World of Warcraft (comics)

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 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]

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)