StarCraft (comic)

A StarCraft comic covering events prior to StarCraft II is being produced by DC Comics (Wildstorm). It will be a monthly ongoing series with twelve expected issues and with the first issue due in May 2009.

A preview can be found in the World of Warcraft comic, issue 19: The Winds of War.

Development
A four-page promotion of the comic was present in the BlizzCon 2008 "goodie bag"; the sampler was split between the StarCraft comic and a preview of Ashbringer volume 1.

Blizzard Entertainment employees Chris Metzen and Micky Neilson have played a role in the development of the series. Blizzard has carried out at least one change in artistic style and writing. A different direction for the comic has been taken and most of the original team of artists and writers have been taken off the project. Once the comic book is released however, Shawn Moll (one of the original artists) intends to display the initial concept art before the change in style. The new team consist of Simon Furman and Federico Dallocchio.

Plot
The War Pigs, a disbanded group of outlaws, are brought back together by their former captain to assassinate Jim Raynor. As a reward, their records will be expunged. However, they must first find Raynor.

While the comic series focuses on terrans, it will also include the protoss and the zerg. A "particularly cool" protoss appearance will be seen in the third issue and some major characters from the games will make appearances.

The series will show a lot of the StarCraft universe, lay the groundword for the on-going story, and the comic's first arc as a transition between the first and second game. Storylines beyond the first arc are unable to be divulged at this point in time.

Minor Characters

 * Arcturus Mengsk

Issues

 * Issue 1
 * Issue 2
 * Issue 3
 * Issue 4

Excerpt
Medievaldragon. 2009-05-01. StarCraft # 1 Preview Scans. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2009-05-05.

2009-04-24. Exclusive "StarCraft" #1 Comic Book Preview. MTV. Accessed 2009-04-25.