Well, Visions ran the range from epic (The Duel), to interesting (Twins), to strange and boring. Overall, I think a successful experiment. We’re going to get an expansion of Ronin’s quest from The Duel in novel form soon and some behind-the-scenes art from the whole Visions series from Dark Horse in early 2022! Even between Disney+ seasons and blockbuster film releases, we get new Star Wars just about every week in our local comic shop!
Here’s a look at the new Star Wars comic book releases hitting shelves at your local comic shop September 22, 2021! Brought to you by TFAW! Check out the official solicitations and previews for Star Wars comic books coming out this week below! Also check out which books are on Final Order Cut Off September 19, 2021 (Marvel) and September 20, 2021 (IDW) and get your orders in before last call!
Next week, on the Marvel side, it looks like Soule is wrapping up his first Star Wars event comic in his trilogy with War of the Bounty Hunters #5! Doctor Aphra faces down Deathstick just to get her hands on some jewelry in Doctor Aphra #15! Last, but not least, we get the introduction of High Republic sleuths Emerick Caphtor and Sian Holt in Trail of Shadows #1. This book will be their first comic appearance and first cover appearance. This will also be the first comic cameo of Indeera Stokes and Bell Zettifar! With IDW, we get the continuation of everybody’s favorite Halloween tradition with Ghosts of Vader’s Castle #3! Spooky wittle Ani!
Marvel
CHARLES SOULE (W) • LUKE ROSS (A) • Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Bounty Hunter Handbook Variant Cover by RON FRENZ
Trading Card Variant Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
Carbonite Variant Cover by STEVE McNIVEN
Boba Always Gets His Bounty Variant Cover by Steve McNiven
THE ULTIMATE FINALE! THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR
CHANGES THE FACE OF THE GALAXY!
- Everything and everyone in the galaxy is against bounty hunter BOBA FETT, from Sith Lords to Hutt rulers to the mysterious CRIMSON DAWN.
- He can’t succeed. There’s no way he can regain HAN SOLO, escape the bounties on his head, and survive to get his prize to JABBA THE HUTT and get paid. But HAN SOLO belongs to him, and no one will take him away.
- With a shocker of an ending that sets up a revolutionary new status quo for STAR WARS COMICS!
Variants:
ALYSSA WONG (W) • MINKYU JUNG (A) • Cover by SARA PICHELLI
Bounty Hunter Handbook Variant Cover by RON FRENZ
Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary Variant Cover by CHRIS SPROUSE
Carbonite Variant Cover by SARA PICHELLI
“PARTY FAVORS”
- CRIMSON DAWN is back, and DOCTOR APHRA is trapped aboard their ship!
- What treasures lie aboard the VERMILLION?
- And what price will Aphra have to pay to obtain them?
Variants:
High Republic Trail of Shadows #1
(W) Daniel Jose Older (A) Dave Wachter (CA) David LopezJEDI KNIGHT AND PRIVATE EYE TEAM UP TO UNCOVER A MYSTERY THAT WILL CHANGE THE HIGH REPUBLIC FOREVER!
A Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. It’s a murder the likes of which the Jedi Order has never seen before. There are no leads. There are no suspects. There is no motive. But Jedi Investigator EMERICK CAPHTOR must solve the case before it’s too late. The fate of the Jedi, the Hutts, the Nihil and everyone in the galaxy, hangs by this tangled thread of lies and deceit. Emerick will need to dive into the darkness, testing himself and his Jedi ideals like never before. He’ll need help. Luckily, Private Eye SIAN HOLT lives in the dark. Together, they’ll follow this trail of shadows wherever it leads. If they can work together, that is.
RATED T In Shops: Oct 13, 2021 SRP: $3.99
Variants:
IDW
(W) Cavan Scott (A) Chris Fenoglio (A/CA) Francesco FrancavillaJoin Cavan Scott, Francesco Francavilla, and a host of classic Star Wars artists in the epic conclusion to the Vader’s Castle saga! Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader’s Castle is a horror-packed, star-studded, five-week event guaranteed to haunt your dreams.
In issue #4, Lina’s dreams are visited by the ghost of the galaxy’s most threatening villain! The GHOSTS OF VADER’S CASLTE are looming closer…In Shops: Oct 13, 2021SRP: $3.99
FOC
Marvel have recently moved their final order cut off dates back to Sunday from Monday. This week’s is 10/10/2021. Seeing as many local comic shops and even some of the larger retailers very well might finalize orders on the Friday before rather than do it over the weekend, this functionally makes Marvel’s new FOC Friday 10/8/2021. IDW’s remains Monday 10/11/2021. Things just got more complicated for those keeping track of these things. Hooray!
Pichelli’s cover A to Doctor Aphra #16 features Domina Tagge and is an homage to Star Wars #35 which was her first appearance in a traditional comic book format. Domina previously appeared on the cover and inside Star Wars Weekly #86 a magazine published in the UK. If you read WookyWiki.com, you know this!
Doctor Aphra #16
- Cover A Lopez
- Cover B Hetrick
- 1:25 Lopez Variant
- 1:25 Lopez Variant (Villain Package) : Villain offers packages that contain one (1) copy of the 1:25 variant, plus twelve (12) copies of any mix of cover A or cover B
