World of Warcraft
Cover of the first issue
Publication information
Publisher	WildStorm
Schedule	Monthly
Genre	Fantasy, war
Publication date	November 2007 – December 2009
No. of issues	30 (25 monthly issues, 4-issue mini-series and 1 special)
Creative team
Created by	Blizzard Entertainment
Written by	Walt Simonson Louise Simonson
Artist(s)	Mike Bowden Pop Mhan
Penciller(s)	Ludo Lullabi Jon Buran Jon Buran
Inker(s)	Sandra Hope Jerome K. Moore Phillip Moy Trevor Scott Andy Smith Walden Wong
Letterer(s)	Nick Napolitano Sal Cipriano Steve Wands Wes Abbott
Colorist(s)	Randy Mayor Gabriel Eltaeb
Editor(s)	Hank Kanalz Kristy Quinn Sarah Gaydos
Collected editions
Volume 1 HC	ISBN 1-4012-1836-9
Volume 2 HC	ISBN 1-4012-2370-2
Volume 3 HC	ISBN 1-4012-2810-0
Ashbringer HC	ISBN 1-4012-2341-9

World of Warcraft is a comic book series set in the Warcraft universe 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.^[1] Later, it was expanded to last 25 issues.^[2]

World of Warcraft: Ashbringer is a four-issue mini-series that ran from late 2008 to early 2009. It was written by Micky Neilson, 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.^{[needs update]} 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.^[3]

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, ISBN 1-4012-1836-9, Titan Books, October 2008, ISBN 1-84576-901-5, softcover, September 2009, Wildstorm, ISBN 1-4012-2076-2, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84856-096-6)
  • Volume 2 (collects World of Warcraft #8-14, 176 pages, hardcover, Wildstorm, September 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2370-2, Titan Books, November 2008, ISBN 1-84856-346-9, softcover, Wildstorm, July 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2371-0)
  • Volume 3 (176 pages, hardcover, June 2010, Wildstorm, ISBN 1-4012-2810-0)
• Ashbringer (collects mini-series, 136 pages, hardcover, Wildstorm, June 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2341-9, Titan Books, July 2009, ISBN 1-84856-297-7, softcover, Wildstorm, April 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2342-7)