The May solicitation from Marvel Comics have been revealed and it features 10 new Star Wars comics (two new series, and an annual), and twonew trade paperback releases:
COMIC BOOKS
ON-SALE 5/2/2018
STAR WARS #47
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI ADAPTATION #1
ON-SALE 5/9/2018
DARTH VADER #16
STAR WARS: THRAWN #4
ON-SALE 5/16/2018
STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #27
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI ADAPTATION #2
ON-SALE 5/23/2018
STAR WARS #48
STAR WARS ANNUAL #4
STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #20
ON-SALE 5/30/2018
STAR WARS: LANDO #1
COLLECTIONS
FOC 4/9/2018
STAR WARS: TAG & BINK WERE HERE #1
The full solicitations follow:
STAR WARS: THRAWN #4 (OF 6)
JODY HOUSER (W) • LUKE ROSS (A)
Cover: PAUL RENAUD
Variant Cover: CASPAR WIJNGAARD
“THE RISE OF THE GRAND ADMIRAL” CONTINUES!
Thrawn’s rise in the Imperial Empire continues at a trajectory one can only dream of. Meanwhile, Eli Vanto is still stuck in the same position as when he graduated – Thrawn’s aide. But will Thrawn’s obsession and pursuit of the mysterious crimelord “Nightswan” lead both Imperials to success in the Emperor’s eyes? Help comes from mysterious places in the Empire…
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #27
CHARLES SOULE (W) ANGEL UNZUETA (A)
Cover: PHIL NOTO
CONTINUING THE UNSEEN EVENTS OF THE FORCE AWAKENS!
Poe Dameron managed to escape the First Order – but only just! Meanwhile, the rest of Black Squadron is on their most daring mission yet. Follow everyone’s favourite Resistance crew as Poe Dameron tells Rey and Finn his adventures during the events of The Force Awakens!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #20
SIMON SPURRIER (W) KEV WALKER (A)
Cover: ASHLEY WITTER
Galactic Icon Variant: ROD REIS
BROKEN, INSIDE BEGINS NOW!
Aphra is behind bars. Again. But this time, she finds herself in Imperial custody, strapped to an explosive transmitter synced to a single hub-droid. Take one step too far? KABLOOEY! Normally, this wouldn’t be an issue to sit still for Aphra – but what happens when her Imperial captors send her hub-droid to the middle of a war zone?
And, uh, what’s this rumor about the prison being haunted?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STAR WARS #47 & 48
KIERON GILLEN (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
Covers: DAVID MARQUEZ
ISSUE #47 – Galactic Icon Variant Cover by ROD REIS
ISSUE #47 – ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
ISSUE #48 – ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
The Rebellion’s fight to liberate Mon Cala continues! While Han, Luke and Leia undertake a perilous and nigh-impossible rescue, Threepio must keep up his vital mission…of hobnobbing at the opera?!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99 (Each)
DARTH VADER #16
CHARLES SOULE (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A)
Cover: GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & ELIA BONETTI
GALACTIC ICON VARIANT COVER BY ROD REIS
Vader and his Inquisitors lead an elite squad of clone troopers to flush out the Jedi traitor beneath the waters of Mon Cala…and the oceans will burn with their fury.
32 PGS. (EACH) /Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)
STAR WARS: LANDO – DOUBLE OR NOTHING #1 (of 5)
RODNEY BARNES (W) • PAOLO VILLANELLI(A)
Cover: W. SCOTT FORBES
Variant Cover: JOE QUINONES
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
MOVIE VARIANT COVERS A & B ALSO AVAILABLE
Straight from the frames of the highly-anticipated film SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY swaggers a younger and somehow even cockier Lando Calrissian! Before his days in the Rebellion, before he ran Cloud City, even before he lost the Millennium Falcon, comes this tale of Lando’s adventures and misadventures in search of love and money leading right up to his appearance in SOLO!
32 PGS. (EACH) /Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI ADAPTATION #1 & 2 (of 6)
GARY WHITTA (W) • MICHAEL WALSH (A)
Issue #1 – Cover: MIKE DEL MUNDO
Issue #1 – Variant Cover: JOE QUESADA
Issue #1 – MOVIE VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
Issue #2 – Cover: KAMOME SHIRAHAMA
Issue #2 – Variant Cover: MICHAEL WALSH
The Resistance has found Luke Skywalker! But the First Order is hot on their tail…and they are out for blood. Join writer Gary Whitta (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY) and artist Michael Walsh (STAR WARS ANNUAL, HAWKEYE and THE VISION) as they take on the adventures of Force prodigy Rey, ace pilot Poe Dameron, and ex-First Order recruit Finn from the hit blockbuster STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI – featuring never-before-seen scenes of your favorite characters!
ISSUE #1 – 40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
ISSUE #2 – 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STAR WARS ANNUAL #4
CULLEN BUNN (W) • MARC LAMING, ROLAND BOSCHI, ARIO ANINDITO (A)
Cover: TRADD MOORE
Variant Cover: KEVIN WADA
Strap in, racing fans — we’re going podracing! Bring your betting money, because this is going to be a high-stakes race, with rebel Luke Skywalker, smuggler Sana Starros and even a certain Dark Lord in attendance! PLACE YOUR BETS!
40 PGS. (EACH) /Rated T …$4.99 (EACH)
STAR WARS: TAG & BINK WERE HERE #1
KEVIN RUBIO (W) • LUCAS MARANGON & RICK ZOMBO (A)
Cover: LUCAS MARANGON
They’re the most important Star Wars characters you never knew existed — until now! Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna were on Leia’s ship carrying the Death Star plans — when Darth Vader changed their lives forever! But as their true roles in this epic saga are revealed, whose side are Tag and Bink on, anyway? The hapless duo’s fateful adventures will take them all the way from Tatooine to Cloud City to Endor — and bring them face-to-face with Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett and more! But every great tale has a prequel — so what were Tag and Bink up to when the Clone Wars began? Prepare to discover their uncanny origin! We have a bad feeling about this! Collecting STAR WARS: TAG & BINK ARE DEAD #1-2, STAR WARS: TAG & BINK II #1-2 and material from STAR WARS TALES #12.
104 PGS./Rated T …$7.99
STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 1 HC
Written: KIERON GILLEN & JASON AARON
Penciled: KEV WALKER, MARCO CHECCHETTO, SALVADOR LARROCA & ANDREA BROCCARDO
Cover: KAMOME SHIRAHAMA
Rogue archaeologist Doctor Aphra barely escaped Darth Vader’s wrath. If the Dark Lord of the Sith ever learns that she still lives, he’ll hunt her to the ends of the galaxy. But for now, it’s time for a return to what Aphra does best! With killer droids Triple-Zero and BeeTee-One in tow, she’s off in search of the rarest of artifacts — as long as she can stay one step ahead of the Empire, bounty hunters…and just about everyone else! But soon, archaeologist and rebel pilot stand side-by-side when Aphra persuades Luke Skywalker to join her in a journey to the heart of the Screaming Citadel! What secret are they after? And when word gets out, can Han and Leia be far behind them? Collecting STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #1-8, STAR WARS: THE SCREAMING CITADEL #1 and STAR WARS (2015) #31-32.
272 PGS./Rated T…$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-91321-2
Trim size: oversized
