Star Wars comic sparks childhood memory
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This article was published 20/01/2015 (4093 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
When I was four years old, my father took my brother and me to see the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope.
We were the last ones to get in to an already packed theatre and had to convince the usher to allow us to share a seat.
This experience and movie shaped much of my childhood and now, nearly 40, I am at Galaxy Comics at 200-1109 Henderson Hwy. on the day the first issue of Marvel Comics’ Star Wars comic book is launched, with much anticipation.
“The release signifies a high point in comics,” explains Justin Durkin, who is in charge of ordering comics for the store.
Marvel, which had not printed a Star Wars comic since the 1980s, has re-acquired its license from Dark Horse Comics and has printed a million copies of Star Wars No.1, telling a tale that takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
Justin says “what is great about the new Star Wars comics is that they have a prominent creative team.”
According to an interview he gave to and which is posted at comicbookresources.com, author Jason Aaron has written a story “driven by Luke Skywalker’s quest, with the driving point being his historic journey — at this point in the timeline he is training to be a Jedi and he knows he has this great destiny, but he has no idea how to begin the journey to get there. Meanwhile, Darth Vader is trying to figure out who blew up the Death Star.”
“The main illustrator John Cassidy has drawn many other high profile comics,” Durkin says.
Star Wars and comic book fans have a choice of multiple covers for the first issue. Galaxy Comics has about 15 different ones to choose from.
Dependent on how many regular issues a store orders, different numbers of cover variations become available to them. Ordering 25 copies will open up one variant, 50 copies another, and so on.
Galaxy has ordered 500 copies, giving them access to the rarest of variants.
Justin shows me a copy to be priced somewhere between $350 and $400.
We both agree that the realism of the Alex Ross drawn cover is superb.
“It just feels iconic,” he says.
Evan Comstock is a community correspondent for East Kildonan.
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