A great resource not only for fans of star wars comics, but also comic shop owners as well. Signed by legendary star wars concept artist ralph mcquarrie splash with lone star comics. Star wars is a star wars comic book series initially written by jason aaron with art by john cassaday. Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively. The 11 least necessary star wars comic book stories topless.
Here is our ranking of all of marvels star wars series so far, from worst to best. If you have found something that is not seen on this page, please add it to this list. This is a list of star wars comics, comic books set in the fictional star wars universe. The series was relatively longrunning, lasting from 1977 to 1986. A long time ago, in a comic book market far, far away, marvel comics released an official comicbook adaptation of the movie star wars episode iv. These would all be great starter comics for kids that are huge star wars fans just starting out on their comic collections. This page contains a list of all the comics included in star wars vol 1. The majority of comics people find in their attic or basement, at an auction, storage unit, or garage sale are published by marvel or dc. Signed by editor in chief jim shooter with lone star. Feb 18, 2015 this feature is not available right now. With the new han solo series dropping next week and the official force awakens comic dropping not long after that, we looked back on almost a year and a half of star wars comics from marvel. Blackthorne publishing released a threeissue run of 3d comics from 1987 to 1988. The books themselves carried an innocence granted by a largely popular set of films that hadnt yet been bogged down with years of expanded universe continuity. This template will categorize articles that include it into category.
Dark horse comics owned the license to publish star wars comics from lucasfilm exclusively from 1991 to 2014. The series was such a smash hit for marvel in an otherwise dismal sales year that many who worked at marvel in 1977 consider it to have. Meanwhile, han solo attempts to bluff crimson jack, one of the galaxys deadliest space pirates. A long time ago, in a comic book market far, far away, marvel comics released an official comic book adaptation of the movie star wars episode iv. Jun 08, 2016 with the new han solo series dropping next week and the official force awakens comic dropping not long after that, we looked back on almost a year and a half of star wars comics from marvel. Finally, we have a pair of rare collected volumes for our gallery. Looking back at marvels wonderfully weird comic adaptation. George lucas wanted marvel to adapt the star wars films into comic book formats because he was inspired by fantastic four as a teenager and based darth vader off doctor doom.
There are also several editions of the second marvel star wars comic. An eponymous series by marvel comics began in 1977 with a sixissue comic adaptation of the film and ran for 107 issues until 1986. Like the movie, this adaptation was a success, and so marvel continued publishing the comic beyond the end of the original story. The marvel comics series, which began publishing on january 14, 2015, and features the characters luke skywalker, leia organa, han solo, chewbacca, c3po, and r2d2, takes place between the events of star wars. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the adventures of luke skywalker, han solo, princess, leia, darth vader and more continue. This 1981 marvel illustrated book collects four new adventures in full color. This beautifully framed original 1st issue comic book has been graded a mint 9.
This book is written by kieron gillen with artwork by angel unzueta. Or read our free, online comic book price guides, focusing on each character, to determine their current market value. Due to the continuity reboot, it is also the first canonical comic book released since darth maul. Since then, the franchise has grown exponentially and has launched a new series in january 2015, from jason aaron and john cassaday.
Lucasfilms nowcorporate sibling marvel comics, which published star wars comics from 1977 to 1986, are once again publishing star wars titles that started in 2015. This was the first comic to be based off a star wars film. The most epic scifi saga of alltime has come home to marvel. Browse our wide selection of star wars comics, collectibles, back issues, and more. The long, complicated relationship between star wars and marvel comics the release of star wars in 1977 was an absolute gamechanger, on so many levelsfrom effects, to read more. Following a mysterious vision he received on cloud city, luke travels to a lost planet looking for a woman he believes may hold the key to his jedi future and that of the entire rebellion. Star wars is a 2015 marvel comics series set in the eponymous fictional universe, and the first series to be officially written by marvel comics since the series written in the seventies and eighties. The first star wars comics were published by marvel and created by roy thomas and howard chaykin. March 14, 2018 an awesome page for all of current and past star wars comic book news, history, and archives. It has been graded by mycomicshops experienced graders. The first movie was released in may 1977 and the first comic book was released by marvelin july 1977.
New listing star wars number 1 comic book 1977 first print cgc white pages 9. Marvel comics group brand marvel comics group entire top banner barcode 0714860281707 editing. The marvel special edition was printed at close to actual size of the original artwork pages and was released in three different books. Since star wars proved to be such a huge hit with fans, the official comics adaptations were released in various formats in addition to the 6issue run in the ongoing series, a larger treasury format was also published. There were a lot of highs, a few lows, and a ton of fun. Son of dathomir dark horses only canon contribution to the franchise before. The first four rows are the star wars price variants collectors do widely know about and are listed in overstreet. The next steps on luke skywalkers search for jedi wisdom begin here. Vintage star wars marvel comic books can have significant value to collectors, especially 35c price variants it should come as no surprise that the biggest science fiction movie series in history has mass appeal to collectors star wars marvel comics characters, find eager homes with plain old star wars collectors who want a complete one of. A new hope, marvels ongoing star wars comics reveal new stories featuring these classic characters. Star wars marvel comics characters, find eager homes with plain old star wars collectors who want a complete one of everything, as well as comic book. Signed by artist walt simonson with lone star comics certificate of authenticity. Star wars 17page story imperial forces led by darth vader capture princess leia organas ship, which is on a mission for the rebel alliance.
It spanned 107 issues, with three special annual issues. And so began the start of the star wars adventure back in the spring of 1977. Star wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film star wars. The marvel star wars series of comic books was the first ever comic series created for the saga. A new hope is adapted in the first six issues of the series. Star wars marvel reading order comic book reading orders. Unfollow marvel comics star wars 02817 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them.