Star Wars Comics Get New Life in Marvel's Epic Collections

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Star Wars Comics Get New Life in Marvel's Epic Collections

Marvel announces the first Star Wars Epic Collection, with the first volume reprinting Dark Horse issues about the rise of Darth Vader following the events of Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.

Marvel Comics announced today [http://marvel.com/news/comics/2014/8/28/23168/star_wars_legends_epic_collections_beginning_in_2015] the first in a series of trade paperbacks collecting complete stories from the Star Wars universe. The Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire assembles 18 issues by various writers and artists, previously published by Dark Horse, into a self-contained collection. The first volume includes stories set in the years following Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. The collection will go on sale in April 2015. Marvel has previously published Epic Collections for other titles, including Captain America, Avengers, Wolverine, and many other series.


David Gabriel, Marvel's Senior Vice President of Sale and Marketing, says, "We're thrilled to be bringing our innovative Epic Collections to a galaxy far, far away. We'll be bouncing around to different periods of Star Wars history with each Epic Collection, constructing one huge tapestry, collecting full unbroken runs of all the greatest Star Wars comics from the past 35 years."

The Epic Collection features art by Luke Ross, Douglas Wheatley, Jim Hall, Chris Scalf, Marco Castiello, Andrea Chella, and Rick Leonardi. Writers featured in the collection are John Ostrander, Randy Stradley, Haden Blackman, and Alexander Freed. Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire contains Star Wars: Republic issues #78-80, Star Wars: Purge #1, Star Wars: Purge - Seconds to Die #1, Star Wars: Purge - The Hidden Blade #1, Star Wars: Purge - The Tyrant's Fist #1-2, Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command #1-5, and Star Wars: Dark Times #1-5.

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Marvel announced in January that it would be Star Wars: Episode VII [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131015-Star-Wars-Comics-Leaving-Dark-Horse-for-Marvel-in-2015 ] is due out December 18, 2015.


Source: Marvel Comics [http://marvel.com/news/comics/2014/8/28/23168/star_wars_legends_epic_collections_beginning_in_2015#]


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[exobook]

Nice idea in general grouping them by events but I'd still like full volumes of each series.

 

[faefrost]

That is really neat. And I am thrilled that they aren't being simply abandoned to history never to see print again. I'm especially thrilled for that Marvel Omnibus of those old old stories that they wrote between the movies that aren't really cannon. There was some wild and wacky shit in those. (Now if only they could find ways to reprint Bill Mantlo's Rom Spaceknight and Micronauts.)

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I am happy that Marvel at least isn't purging everything that came before, like Del Rey seems to be doing. There is no reason why they can't keep the old canon running as a separate continuity, you idiots. Do like Marvel here.