- "We all came into this with our eyes open. Hard times and death are options we have to live with."
- ―Vanth Dreadstar
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| Dreadstar | |
| Title: | "The Quest" |
| Volume: | Dreadstar |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover price: | $1.50 |
| Cover date: | November, 1982 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics Epic Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Ex. Ed: | Archie Goodwin |
| Writers: | Jim Starlin |
| Pencilers: | Jim Starlin |
| Inkers: | Jim Starlin |
| Cover artists: | Jim Starlin |
| Cover inker: | Jim Starlin |
| Cover colorist: | Glynis Wein |
| Colorists: | Glynis Wein |
| Letterers: | Jim Novak |
| Assistants: | Jo Duffy |
| Editors: | Archie Goodwin; Al Milgrom |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Marvel Graphic Novel #3 |
| Next: | Dreadstar #2 |
"The Quest"[]
Featured characters
- Vanth Dreadstar
Supporting characters
- Oedi
- Rainbow the Monk
- Syzygy Darklock
- Willow 327
Villains
- Lord High Papal
- King Gregzor (In flashback only)
- King Nellor (In flashback only)
Minor characters
Organizations
Races
Locations
- Milky Way Galaxy (In flashback only)
Items
- Dreadstar's sword
- Instrumentality Treasury Satellite
- Instrumentality robot sentries
Vehicles
- Instrumentality cargo ship
- Instrumentality destroyer
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue is reprinted in Dreadstar and Company #1, Dreadstar, Volume 3, and the Dreadstar Definitive Collection, Volume 1.
- First comic title under Marvel Comics' "Epic" imprint.
- Continues plotlines established in the "Metamorphosis Odyssey" presented in issues #1-15 of Epic Illustrated. Also continues subplots presented in the Dreadstar: The Price graphic novel.
- Issue includes an editorial by Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and Epic Comics managing editor Archie Goodwin.
- All major characters appeared last in the Dreadstar graphic novel in Marvel Graphic Novel #3.
- Dreadstar's crew acquired their cargo ship from the Instrumentality in Epic Illustrated #15.