Marvel Comics and Star Wars have enjoyed a decades-long history of comics storytelling and now this history gets the spotlight in a unique way this summer with a new line of CLASSIC TRADE DRESS VARIANT COVERS.
This month marks 46 years since Marvel’s initial venture into a galaxy far, far away with the publication of the official comic adaptation of 1977’s Star Wars, now known as A New Hope.
Hitting stands over a month before the film’s May theatrical release, the first-ever Star Wars comic series was a mega success, and Marvel continued the tradition of comics adaptations with the subsequent films, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, artist Jerry Ordway will pay tribute to legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz’s iconic covers for 1983’s Star Wars: Return of the Jedi comic series with these new CLASSIC TRADE DRESS VARIANT COVERS.
Ordway is teaming up with colorist Nolan Woodward and his exemplary style, to create eye-catching visions of characters new and old, using only those colors that were available at the time of the original comic adaptation of Return of the Jedi as they has put a modern twist on Sienkiewicz’s exemplary style to produce eye-catching visions of characters new and old!
This vintage-style artwork will grace the covers of all four Star Wars comic series currently bridging the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi: Star Wars, Star Wars: Darth Vader, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunters.
The covers showcase some of the exciting cast shakeups in the titles as they brace themselves for the upcoming crossover event, DARK DROIDS, including Khel Tenna and Boba Fett joining the crew in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #36 and Luke Skywalker teaming up with Doctor Aphra in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34.
Check out all four now:
STAR WARS #36
- Written by CHARLES SOULE
- Art by ANDREA DI VITO
- Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
- Classic Trade Dress Variant Cover by JERRY ORDWAY & NOLAN WOODWARD – 75960609600803641
- On Sale July 5, 2023
STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #36
- Written by ETHAN SACKS
- Art by LAN MEDINA
- Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
- Classic Trade Dress Variant Cover by JERRY ORDWAY & NOLAN WOODWARD – 75960609602203631
- On Sale July 12, 2023
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #36
- Written by GREG PAK
- Art by RAFFAELE IENCO
- Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
- Classic Trade Dress Variant Cover by JERRY ORDWAY & NOLAN WOODWARD – 75960609601503641
- On Sale July 12, 2023
STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #34
- Written by ALYSSA WONG
- Art by MINKYU JUNG
- Cover by JUNGGEUN YOON
- Classic Trade Dress Variant Cover by JERRY ORDWAY & NOLAN WOODWARD – 75960609724103431
- On Sale July 19, 2023
Pick these covers at a comic shop not far far away just your local comic shop this July!
