Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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Star Wars: Vader Down Hastings Exclusive Connecting Cover Variants

Vader Down is the first Star Wars crossover event published by Marvel Comics when they reacquired the license in 2015.  Beginning in Star Wars: Vader Down #1 and alternating between the main Darth Vader and Star Wars titles, this event was told in 6-issues.  There are Hasting exclusive covers for the first 3 issues of this crossover which connect to form one image.  The art is by Aleksi Briclot, an accomplished French illustrator known for his fantasy and science fiction work including for Magic: The Gathering.

The Star Wars #13 cover is a montage of the heroes over an image of Vader's crashed TIE Fighter.

Star Wars #13e - Marvel Comics, U.S. (November 2015)
Hastings exclusive
The Star Wars: Vader Down #1 cover is an image of Darth Vader walking away from the crashed fighter.  In the background is a stylized image of the Death Star and X-Wing Fighters.

Star Wars: Vader Down #1i - Marvel Comics, U.S. (November 2015)
Hastings exclusive
The final cover shows a montage of other villains Doctor Aphra, Black Krrsantan, 0-0-0, and BT-1.  Also pictured is a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers.

Star Wars: Darth Vader #13d - Marvel Comics, U.S. (November 2015)
Hastings exclusive
Below are the connecting covers together.

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