First Look at World of Warcraft Comic

The MTV Multiplayer blog has a first look at the World of Warcraft comic book slated to start its run next month. Set to be published by the Wildstorm imprint, and written by "Thor" and "Orion" veteran Walter Simonson, the comic will focus on the exploits of an amnesiac human washed up on the shores of the continent of Kalimdor. "Simonson said the comic will be 'very much tied to the lore and to the Warcraft history.' 'If you're a longtime player, I think the comic is a revelation about some of the mysteries,' he explained. 'There are mysteries from the past that have never been totally addressed within the game, or at least we're able to address them in the comic in a way that the game hasn't been able to.' He also said that he tried to write the comic so that it appeases Warcraft fans as well as newcomers." For a taste of the art from the first issue (done by Ludo Lullabi and inker Sandra Hope), the site has the first five pages available for viewing.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Do you have to read the same pages over and over again to get to the end page?

True to the game? Hardly

[SmallFurryCreature]

If it was true, then a newbie washed up in that area would indeed be chow. Furthermore there are no specfic areas to target, you cannot take out an eye, just pummel away. Fancy combat skills? Again no, just the same basic attack over and over and hope their health bar goes down faster then your own. A horde helping out an allience? Fighting effectivly with items way below your level? No no.

Will he get ganked in later chapters? Have to que to kill a boss, wait hours for a spawn? Will there be a love interest? A plot? Interaction with other characters? Will half the people he meet be bunnyhopping around the place? Will there be gold spammers?

Frankly it reminds me a bit off various other US comics, who in general are far too busy being comics to really bother with the original subject. Maybe it will get better, but frankly I see "shameless cash-in" so far.