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Marvel Star Wars Issue 1 hit comic stores January 14, 2015 and has been a huge success selling over a million copies! It began a new era in Star Wars comics and
the first issue was everything readers could have hoped for
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"“Thanks to the strong support of the Direct Market comic shops and a few new outlets we have well surpassed 1 million copies of Star Wars #1,” said David Gabriel, Senior Vice President of Print & Digital Publishing at Marvel. “The book continues to sell and is now going into its third printing.” –The Escapist Magazine"
ComicBook.com is reporting that Marvel’s Darth Vader #1, due to release February 11, is now at over 300,000 pre-orders making it a powerhouse seller as well. Star Wars is taking the comic book world by storm and on February 4, Star Wars Issue 2 written by Jason Aaron with art by John Cassaday will hope to continue this trend.
Comic Book Resources got a first look at the first few lettered pages of this issue and it looks like it will not disappoint.
Vader’s recognition that Luke is a novice is brilliantly written and I can’t wait to see how this series develops their story leading up to The Empire Strikes Back. You can see a few more pages at CBR along with a synopsis of this issue.
Earlier this month Star Wars released a few pages of Cassaday’s drawings without text and it looks like this issue is going to be a great ride. That ride comes courtesy of Han and Leia in an AT-AT Walker!
So if you haven’t done it yet, get to your local comic shop and pick up Star Wars #1 and have them pull issue #2 for you. If you don’t have a shop close by, get a digital copy from Marvel or Comixology. It will be your first step into a larger Star Wars world.
What do you think, Dork Siders? Did you like issue 1? How do you feel about Luke and Vader facing off in these issues? Are you going to read this series? Let us know what you think in the comments below.