Starcraft: Soldiers

Starcraft: Scavengers #2

by Andrew R. Robinson, Jody Houser, Miguel Sepúlveda (Illustrations)

Jody Houser (Stranger Things, Star Wars) is joined by veteran animation and Blizzard Entertainment comics writer Andrew R. Robinson (Overwatch Anthology, World of Warcraft) as they co-plot StarCraft: Soldiers, with art by Miguel Sepulveda (Lone Wolf 2100, Green Lantern).

Newly graduated Lieutenant Shivani Singh wants to defend the Dominion on the front lines, but it will take more than good grades and confidence to survive on the edge of zerg space. After a routine patrol goes awry, Singh launches an investigation to root out threats to the fragile peace between the Dominion and the zerg Swarm.

Collects StarCraft Series 2, comics #1-#4.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction

104 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 2019

About the author

Andrew R. Robinson is a writer at Blizzard Entertainment. He co-authored the comic book StarCraft: Soldiers, and has also written for the Overwatch and Warcraft franchises.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly solid. One of the writers of the Starcraft game come on board to tell the story of a woman graduating at the top of her class. She learns the ropes of being an officer while on the DMZ with the Zerg, a far outpost where traditional military tactics and policies don't always work.

[Jason Ray Carney · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun Starcraft story. It is about an idealistic lieutenant who is 100% "by the book." She gets stationed on a remote outpost where the situation is very unstable and complex. She has to learn that black and white, right and wrong, enemy and ally, are more messy than her training led her to believe. The art was really good. The pacing was great, although the last fifth was over-the-top action that seemed to drag on. It was a fun distraction. The visual design was faithful to Starcraft II.

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

We'll settle for 3 stars. It feels more substantial than the previous Scavengers comic, and the art has more chances to shine with a higher page count. I'm surprised there aren't more easter eggs paying homage to the game, I'm sure I missed more than I caught. There're worse comics, and if you're a fan of Starcraft why not grab this one? Not like there's much to select from so it's nice to have something for nothing (narf narf), least that's my food for thought. xD

Ok I'll stop. GG.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much better than the first volume. This is a solid though very generic story about a rookie officer trying to do her part on the forgotten front lines in a very off world place.

[Sean Goh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun revisit of the starcraft universe, plenty of game references to spot