Monday, December 25, 2017

Modern Marvel

Star Wars: Lando #3 Mike Mayhew Variant (12 Days Of Bounty Hunter Covers)

"Bounty hunters.  We don't need their scum." - Admiral Piett

Admiral Piett could not be more wrong about bounty hunters as they are some of the most popular Star Wars characters.  Since the first movie when the bounty hunter Greedo confronts Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina, bounty hunters have been employed to capture and kill.  Darth Vader hires bounty hunters to "find the Millennium Falcon", introducing six of the most intriguing bounty hunters to the saga: Boba Fett, Bossk, Dengar, IG-88, 4-LOM, and Zuckass.  Boba Fett is easily the most popular bounty hunter of the group, but the other five have not been ignored since their introduction.

The third issue in the Lando 5-issue mini-series has a variant cover by Mike Mayhew that uses the other five bounty hunters.  The five are looking at an Imperial wanted poster.


Star Wars: Lando #3b - Marvel Comics, U.S. (August 2015)
Mike Mayhew variant
Of course, Lando Calrissian is the subject of the poster which attracts the attention of the five bounty hunters.  While the artwork has nothing to do with the interior of the comic, it is a nice piece and a story about these five hunting Lando would be a fun story to read about.

This is the first day of the 12 days of bounty hunter covers!  For the next 12 days, I will be showing the covers for 12 comics that feature bounty hunters from across the Star Wars universe.

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