The Dragons of Outland

World of Warcraft: Shadow Wing #1

by Richard A. Knaak, Jae-Hwan Kim (Artist)

Emerging victorious from the Ghostlands after ending the undead Scourge's quest to obtain the Sunwell's potent energies, Tyri and Jorad's journey is far from over. Both are drawn into the Dark Portal and transported to the shattered world of Outland, where they encounter a group of enigmatic creatres unlike any they have ever seen: the incorporeal nether dragons. Observing everything is the ruthless Ragnok Bloodreaver, one of the original death knights created prior to the Second War. This undead terror has dark plans for the nether dragons, and if his agenda comes to pass, all of Outland, including Tyri and Jorad, will suffer.

Genres: Warcraft, Manga, Fantasy, World Of Warcraft, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2008

About the author

Richard A. Knaak is the bestselling author of Dragonlance novels, the Dragonrealm and Black City Saint series (his own creations), six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and six works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written several non-series fantasy books.

Reviews

[yewdiva · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is great and the story is solid. It suffers the same fate as a lot of books from titan-size franchises though, where without existing knowledge of the lore there is a lot that gets lost or missed.

Speaking as someone with a little lore knowledge but not extensive, this book does a good job telling the reader enough to follow the main story without wasting time lore dumping to catch readers up, but having the extra context makes it significantly more enjoyable.

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story is meh. The art...Dear god the art is pretty damn astounding. I've seen the work done by Jae-Hwan Kim before and it really shines here in Shadow Wing. As most tie-ins the story is sweeter if you have a grasp on WoW and/or have played it. There's a lot of nods to locations and hubs in the game, the broken play a larger role here than in most of WoW and its revealing about certain aspects of dragon lore (see what I did there?).

If you're a fan of Wow and or have played the game for some time this is a nice stroll down memory lane for the Burning Crusade expansion. There's a lot of Hellfire Peninsula, Blade's Edge Mountains and presumably Shadowmoon Valley. No Illidan. Lots of characters I don't really recognize to be honest.

Just whetting my appetite for the release of Classic.

[Leanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, quick and clean. Although graphic novels are not my preferred format, this was enjoyable and is good for collectors. I finished this book in a little over an hour.

This is the first book in this sub-series and in contrast to the previous series, the artwork is much less cluttered and the story has improved. The print quality has improved. The pages are thick and laminated with properly saturated art. This is gift quality.
I enjoyed the story, the characters were much better and there was much less filler art. I'm invested in the story and want to finish the series. It's difficult to review this book without spoilers. The story is quick and fluid. However, for fans, it's worth the read. It is no masterpiece or high-quality work, it's average and shows significant improvements from the previous series.

[Side Yards · Rating 4 out of 5]

After smashing through the Sunwell Trilogy, I had a blast ready story's continuation focusing on Tyri and Jarod. It helped contextualise elements for me about Outland, which took me on a little bit of a nostalgia trip back to my days of playing WoW TBC.

It was clear that they had changed tracks from the ending of the Sunwell Trilogy and while they do address it, it was handled a little awkwardly in my opinion.

Regardless, I had a great time reading "The Dragons of Outland" and is a definite recommendation to those who are familiar with the game.

[Nerd_Pilgrim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sequel to WarCraft: The Sunwell Trilogy in which we follow the adventures of Jorad and Tyri into Outland. I think that the manga style (which is a little different to Warcraft's usual art style) actually suits the setting of Outland as it is a whole different world to Azeroth and corrupted by magic energies. Very simplistic story but I liked the callbacks to the Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal video game. Not really much to talk about once the volume is done, but maybe the story will get better in the sequel now that the building blocks are in place.

[Juan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This interesting story and Lore to explore about World of Warcraft Universe for the first for me to read and learn that is based from video game that I have never played and wished to play it on consoles someday.

But overall it is very fun Tokyopop manga book. It has been a while that a read a manga from Tokyopop and I had a lot fun reading it.

I hope my home local public library (Stuarts Draft Public Library station, Augusta County Public Library, & Waynesboro/Staunton Public Library they have the next volumes and more books about World of Warcraft.

😯😯📚 🎮👍🏽

[Ikayuro · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this up on a whim, though not a misguided one. I'm constantly trying to digest more of the written lore, especially where the dragons are concerned, and this doesn't disappoint! The artwork for these has always been a favorite, but the story is just as amazing! Time to track down the next one!

[Sierra · Rating 5 out of 5]

In one of the novels, they tell you a small part about the nether drakes, and that part is elaborated on in this two volume manga series (No spoilers). That makes me very happy. I'm also glad to see what happened to Tyrygrosa, as you meet her in the Sunwell trilogy, but I hadn't heard much else about her elsewhere.

[Aurora Dimitre · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars

dull as a box of rocks

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate the font used for the narrator text. It's super hard to read. Overall, a pretty meh story.

[Petr Čapek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dračí země rozhodně není špatný komiks, ovšem nijak nevystupuje z průměru. Hlavní zásluhu na tom rozhodně má i absence druhého a závěrečného dílu, který je pro fanoušky WoW docela zásadní a osvětluje některé naťuknuté věci i z jiných sérií, nebo samotné hry. Fanoušci tak mohou jedině doufat, že se nad nimi Alpress, nebo jiné nakladatelství smiluje a znovuvydá tuto zajímavou sérii, která potěší každého pořádného WoWkaře.


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[Adrian Nieto · Rating 2 out of 5]

El punto mas fuerte de esta obra es, sin lugar a dudas, el arte. Tyrygosa (Tyry) y mi idolo Jorad Mace estan de regreso, esta vez investigando los huevos de dragon en Outland, y el tal "Netherwing".

La historia es realmente mas floja que la Sunwell Trilogy, pero suficientemente entretenida para pasar el rato. Jorad Mace podria haber sido mas proactivo tanto en la accion como en sus sentimientos, ninguna mujer es conquistada con inseguridades.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hauntingly beautiful artwork. I also like the storyline. Interesting manga. =)

[Jonathan Lecroart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interessant manga dans l univers de World of Warcraft. Un peu court a mon gout, comme toujours pour les mangas, mais l'histoire est bien racontee et presentee.

[Derek Field · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ties well into the Burning Crusade expansion, but might confuse some readers if they did not already read the Sunwell Trilogy.