''World of Warcraft'' is a comic book series set in the

Warcraft universe ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chao ...

and released monthly in a standard American comic format.

Publication history

At the time of its conception, the ongoing comic was set for two story arcs, both six issues each. Both were set concurrent with the events of

The Burning Crusade ''World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' is the first expansion set for the MMORPG ''World of Warcraft''. It was released on January 16, 2007 at local midnight in Europe and North America, selling nearly 2.4 million copies on release day alon ...

. Later, it was expanded to last 25 issues. ''World of Warcraft: Ashbringer'' is a four-issue

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that ran from late 2008 to early 2009. It was written by

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, with pencils by Ludo Lullabi and inks by Tony Washington. On December 16, 2009, WildStorm stated that the publication of the World of Warcraft comic series had been changed from monthly issues to original graphic novels to be released in 2010. The World of Warcraft Special, ''World of Warcraft: Beginnings and Ends'', would be the last issue released and both the original comic (planned to be renamed to ''Alliance'' from issue 26) and the future ''Horde'' title had been canceled.

Issue list

World of Warcraft

Volume 1 "Dragon Hunt" Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4

Ashbringer

''World of Warcraft: Ashbringer'' recounts the story of the Ashbringer and Alexandros Mograine.

Beginnings and Ends

''World of Warcraft: Beginnings and Ends'' is a one-shot special issue that introduced new Alliance and Horde characters that had not been seen in the ongoing series.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into trade paperbacks: *''World of Warcraft'': ** ''Volume 1'' (collects ''World of Warcraft'' #1-7, 160 pages, hardcover, Wildstorm, August 2008, , Titan Books, October 2008, , softcover, September 2009, Wildstorm, , Titan Books, ) ** ''Volume 2'' (collects ''World of Warcraft'' #8-14, 176 pages, hardcover, Wildstorm, September 2009, , Titan Books, November 2008, , softcover, Wildstorm, July 2010, ) ** ''Volume 3'' (176 pages, hardcover, June 2010, Wildstorm, ) *''Ashbringer (collects mini-series, 136 pages, hardcover, Wildstorm, June 2009, , Titan Books, July 2009, , softcover, Wildstorm, April 2010, )

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References

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