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StarCraft (comic)

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"No Rules.
No Problem."
―StarCraft comic tagline[src]
StarCraft
Author(s)

Simon Furman, Keith Giffen

Editor(s)

Shannon Eric Denton, Kristy Quinn,[1] Ben Abernathy.[2]

Interior artist(s)

Federico Dallocchio, Brian Benham,[3] Milen Parvanov (colorist)[2]

Publisher

DC Comics (Wildstorm Productions)

Published

Monthly (starting May 27, 2009)

Series
Hardcover compilation
StarCraft #1
StarCraft #2
StarCraft #3
StarCraft #4
StarCraft #5
StarCraft #6
StarCraft #7
StarCraft #8

A StarCraft comic covering events prior to StarCraft II is being published by DC Comics (Wildstorm). It centers around a team of outlaws, the War Pigs.

It is a monthly ongoing series with twelve expected issues.[4] The first issue came out in May 2009.

The first arc will last 7 issues.[5] A character significant to the entire StarCraft universe was introduced in Issue 4 and will become a main character in the second arc.[5] They were revealed to Leonid Celsus in the submission for the 8th issue.[6] Furman has stated that the second arc will feature "two of the StarCraft Universe’s biggest and baddest characters."[7]

The comics will also appear in a hardcover.[8]

Contents

[edit] Development

Blizzard Entertainment employees Chris Metzen, Andy Chambers and Micky Neilson are story consultants for the series.[9]

Blizzard has carried out at least one change in artistic style and writing. Shawn Moll was on the original team.[10] The new team consist of Simon Furman and Federico Dallocchio.[9]

[edit] Plot

Main article: List of StarCraft comic issues

The War Pigs were a band of convicted criminals forced to work as soldiers by the Terran Confederacy, under the command of bureaucrat Tamsen Cauley. They were not neurally resocialized so they could keep their unique talents. Cauley ordered them to attempt to kill Arcturus Mengsk at Atticus Minor, but they failed and he betrayed them, since Cauley believed that Mengsk would win the war unless he died, and since Mengsk was still alive, Cauley intended to switch sides without leaving behind loose ends like the War Pigs. Cauley co-opted one of their number to lead the rest into a death trap which would be carried out by his new, upgraded Cerberus Program. However, the attempt failed and the outlaws escaped and scattered.

Two years later, Cauley had become an important official in the Terran Dominion, the director of the Dominion Internal Security Division. Due to a comment from Emperor Mengsk, he became nervous about the previous assassination attempt, and still wanted to eliminate the War Pigs to cover his tracks.

He visited Cole Hickson at the New Folsom Prison and convinced him to bring the team together again and do a job for him—assassinate Jim Raynor (as part of his plan of ascension), and as a reward their records would be expunged. However, they must first find Raynor. Cauley would then use the Cerberus Program, which he said did not belong to the Dominion, to follow and eliminate the War Pigs once the job was done.[9]

[edit] Plot Notes

While the comic series focuses on terrans, it also includes the protoss and the zerg. A "particularly cool" protoss appearance was seen in the third issue and some major characters from the games make appearances.[2] The re-emergence of the xel'naga is also touched upon.[5]

In addition to tying in with the previous games and published fiction,[11] the series will show a lot of the StarCraft universe, lay the groundwork for the on-going story, and the comic's first arc as a transition between the first and second game.[2]

[edit] Characters

[edit] Major Characters

Turfa Dei Cole Hickson Iggins Nuura Joss Romy Pyrius

[edit] Supporting Characters

Tamsen Cauley Leonid Celsus Jim Raynor Lars Trakken

[edit] Single-Appearance Characters

Arcturus Mengsk Brock Valevoss

[edit] Characters Yet to Appear

[edit] Issues

[edit] First Arc

[edit] Second Arc

[edit] Notes

Simon Furman would like to link the story with his Frontline works (Heavy Armor and Creep) at some point.[5]

Two of the "biggest and baddest" characters of the StarCraft universe will make their debuts in the second arc.[13]

[edit] Previews and Excerpts

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.

A four-page[1] promotion of the comic was present in the BlizzCon 2008 "goodie bag";[14] the sampler was split between the StarCraft comic and a preview of Ashbringer issue 1.[15]

A preview can be found in the World of Warcraft comic, issue 19: The Winds of War.[16]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2008-15-10, Let's Chat. Blizzplanet. Accessed on 2008-16-10
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ben Abernathy, Medievaldragon. 2009-04-19. Starcraft # 1 - Ben Abernathy Interview. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2009-04-19.
  3. ↑ 2009-05-18. StarCraft #4. WildStorm. Accessed on 2009-05-18
  4. ↑ DC Comics staff. StarCraft: No Rules. No Problem. DC Comics. Accessed 2009-04-10.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Simon Furman, Medievaldragon. 2009-06-10. StarCraft # 1 - Simon Furman Interview. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2009-06-10.
  6. ↑ 2009-10-19. StarCraft #8. Wildstorm. Accessed 2009-10-19.
  7. ↑ Furman, Simon and Medievaldragon. 2009-10-09. Simon Furman Teases Second Arc of StarCraft Comic Book. StarCraft Wire. Accessed 2009-11-04.
  8. ↑ Amazon staff. Starcraft HC (Hardcover). Amazon. Accessed 2009-08-02.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Giffen, Keith and Simon Furman (w), Federico Dallocchio (p, i), Milen Parvanov (col). "StarCraft #1" StarCraft 1 (1) (May 27, 2009) DC Comics (Wildstorm).
  10. ↑ 2008-30-11, Out With the New. Smack!. Accessed on 2008-03-12
  11. ↑ Simon Furman. 2009-05-27.StarCraft Touches Down!. Simon Furman's blog. Accessed on 2009-06-02
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Simon Furman, Medievaldragon. 2009-07-26. SDCC 2009: Wildstorm to Launch a World of Warcraft Horde Title. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2009-07-27.
  13. ↑ 2009-10-09, I Want Candy. Simon Furman, accessed on 2009-11-02
  14. ↑ Gerbera Tetra. 2008-10-14. Blizzcon. Made of Awesome. Accessed 2008-10-14.
  15. ↑ Medievaldragon. 2008-11-18. Blizzcon 2008: Starcraft Comic Book. Blizzplanet. Accessed 2008-11-18.
  16. ↑ Simonson, Walter and Louise Simonson (w), Mike Bowden and Walden Wong (art). "The Winds of War" World of Warcraft 3 (19) (May 20, 2009) DC Comics (Wildstorm).
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