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|author=[[Paul Benjamin]], [[Josh Elder]], [[Simon Furman]], [[Kieron Gillen]], [[Richard A. Knaak]], [[Chris Metzen]], [[Grace Randolph]], [[Dave Shramek]], [[Ren Zatopek]]
 
|artist=[[Saejin Oh]] and UDON crew, [[Joe Vriens]]
 
|intartist=Tomás Aira, Matt Dalton, [[Jesse Elliott]], German Erramouspe, [[Ramanda Kamarga]], Nan Kim, Seung-Hui Kye, Noel Rodriguez, Mel Joy San Juan, [[Hector Sevilla]], [[Naohiro Washio]]
 
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|publisher=[[Tokyopop]]
 
|published=Volume 1 (August 12, 2008)<br/>
 
Volume 2 (January 1, 2009)<br/>
 
Volume 3 (July 14, 2009)<br/>
 
Volume 4 (October 1, 2009)
 
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|editor=[[Troy Lewter]],<ref name = "OctPop"/> Hope Donovan<ref name = "BPop">Medievaldragon. 2009-05-15. [http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/heads_up_starcraft_frontline_live_chat_with_tokyopop_hope_donovan/ Heads Up: StarCraft Frontline Live Chat with Tokyopop Hope Donovan]. ''Blizzplanet.'' Accessed 2009-05-15.</ref>
 
|inseries1=Book 1: [[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 1|Volume 1]]
 
|inseries2=Book 2: [[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2|Volume 2]]
 
|inseries3=Book 3: [[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 3|Volume 3]]
 
|inseries4=Book 4: [[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 4|Volume 4]]
 
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'''StarCraft: Frontline''' is a four-volume anthology series of StarCraft graphic novels series by [[Tokyopop]].<ref name = "SC:FrntLn_V2">Donovan, Hope, ed. ''[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2]]'' (paperback binding). Tokyopop, January 1, 2009. ISBN 1427-80831-7.</ref> The first volume, [[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 1]], was published August 1st, 2008. The [[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2|second volume]] was published in January 2009, the third in July of that year and the fourth in October.
 
 
All of the stories in the series stemmed directly from material developed for ''[[StarCraft II]]''<ref>2009-09-01, Medievaldragon, [http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/blizzplanet_live_chat_with_tokyopop_starcraft_frontline_vol__4/ Blizzplanet Live Chat with Tokyopop: Starcraft: Frontline Vol. 4]. ''Blizzplanet'', accessed on 2009-09-03</ref> and contain "fringe stories" that normally wouldn't be told.<ref>2009-09-01, ''WarcraftManga'', [http://www.tokyopop.com/WarcraftManga/tp_article/2860653.html Blizzcon Breakdown 2009]. ''Tokyopop'', accessed on 2009-09-08</ref> Blizzard approves every element of the graphic novels &mdash; story, art, and cover.<ref name = "OctPop">Troy Lewter, Lesley Smith. 2008-10-08. [http://lesleysmith.blogspot.com/2008/10/article-extend-troy-lewter-interview.html Through the Eyes of a Journalist: Article Extend: Troy Lewter (Interview)]. ''Blogspot (Lesley Smith blog)'' Accessed 2009-01-06.</ref>
 
 
Many of the stories were outlined by [[Micky Neilson]] and [[James Waugh]] and passed onto various authors.<ref>2011-06-22, [http://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/2011/06/22/qa-blizzards-manga-team Q&A With Blizzard's Manga Team]. ''Cryptazoic'', accessed on 2011-07-13</ref>
 
 
After Tokyopop went out of business, the series could be bought online at ComiXology.<ref>Medievaldragon. 2012-02-22. [http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/starcraft-and-warcraft-digital-manga-on-sale-at-50-off StarCraft and Warcraft Digital Manga on Sale at 50% Off]. ''Blizzplanet.'' Accessed 2012-02-23.</ref>
 
 
==Volumes==
 
[[File:FrontlineVol1 GrphNov Cover2.jpg|thumb|link=StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 1|left|<div align="center">[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 1|Volume 1]]</div>]]
 
[[File:FrontlineVol2 GraphNovel Cover1.jpg|thumb|link=StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2|left|<div align="center">[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 2|Volume 2]]</div>]]
 
[[File:FrontlineVol3 GraphNovel Cover1.jpg|thumb|link=StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 3|left|<div align="center">[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 3|Volume 3]]</div>]]
 
[[File:SC-FL4 Cover1.jpg|thumb|link=StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 4|left|<div align="center">[[StarCraft: Frontline: Volume 4|Volume 4]]</div>]]
 
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==Notes==
 
[[Tokyopop]] advertised ''Frontline'' as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_English-language_manga Original English-language manga], a definition created by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
 
==References==
 
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[[Category: Fiction series and compilations]]

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