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| The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel | |
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| Publication Information | |
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Dixon |
| Editor | Bill Deming |
| Illustrator | David T. Wenzel |
| Publisher | Eclipse Comics, HarperCollins, Del Rey |
| Released | 1989 |
| Pages | 133 (revised edition) |
| ISBN | 0261102664 |
The Hobbit: A Graphic Novel is a 1989 three issue comic book series, published by Eclipse Comics. In January 1990, they were bound as one in a trade paperback, and a revised edition was published in 2006. To coincide with the then upcoming The Hobbit movies, a new edition, with six new pages of artwork, was published on 12 September 2012.[1] Another new edition was published in 2025.[2][3]
The story was adapted from the original by Chuck Dixon, and illustrated by David T. Wenzel.[1]
In 1992, Eclipse Comics released trading cards based on the comic, the backs of which contained texts written by Sean Deming.[4][5]
From the Publisher
2006 edition
The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented Hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim stolen treasure.
It is a journey fraught with danger - and in the end Bilbo alone must face the guardian of the treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-earth...
J.R.R. Tolkien's enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-loved books of all time. Carefully abridged and beautifully painted, David Wenzel's graphic novel has become a best-selling classic in its own right.
With more than 30 pages of new artwork and improvements by the artist, this new revised edition has been newly rescanned from the original paintings to produce the most authentic version ever published, to delight Hobbit fans old and new.
2012 edition
In preparation for the December 2012 release of The Hobbit movie, this new edition of the full-color graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved story includes 6 new pages! First published more than sixty years ago, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. The enchanted prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger - and in the end it is Bilbo Baggins alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-Earth.
Publication history
The three published issues released in 1989 were called Book One, Book Two and Book Three[note 1]. The issues are numbered continuously: part one comprises pages 1 to 44 (up until the riddle-game), part two pages 45 to 88 (up until the rafts of the Lake-men), and part three pages 89 to 133.
The issues were bound in one volume trade paperback in 1990, and newer editions have been released in the following years.[1]
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1989 paperback comic vol.1
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1989 paperback comic vol.2
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1989 paperback comic vol.3
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1990 paperback one-volume
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2006 paperback one-volume
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2012 paperback one-volume
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2024 paperback one-volume
- Separate volumes
- 1989: Eclipse Comics, paperback, ISBN 0913035807 (vol.1)
- 1989: Eclipse Comics, paperback, ISBN 0913035815 (vol.2)
- 1989: Eclipse Comics, paperback, ISBN 0913035823 (vol.3)
- One-volume
- 1990: Eclipse Comics, paperback, ISBN 0345368584
- 2006: HarperCollins, paperback, ISBN 0261102664
- 2012: Del Rey - Ballantine, paperback, ISBN 0345445600
- 2024: William Morrow, paperback, pp. 144. ISBN 0063388464
- 2025: HarperCollins, hardcover, pp. 192. ISBN 9780063447998
See also
Notes
- ↑ Only so on the book's spine; nothing is seen on the front cover.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 . "The Hobbit Comics adapted by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by David Wenzel". Tolkien Library. Retrieved 17 January 2025
- ↑ . "New edition of The Hobbit graphic novel coming this September". The Tolkien Society. Retrieved 20 June 2026
- ↑ . "The Hobbit Graphic Novel Revised and Expanded". Tolkien Collector's Guide. Retrieved 19 September 2025
- ↑ "1992 Eclipse JRR Tolkien The Hobbit". Beckett. Retrieved 20 June 2026
- ↑ "1992 Eclipse J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit". Trading Card Database. Retrieved 20 June 2026
| Illustrators of The Hobbit | |
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| Internal art | J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Eric Fraser (The Folio Society: 1979, 1992-present) · Michael Hague (1984-1992) · David T. Wenzel (graphic novel: 1989-present) · Denis Gordeev (1993-present) · Alan Lee (1997-present) · David Wyatt (1998-2001, 2012-2013) · John Howe (pop-up: 1999) · Jemima Catlin (2013-present) |
| Cover art only | J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Pauline Baynes (1961) · Roger Garland (1987-1989) · John Howe (1991-present) · Ted Nasmith (1989-1991) · Barbara Remington (1965 US) |