Monday, July 8, 2019

Modern Marvel

Star Wars: Captain Phasma #2 Greg Hildebrandt Variant

While the character's use in two of the sequel movies has been underwhelming, Captain Phasma is one of those characters with cool visuals that screams for more stories.  To date, we received a novel simply titled Phasma from Del Rey and a 4-issue mini-series from Marvel both published prior to the Last Jedi.  The Del Rey novel delves into Phasma's backstory while the Marvel mini-series explains how Captain Phasma survived the Battle of Starkiller Base.

One of the most striking covers from the Captain Phasma mini-series has to be the one painted by Greg Hildebrandt.  Greg Hildebrandt, along with his twin brother Tim Hildebrandt, are best known for their work on one of the original 1977 Star Wars movie posters.  The brothers also worked together on an exquisite Shadows of the Empire trading card set from Topps in 1996.  Unfortunately, Tim passed away in 2006.

Star Wars: Captain Phasma #2d - Marvel Comics, U.S. (September 2017)
Greg Hildebrandt variant
Not related to the story inside, the cover shows Phasma leading a squad of First Order Flametroopers.  It is dark on the planet's surface which juxtaposes nicely with the yellow and red flames that are glistening off Phasma's armor.

This variant cover was initially released in a 1 to 50 ratio with the standard cover.

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