Earlier today we Big Time Collectables announced that they’re partnering with Tyler Kirkham and Mico Suayan for TWO exclusive variants of Charles Soule’s 100th comic that he’s written for Star Wars, Star Wars #25. Pre-Sale starts at 3:00 P.M. Easter on June 3rd.
Instead of continuing the main story for the current Star Wars run this issue will be a collection of new stories with characters from all of the series that Charles Soule has written for Marvel over the years.
We’re getting stories with Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, Darth Vader, The Grand Inquisitor, Obi-Wan and Anakin, and more.
Star Wars #25 Comic Covers
(W) Charles Soule (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli (CA) Carlo Pagulayan
A CELEBRATION ACROSS THE GALAXY FOR STAR WARS’ 25TH ISSUE! With stories set from the Prequel to the Sequel eras, experience new tales of OBI-WAN & ANAKIN, DARTH VADER, POE DAMERON and KYLO REN. Join Charles Soule, along with his previous artistic collaborators, for this era-spanning celebration!
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Variants (some of the images are in theis section are the leaked images. Will update with high res files when I have them)
- Cover A Pagulayan
- JTC Action Figure Variant
- Sprouse Choose Your Destiny
- Artist Pride Variant Kirby
- Rosanas Variant
- Sliney Variant
- Noto Variant
- Camuncoli Variant
- 1:25 McNiven Variant (Ebay)
- 1:50 Maleev Variant (Ebay)
- Mike Mayhew Exclusive
- Tyler Kirkham Exclusive (Big Time Collectibles)
- Mico Suayan Exclusive (Big Time Collectibles)
What Makes Star Wars #25 A Milestone Issue?
According to Charles Soule, since this is his 100th modern era Star Wars comic and the 100th comic in the Star Wars run (2015 and 2020), he’s received the greenlight from Marvel and Disney to do something special with it.
While we know very little about the specifics of this issue we do know that Charles has been writing it for years and Marvel is producing EIGHT open covers and two retail incentive covers. Clearly expecting this to sell well.
**Check out “what’s new” in Star Wars Collectables this week on TFAW**
Here’s what Charles had to say about this importance of Star Wars #25 on his newsletter from March 2022.
“I’ve been hinting about something special happening for the upcoming twenty-fifth issue of Marvel’s Star Wars comic series, which I’ve been writing since 2020. It’s a milestone in many ways. First, getting to 25 issues on any series is a big deal. This is also the 100th issue of Star Wars published since the big relaunch in 2014. It is also the 100th Star Wars script I’ve written, between all the various titles I’ve worked on: (Lando, Obi-Wan & Anakin, Poe Dameron, Darth Vader, The Rise of Kylo Ren, Star Wars, War of the Bounty Hunters, Crimson Reign and Eye of the Storm.) That’s a lot of stories!
Charles Soule Newsletter
In order to mark the occasion, Star Wars #25 will feature new stories set in the worlds of some of those signature tales, including the creative teams for most of them, and variant covers from artists who worked on them with me. I want to leave a little mystery for now, so I’ll hold off telling you what I’m doing and who’s drawing what, but I think you’ll be happy. It’s been amazing to work with these artists again, and to tell new tales in these worlds. I’m also grateful that Marvel and Lucasfilm and the artists got on board with doing this – everyone’s crazy busy, and this was outside the normal range of the stories we’re telling right now. Feels really good.”
Time will tell if all of this hype amounts to a key issue, first appearance, and/or a nice investment opportunity but they certainly have my attention.
Hey hey!
-Grand Admiral Frik
