
The story was pretty good, though. I don't like how Kullyn has a poor girl back home pining over him and he just immediately ditched her for Jink. I guess my issues with this series are all relationship based, haha. The Neverending are interesting and I liked their plot line. Can't wait to see where the rest of the series goes.
September 1, 2025
Contains Jink #1-6. Originally published in the mid '90's. The art was decent but doesn't stand out.
Set in the far future of the World of Two Moons. The Humans have an unsteady peace with a race of aliens called the Neverending. But a rogue Neverending militia is ready to start war again. In the middle of this is Jink, a woman with white hair who may be an elf, even though she has five fingers.
This was okay. It had potential but the characters and situation and drama all felt a little underdeveloped.
Set in the far future of the World of Two Moons. The Humans have an unsteady peace with a race of aliens called the Neverending. But a rogue Neverending militia is ready to start war again. In the middle of this is Jink, a woman with white hair who may be an elf, even though she has five fingers.
This was okay. It had potential but the characters and situation and drama all felt a little underdeveloped.
September 2, 2025
I'm pretty sure I bought this as it came out back in 1994-1996 but didn't read it until the end. I think Jink makes a lot more sense and is a lot more interesting in the context of Stargazer's Hunt, which didn't come out until 2019, a year after Final Quest. The Final Quest and Stargazer's Hunt backed into what was missing from Jink. The writing and art was much better than I remembered, that or I'm much more forgiving now. Then again I was a long time Ostrander fan. 3.5 of 5
January 17, 2020
One of my favorite ElfQuest characters, the mysterious Jink was called to help make peace between humanity and the Neverending. Years later, humanity needs to call upon her again - but she won't come!
January 31, 2013
Continuing on with my reading of the ElfQuest universe through the website's archives, I came across "Future ElfQuest". This series, I think, was cut short. There were so many questions left up in the air about Jink: who her father was, why she feels responsible for his death, what her relation to Egg is, etc... I think that the futuristic setting is viable, even though my preferred setting for the ElfQuest series is in the past. It was a good effort and I would have liked to have had all the loose ends tied up by the end of the story arc.
April 29, 2015
An okay addition to the Elfquest universe.
I feel like in order to make this work the series has to be fleshed out more. I got a hold of Mindcoil (another Elfquest story with Jink in it) and hopefully that will answer some of the questions this story raised.
I love Jink herself. She is super engaging and embodies the mentalities of the elves pretty well.
However, I'm a tad confused by the world she occupies and that is the weakness in this story.
I feel like in order to make this work the series has to be fleshed out more. I got a hold of Mindcoil (another Elfquest story with Jink in it) and hopefully that will answer some of the questions this story raised.
I love Jink herself. She is super engaging and embodies the mentalities of the elves pretty well.
However, I'm a tad confused by the world she occupies and that is the weakness in this story.
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