A key issue noted for First appearance of Bearclaw. ElfQuest #4 was published by Warp Graphics on May 1, 1979, as part of a series that began in 1978. Richard Pini and Wendy Pini write. This 36-page issue features Cutter, Skywise, Leetah, Pike and Strongbow, among 30 characters catalogued on VerseDB.