The same year the San Diego Comic-Con officially changed its name to the San Diego Comic-Con International, Dark Horse published the final issue of the San Diego Comic Con Comics. Started in 1992, this annual comic features previews of upcoming Dark Horse titles and was available at the convention. Each issue is 32-pages with black and white artwork and the title only ran for 4 issues. The last issue in 1995 contains a Star Wars cover and 3-page Heir to the Empire preview.
San Diego Comic Con Comics #4a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (July 1995)
The Star Wars cover artwork is by Kilian Plunkett and shows Han Solo and Chewbacca sitting at a table in the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine. In the background, hidden among several aliens, we can see the back of Wedge Antilles dressed in the familiar orange jumpsuit of an X-Wing Fighter pilot. Standing next to Wedge is the smuggler Dravis, Han's contact. The 3-page preview is pages 10 - 12 from the first issue of Heir to the Empire.
San Diego Comic Con Comics #4 is a flip book with the back cover featuring artwork by Frank Miller.
San Diego Comic Con Comics #4a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (July 1995) back cover
The characters on the back cover are Fat Man and Little Boy from the Sin City series.
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