Star Wars 2 hit....great book but at $4 a pop, Marvel is pushing the boundaries of regular comic cost
First look @ Star wars #1 variant cover by Joe Quesada
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$4? No thanks
slynger
Super Freak
I saw the $4 cover price, and being that I don't read a lot of comics, I found mysel thinking that's a bit steep for a regular comic.
The comic is top notch, but the price is definitely high. IF that Leia comic is $4 a pop, I would expect that title to die a very quick death. Vader comic looks fantastic as well
I'll wait for the digitals to show up on Marvel Unlimited
I am curious, do the digital copies include the ads, or just comic itself? Always wondered!
Darth Waller
Are you on the square?
No ads.
Ok thanks........
i wish Marvel would copy Walking Dead and put their ads all at the end, and not sprinkled throughout...for $4 an issue, i should not be seeing ads everywhere, but alas....I digress
i wish Marvel would copy Walking Dead and put their ads all at the end, and not sprinkled throughout...for $4 an issue, i should not be seeing ads everywhere, but alas....I digress
Just the cover and no ads
slynger
Super Freak
I've heard that some of these covers are more limited than the others. Not sure if this is even true, but if so, is there a place that lists how many of each were published?
search comicbookresources.com. I believe they had the variant numbers listed
slynger
Super Freak
Thanks for the link, however, that site is next to impossible to navigate. I've heard it was 3000 for the variants and 1500 for the black/white covers. Just looking to confirm is all.
Picked up Star Wars #1 and #2 at Heroes Haven here in Tampa. I was shocked to see that my local store actually had it's own variant.
So naturally I picked it up. I asked the store owner what they had to do to get their own variant cover and he said order at least 3000 copies and pay an extra fee for the new cover commission.
I told my 5 year old son that he could get any comic in the store that was selling for retail price and he asked for the new Sandman. I said, "okay dude, you're not ready for that yet, pick something else."
His next choice was this one:
So it was kind of fun to walk out of the store with the same comic as my boy.
I think this series is great! I'd probably nitpick it if these were movies but even having Luke meet Vader in the first issue so soon after blowing up the Death Star it just seemed like something the original Marvel series or Boba Fett Holiday Special cartoon would do.
John Cassaday's art is great, he really captures the likenesses of the actors well. And I could totally hear their voices speaking the dialogue. Great "everything goes to pot, they argue, crazy action ensues" story very much in the spirit of the OT. Can't wait for issue #3!
So naturally I picked it up. I asked the store owner what they had to do to get their own variant cover and he said order at least 3000 copies and pay an extra fee for the new cover commission.
I told my 5 year old son that he could get any comic in the store that was selling for retail price and he asked for the new Sandman. I said, "okay dude, you're not ready for that yet, pick something else."
His next choice was this one:
So it was kind of fun to walk out of the store with the same comic as my boy.
I think this series is great! I'd probably nitpick it if these were movies but even having Luke meet Vader in the first issue so soon after blowing up the Death Star it just seemed like something the original Marvel series or Boba Fett Holiday Special cartoon would do.
John Cassaday's art is great, he really captures the likenesses of the actors well. And I could totally hear their voices speaking the dialogue. Great "everything goes to pot, they argue, crazy action ensues" story very much in the spirit of the OT. Can't wait for issue #3!
Usually the sketch covers have the lowest copies
I picked up #1 and #2. I am not certain I dig the Luke and Vader mtg but it's early so I'll follow along
It really seems like the purpose of this rebooted series is to retell the "in between" adventures of Han, Luke, and Leia post-ANH with the proper foreknowledge of what was coming in ESB and ROTJ (and possibly even TFA.) The original Marvel issues had to guess at what was coming in ESB and ROTJ so no doubt had to scramble to make their series re-align with the films with each new release. It'll be interesting to see how Marvel does it.
I just hope the prequel references are kept to a minimum (if not ignored entirely.)
I just hope the prequel references are kept to a minimum (if not ignored entirely.)
slynger
Super Freak
Well, got my Fett variants, now to hunt down the sketch Fett variants. 
I was thankfully able to secure this bad boy as well thanks to my LCS 
Also gonna get this one
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