Pichelli’s Doctor Aphra #16 Homages Domina Tagge’s First Appearance

Yesterday, Marvel announced its solicits for November 2021 Star Wars comic releases! Doctor Aphra #16 was included with an awesome Sara Pichelli cover depicting Domina Tagge moving Aphra, Sana, and Just Lucky around a chess board like the pawns in her plan that they are!

It turns out, this cover is a crafty homage to Domina Tagge’s first appearance in Star Wars #35 (Marvel 1980)! Very sneaky, Pichelli!

Doctor Aphra #16 releases November 2021. Official solicit:

ALYSSA WONG (W) • MINKYU JUNG (A) 
COVER BY SARA PICHELLI
LUCASFILM ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SPROUSE
VARIANT COVER BY SWAY

A DEADLY GAME!

• DOCTOR APHRA and SANA STARROS have escaped the VERMILLION, but there’s no escaping CRIMSON DAWN: their spies are EVERYWHERE! 
• As DOMINA TAGGE contends with moles within TAGGE CORPORATION and Aphra struggles with the damage inflicted on her by a POWERFUL ARTIFACT, they strike one last bargain…
• But who can Aphra really trust?