D&D comics history part 4 - DragonLance (DC)

D&D comics history part 2 - The Dragonlance Saga

In november 1987, TSR started to publish the adaptation of the novel "Dragons of Autumn Twilight", from the well-known (at least for any D&D contaminated nerd...) Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, as a graphic novels serie entitled :

"The Dragonlance Saga".

I believe that people make a difference between a comic book & a graphic novel, maybe based on the book dimensions or even graphic style. (I believe this is specific to US comic books culture...thousands of miles away from my world...)

Anyway, the books are tpb, wider & taller than usual comics and the graphic style makes me think of early 70's... dun ask me why... (am born in '78 btw...o_O)

The complete serie will end up with 5 books and will definitively make D&D enter the comics community, last issues being published by DC.

The whole serie will be written by Roy Thomas.

The 2 first issues will be illustrated by Thomas Yeates, the 2 next ones, adaptation of the sequel "Dragons of Winter Night", by Tony DeZuniga and the last one by Ron Randall.

Honestly, considering the whole history of D&D comics, until recently, these are to be considered, imo, as masterpieces, mainly for their graphics quality.

It s also interesting that TSR got DC to publish them after 1988, at the same time the serie Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (TSR / DC) begins.

I can t stop asking myself if the first 3 books of the serie convinced DC to publish D&D comics... considering the awful graphics quality of the upcoming ones in early 90's...

      Book I - Xak Tsaroth                Book V - The death of Sturm

More details for comics hunters :

The 3 first issues are pre-titled "TSR graphic novel" when the last 2 ones "a DC/TSR graphic novel".

...heh...

And DC ones are slightly taller than TSR ones...

o___O;

All are issued as 'The Dragonlance Saga" - "book one", "book two", etc. (full alpha)

More infos :

Book 1 : nov.87 / TSR 8445 / ISBN 0-88038-528-6 (9.95$)

Book 2 : jun.88 / TSR 8430 / ISBN 0-88038-571-5 (9.95$)

Book 3 : nov.88 / TSR 8432 / ISBN 0-88038-611-8 (9.95$)

Book 4 : apr.90 / TSR 8434 / ISBN 0-88038-973-7 (9.95$)

Book 5 : feb.91 / TSR ???? / ISBN 0-930289-93-5 (12.95$)

30% inflation in 1991 !!!

May explain why the last one is the hardest to find now...XD

D&D comics definitive list

LAST UPDATED : 2024/01/28

D&D cartoon-ads
Zenopus Castle - 8 pages (TSR, 1981-82)
Dungeon of Roakire - 4 pages (TSR, 1981-82)
Quest Through the Savage Country - 2 pages (TSR, 1982)

Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon (from the animated series)
Dragones y Mazmorras (Spain) - Issues 1-27 (Comics Forum, 1985-86)
Dungeons & Dragons Annual - 1 issue (Marvel, 1987)
Dungeons & Dragons Summer Special - 1 issue (Marvel, 1987)
Le Sourire du Dragon (France) - Issue 1 (Editions de la page blanche, 1987)
Dungeons & Dragons (Netherlands) - Issues 1-4 (Junior Press Strip, 1988)

The Dragonlance Saga
Books 1-3 (TSR, 1987-88)
Books 4-5 (TSR / DC comics, 1990-91)

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Issues 1-36 + Annual 1990 (DC comics, 1988-90)

Dragonlance
Issues 1-34 (DC comics, 1988-91)

Forgotten Realms
Issues 1-25 + Annual 1990 (DC comics, 1989-91)

Spelljammer
Issues 1-15 (DC comics, 1990-91) 

TSR Worlds
Annual (DC comics, 1990)

War of the Gods ! Avatar
Issues 1-3 (DC comics, 1991)

Dragon Strike
Issue 1 (Marvel, 1994)

Limited Editions
AD&D - Labyrinth of Madness (TSR, 1996)
Forgotten Realms - The Grand Tour (TSR, 1996)
Dragonlance - Fifth Age (TSR, 1996)
Birthright - The Serpent's Eye (TSR, 1996)

The Bargain (Planescape - Hellbound : The Blood War)
1 issue (TSR, 1996)

Baldur's Gate
1 issue (TSR / Bioware / Interplay, 1998)

Forgotten Realms : The Forbidden Sands of Anauroch
Issues 1-2/6 (WOTC / 21st Century, 2000)

In the Shadow of Dragons
Issues 1-8 (Kenzer & Co, 2001-02)

Tempest's Gate
Issues 1-4 (Kenzer & Co, 2001-02)

Black & White
Issues 1-6 (Kenzer & Co, 2002-03)

Where Shadows Fall
Issues 1-5 (Kenzer & Co, 2003-04) 

Vecna : Hand of the Revenant
Issue 1 (Iron Hammer Graphics, 2002)

The Unity of Rings
1 issue (WOTC online comic, 2003)

D&D - Crisis in Raimiton
1 issue (WOTC free comic, 2004) 

Dragonlance - The Legend of Huma
Issues 1-6 (DDP, 2004-05) 

Forgotten Realms - The Legend of Drizzt
Book I - Homeland - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2005)
Book II - Exile - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2005)
Book III - Sojourn - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2006)
Book IV - The crystal Shard - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2006)
Book V - Streams of Silver - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2007)
Book VI - The Halfling's Gem - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2007)
Book VII - The Legacy - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2008)
Book VIII - Starless Night - Issue 1 (DDP, 2008)

Dragonlance Chronicles
Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Issues 1-8 (DDP, 2005-06)
Dragons of Winter Night - Issues 1-4 (DDP, 2007)
Dragons of Spring Dawning part 1 - Issues 1-6 (DDP, 2007)
Dragons of Spring Dawning part 2 - Issues 7-12 (DDP, 2008)

Eberron - Eye of the Wolf
1 issue (DDP, 2006) 

The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons
Issues 1-7 (DDP, 2007-08)

Dragonlance Legends
Time of the Twins - Issues 1-3 (DDP, 2008) 

Dungeons & Dragons - Fell's Five
Issues 0-15 (IDW, 2010-12)

Dark Sun - Ianto's Tomb
Issues 0-5 (IDW, 2011)

The Legend of Drizzt - Neverwinter Tales
Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2011-12)

Forgotten Realms
Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2012)

Eberron - Abraxis Wren
Infestation 2 Dungeons & Dragons - Issues 1-2 (IDW, 2012)
Annual 2012 - 1 issue (IDW, 2012) 

Forgotten Realms - Cutter
Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2013)

Tyranny of Dragons
10 Pages (D&D Online comic, 2014-15)

Heroes of Baldur's Gate
Legends of Baldur's Gate - Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2014-15)
Shadows of the Vampire - Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2016)
Frost Giant's Fury - Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2017)
Evil at Baldur's Gate - Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2018)
Infernal Tides - Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2019-20)

Mindbreaker - Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2021-22)

Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons
Chapter I - Issues 1-4 (IDW & OniPress, 2018-19)
Chapter II : Painscape - Issues 1-4 (IDW & OniPress, 2019)

The Meeseeks Adventure - 1 issue (IDW & OniPress, 2022)

Forgotten Realms - A Darkened Wish
Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2019-20)

Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons
Issues 1-4 (IDW & Dark Horse, 2020-21)

At the Spine of the World
Issues 1-4 (IDW, 2020-21)

Ravenloft - Orphan of Agony Isle
Issues 1-4 (IDW, 2022) 

 

Dungeons & Dragons Annual (Lost & Found / Something for Everyone)

1 issue (IDW, 2022)

 

Honor Among Thieves - The Fist of the Moon
Issue 1 (IDW, 2023)

D&D - Dungeon Club
Roll Call - 1 issue (HarperAlley, 2023)

Time to Party - 1 issue (HarperAlley, 2024) [upcoming release]

 

Dungeons & Dragons - Saturday Morning Adventures

Saturday Morning Adventures - Issues 1-4 (IDW, 2023)

Saturday Morning Adventures - Endless Summer - 1 issue (IDW, 2023)

Saturday Morning Adventures II - Issues 1-3 (IDW, 2024) [upcoming release]

 

Fortune Finder

Issues 1-5 (IDW, 2023-24) [ongoing release] 

Ravenloft - Caravan of Curses

1 issue (IDW, 2024) [upcoming release]

 
Reprints, Collection & Omnibus :
Forgotten Realms Classics - Issues 1-4 (IDW, 2011-12) 
Dungeons & Dragons Classics - Issues 1-4 (IDW, 2011-13)
Dragonlance Classics - Issues 1-3 (IDW, 2015-16)
The Legend of Drizzt Omnibus - Issues 1-2 (IDW, 2011-12)
The Legend of Drizzt - Issues 1-6 (IDW, 2015-17)
Dungeons & Dragons 100-page spectacular - 1 issue (IDW, 2012)
Forgotten Realms 100-page spectacular 2012 - 1 issue (IDW, 2012)
Forgotten Realms Omnibus (IDW, 2015)
Abraxis Wren of Eberron (IDW, 2015)
Dragonlance Chronicles - Issues 1-3 (IDW, 2015-16)
Dragonlance Legends - Time of the Twins (IDW, 2016)
The Legend of Huma (IDW, 2017)
100 Pages of Dungeons & Dragons - Baldur's Gate (IDW, 2019)
Days of Endless Adventure (IDW, 2019)

The Best of Minsc & Boo (IDW, 2022)

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons - The Complete Adventures (IDW, 2022)

Dungeons & Dragons Library Collection, Vol. 1 (IDW, 2023)

Dungeons & Dragons vintage treasures - part 1

   Am a D&D collector, no doubt. The reason why I start this blog today. I'll try to give full lists of specifics items under offical D&D (and affiliated) license in order to help some other crazy guys like me to complete their compulsive quests... :P

    My main collections within the D&D universe are :

Comics, Novels (french vers.), Video games, Puzzles, Miniatures & Cards

   But during the nights spent on the web looking for some items to complete any of these, I somehow felt (ouch !) on some uncommon or at least unexpected incredibly useless vintage licensed goods that I couldn't resist to acquire...

Today let me present ya the superb (ergh...) :

"Dragonlance Baseball Cap"...

   Yeah... a baseball cap... that went out in 1994. Not much to say... it's a cheap black & red cap with the Dragonlance logo badly positioned on its front. It's adjustable... woohoo ! (usual plastic clips on the back).

Totally useless... somehow unique... a must-to-have ! XD

   Have no doubt, this is an official product as confirmed by the inside label. And it is not the Dragonlance cloth patch that would have been put on a cap as it is a fully sewed logo, 10 or 20% larger than the patch one.

v(o_O;)V