A long time ago in a Free Comic Book Day far, far away....
A massive week for any and all Star Wars fans
This Saturday, May 3rd, marks one of my favorite days of the year - Free Comic Book Day!
It’s an amazing opportunity to go to a local comic book store near you and pick up some brand-new stories for FREE. And if you see any issues or trades that catch your eye while you’re there, go support a local business and the comics industry at large by picking it up! I’ve got my eye on the new Love and Rockets collection, so this’ll be my excuse…
But in relevant news, one of those free comics is going to be for Marvel’s Star Wars by me and friend/master artist Phil Noto:
If you happen to be in the Queens area on FCBD, come on down to Royal Collectibles where I’ll be signing copies of the issue and anything else you’ve got for me from 2 to 4pm!
Even if you can’t make it to the signing, definitely pick this comic up if you can because it sets the stage for STAR WARS #1, which comes out NEXT WEDNESDAY!!
Earlier this year I announced that I’ll be taking over as the main writer on the Star Wars Marvel comic alongside Phil Noto.
I'm writing STAR WARS!
That’s it really, that’s the whole post. I’m officially going to be the writer for the main Star Wars comic for Marvel starting this May!! Without further ado, here’s the main cover from my old friend Phil Noto:
I’m beyond thrilled to finally be able to share it with you all in just a few days. We’ve got a murderer’s row of cover artists contributing to the issue, so check out the full gallery below:
But until then there’s all-new comics out today, including the explosive sixth & final issue of my Renee Montoya miniseries — The Question: All Along the Watchtower:
Cian, Romulo, and I have had such a great time bringing this book to life, and I can’t thank you all enough for supporting it each issue! Special shout-out to our amazing guest artist Raúl Fernández, our lettering wizard Willie Schubert, and our top-notch editors Jillian Grant and Paul Kaminski. Hopefully this isn’t the last time you see me tell a Renee/DC mystery!
And while I have you here, I wanted to draw your attention to The Forgotten Five, a new Patreon that we just launched last month. What is The Forgotten Five? Well, I’m glad you asked.
The Forgotten Five is a story told in two eras - in the not-so-distant past, a group of teens are captured, and realize that powers they long harbored have been activated against their wills. On the run from the shadowy organization responsible for their accursed new abilities, the kids find refuge with a mysterious woman, becoming part of her crusade against the group known as The Contingency. At the same, in the present, we catch up with some of the teens - now adults living private, separate lives. What happened in the interim? And what evil force is driving the former heroes back together for one last adventure?
It’s a series about coming to grips with your past, the power of found family, and a love letter to our favorite superhero comics, with the hope and goal of telling the story for a long time. We’re publishing it on Patreon with our hope being that we’ll be able to provide readers with new chapters (8-10 pages) of black and white comics every 4-6 weeks that we can then eventually collect in print, colored and repackaged! Chapter 2 will be up soon, so it’s never been a better time to sign up!
That’s it for now. Thanks for reading - now go out and get some comics!
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UPCOMING RELEASES
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: STAR WARS - May 3 [Marvel]
STAR WARS #1 - May 7 [Marvel]
DICK TRACY #10 - May 14 [Mad Cave]
GREEN HORNET/MISS FURY #5 - May 14 [Dynamite]
STAR WARS: THE BATTLE OF JAKKU TPB - June 3 [Marvel]
STAR WARS #2 - June 11 [Marvel]
DICK TRACY VOL. 2 TPB - July 1 [Mad Cave]
WHAT IF…? GALACTUS TPB - July 1 [Marvel]
GREEN HORNET/MISS FURY TPB - July 29 [Dynamite]
MARVEL ZOMBIES: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD TPB - July 29 [Marvel]
SPIDER-SOCIETY: ENTER THE SPIDER-VERSERS TPB - July 29 [Marvel]
THE QUESTION: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER TPB - August 26 [DC]
DICK TRACY VOL. 1 DELUXE EDITION HC - September 9 [Mad Cave]
UPCOMING EVENTS
ROYAL COLLECTIBLES (Queens, NY) - May 3, 2-4:00pm EST
MIDTOWN COMICS DOWNTOWN (New York City, NY) - May 7, 5:00pm EST
THE UNCANNY EXPERIENCE (Minneapolis, MN) - July 12-13
BOUCHERCON (New Orleans, LA) - Sept. 3-7
Congratulations, Alex.
Congrats, Alex! I'm super excited for you.