Quest for Dreams Lost
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Quest for Dreams Lost is a one-shot comic that was a fundraiser
for the Literacy Volunteers of Chicago. It was published in 1987 and all the proceeds went to aid the LVOC.
The comic included eight different shorties, all independent comics. They included;
The different comic characters were sent on missions or quests to find various artifacts that were lost by movers (they go for a meal and the truck is gone). So after their boss freaks out he sends for real heroes to recover the items.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were sent to Central Park
to find Excalibur
at the bottom of the pond. Matt Sinkage (Silent Invasion) was sent to recover the painting of Dorian Gray
. Eb'nn (Sam Spayde) was sent to find The Maltese Falcon. Reacto Man recovers The Time Machine
(H.G. Wells). J.B. Space (Tales From The Aniverse) picked up the pipe from The Pied Piper of Hamelin
. Wordsmith went out to find the ring belonging to The Shadow
. The adventurers from The Realm took on the Wicked Witch of the West
to get the Ruby Slippers
. The Trollords were sent into Hell
to face Charon (or ferryman of Hades
) on the river Styx
to take his staff.
The idea behind all of these was to give new readers a hint at the various classic stories they may have been missing out on.
The original cover price of this comic was $2.00 and this was the only issue produced in this series. But there was another comic put out by the Literacy Volunteers of Chicago titled Word Warriors which featured the characters Streetwolf, Jon Sable
, and Ms. Tree
.
Fundraiser
A fundraiser is an event or campaign whose primary purpose is to raise money for a cause. See also: fundraising. A fundraiser can also be an individual or company whose primary job is to raise money for a specific charity or non-profit organization...
for the Literacy Volunteers of Chicago. It was published in 1987 and all the proceeds went to aid the LVOC.
The comic included eight different shorties, all independent comics. They included;
- Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
- The Trollords
- Silent InvasionSilent InvasionThe Silent Invasion was a black and white comic book that was published by Renegade Press between 1986 and 1988. It was written by Larry Hancock and drawn by Michael Cherkas....
- The Realm
- WordsmithWordSmithWordSmith Tools is a collection of corpus linguistics tools for looking for patterns in a language. The software was devised by Mike Scott at the University of Liverpool and for versions 1 to 4 was sold by Oxford University Press...
- Reacto Man
- Eb'nn
- Tales From The AniverseTales From The AniverseTales from the Aniverse was a science fiction comic book created by Randy Zimmerman and Susan Van Camp, first published in 1985 by Arrow Comics, featuring anthropomorphic animals as the main characters.-Overview:...
The different comic characters were sent on missions or quests to find various artifacts that were lost by movers (they go for a meal and the truck is gone). So after their boss freaks out he sends for real heroes to recover the items.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were sent to Central Park
Central Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
to find Excalibur
Excalibur
Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was...
at the bottom of the pond. Matt Sinkage (Silent Invasion) was sent to recover the painting of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray is the main character of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.It may also refer to:* Dorian Gray , an Italian film starring Helmut Berger...
. Eb'nn (Sam Spayde) was sent to find The Maltese Falcon. Reacto Man recovers The Time Machine
The Time Machine
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction...
(H.G. Wells). J.B. Space (Tales From The Aniverse) picked up the pipe from The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the departure or death of a great many children from the town of Hamelin , Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in pied clothing, leading the children away from the town never...
. Wordsmith went out to find the ring belonging to The Shadow
The Shadow
The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas, originally in pulp magazines, then on 1930s radio and then in a wide variety of media, that follow the exploits of the title character, a crime-fighting vigilante in the pulps, which carried over to the airwaves as a "wealthy, young man about town"...
. The adventurers from The Realm took on the Wicked Witch of the West
Wicked Witch of the West
The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character and the most significant antagonist in L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
to get the Ruby Slippers
Ruby slippers
The ruby slippers are the shoes worn by Dorothy in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. Because of their iconic stature, they are now among the most treasured and valuable of film memorabilia. As was customary for important props, a number of pairs were made for the film, though no one knows...
. The Trollords were sent into Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
to face Charon (or ferryman of Hades
Hades
Hades , Hadēs, originally , Haidēs or , Aidēs , meaning "the unseen") was the ancient Greek god of the underworld. The genitive , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades". Eventually, the nominative came to designate the abode of the dead.In Greek mythology, Hades...
) on the river Styx
Styx
In Greek mythology the Styx is the river that forms the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living, as well as a goddess and a nymph that represents the river.Styx may also refer to:-Popular culture:...
to take his staff.
The idea behind all of these was to give new readers a hint at the various classic stories they may have been missing out on.
The original cover price of this comic was $2.00 and this was the only issue produced in this series. But there was another comic put out by the Literacy Volunteers of Chicago titled Word Warriors which featured the characters Streetwolf, Jon Sable
Jon Sable
Jon Sable Freelance is an American comic book series, one of the first series created for the fledging publisher First Comics in 1983. It was written and drawn by Mike Grell and was a fully creator-owned title...
, and Ms. Tree
Ms. Tree
Ms. Tree was the best-known comic book creation of author Max Allan Collins prior to his graphic novel, Road to Perdition. Terry Beatty was the series' artist.-Character Biography and Synopsis:...
.