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{{Quote|We all came into this with our eyes open. Hard times and death are options we have to live with.|'''Vanth Dreadstar'''}}
{{Issue
| series           = [[Dreadstar]]
| title            = "The Quest"
| storyline        = 
| image            = [[File:Dreadstar 1.jpg|center|250px]]
| volume           = Dreadstar
| number           = 1
| cover date       = [[November, 1982]]
| cover price      = $1.50
| publisher        = [[Marvel Comics]]<br>[[Epic Comics]]
| editor-in-chief  = [[Jim Shooter]]
| executive editor = [[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]]
| ass. editors     = [[Jo Duffy]]
| editors          = [[Archie Goodwin]]; [[Al Milgrom]]
| group editor     = 
| previous         = ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #3
| next             = ''Dreadstar'' #2
}}
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== "The Quest" ==
{{HeadingB|Featured characters}}
* Vanth Dreadstar

{{HeadingB|Supporting characters}}
* Oedi
* [[Rainbow the Monk]]
* Syzygy Darklock
* Willow 327

{{HeadingB|Villains}}
* Lord High Papal
* King Gregzor {{Flashback}}
* King Nellor {{Flashback}}

{{HeadingB|Minor characters}}
* [[None]]

{{HeadingB|Organizations}}
* [[Monarchy (Dreadstar)|The Monarchy]]
* [[Order of the Instrumentality]]

{{HeadingB|Races}}
* [[Humans]]

{{HeadingB|Locations}}
* [[Empirical Galaxy]]
:* Altarix
:* [[Caldor]] {{Flashback}}
:* [[Nimbus]] {{Flashback}}
* [[Milky Way Galaxy]] {{Flashback}}

{{HeadingB|Items}}
* Dreadstar's sword
* Instrumentality Treasury Satellite
* [[Robot|Instrumentality robot sentries]]

{{HeadingB|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 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. 

== See also ==
{{Dreadstar SA}}

== External Links ==
* {{mdp|http://marvel.wikia.com/Comics:Dreadstar_Vol_1_1|Dreadstar, Volume 1 #1}}
* {{Comics.org|http://www.comics.org/issue/36830/|Dreadstar, Volume 1 #1}}
* {{Comic Vine|http://www.comicvine.com/dreadstar-the-quest/37-22589/|Dreadstar, Volume 1 #1}}

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