The Clone Wars animated series ran from 2008 - 2012 returning for 13 episodes in 2014 and again for a final 12 episodes this year. The series did an excellent job of fleshing out the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker's involvement in that fabled conflict. It also introduced many memorable characters with none being as important as Ahsoka Tano, Anakin's Jedi Padawan. She first appeared in the theatrical movie The Clone Wars on August 15, 2008. This was followed by her appearance in two Star Wars comics from Dark Horse: The Clone Wars #1 and The Clone Wars - Shipyards of Doom both released in September. The animated series began on the cartoon network on October 3rd.
The Clone Wars #1 edges out Shipyards of Doom by a few weeks to be the first appearance of Ahsoka Tano in comics.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008) Direct 1st appearance of Ahsoka Tano in comicsStar Wars: The Clone Wars #1b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008) Newsstand 1st appearance of Ahsoka Tano in comics
Ten lucky retailers received 100 copies each of the Dark Horse 100 variant of The Clone Wars #1.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1c - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008) Dark Horse 100 variant 1st appearance of Ahsoka Tano in comics
The digest-sized The Clone Wars series also began in September 2008. This format proved successful with younger readers and this title ran for 11 issues ending in 2013.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Shipyards of Doom a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008) digest-sized 2nd appearance of Ahsoka Tano in comics
A Target store exclusive issue of Shipyard of Doom was included with DVD and Blu-ray copies of The Clone Wars movie released in November 2008.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Shipyards of Doom b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (November 2008) digest-sized Target exclusive 2nd appearance of Ahsoka Tano in comics
When the Clone Wars animated series ended, Ahsoka had walked away from the Jedi order. She next appears in the final episode of season one of the Rebels animated series. She is due to make an appearance in The Mandalorian season 2.
The announcement back in March that Rosario Dawson would guest star as a live-action Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian season 2 has created quite the disturbance in the Force! The news has prompted collectors to seek our her appearances in comic books with her first and other early appearances realizing big money. Raw copies of her first appearance in The Clone Wars #1 has sold for $350 - 400 which is higher than the price of raw copies of the first appearance of Boba Fett in Star Wars #42 due to the much lower print run of this Dark Horse title. In September 2008, The Clone Wars #1 was the 2nd best selling Star Wars title behind Legacy #28 and sold an initial estimated 26,591 copies according to Comichron.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008) 1st appearance of Ahsoka Tano
And the Dark Horse 100 variant which is limited to just 1000 copies has seen a few prices above $1000, propelling that comic well above the price of Star Wars #1 from 1977.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1c - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008) Dark Horse 100 variant 1st appearance of Ahsoka Tano
A few collectors are also buying copies of Darth Vader (2017) #14 which is apparently the first modern appearance of Ahsoka Tano.
Star Wars: Darth Vader #14a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (April 2018) 1st modern appearance of Ahsoka Tano
Coco is an anthology comic published in Hungary in 1991 and 1992 by International World Line Magyar-NSZK Kft. (International World Line Hungarian-West Bank Ltd.) Only four issues were published, but it is the final issue that will be of interested to Star Wars comic fans. That issue contains a Star Wars cover and six interior pages which start an original adaptation of A New Hope.
Coco #1a - International World Line Magyar-NSZK Kft., Hungary (1992)
The cover artwork shows Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia in front of a visage of Darth Vader. This artwork is by Martina Pilcerová, who has a scratchy style. Unfortunately, the artwork only consumes 2/3rds of the cover and the trade dress, including the title, is clearly a product of computer technology from the era.
This next image, taken from the Web, shows page four of the story:
Coco #1a - International World Line Magyar-NSZK Kft., Hungary (1992) Star Wars: A New Hope page four
You can see from this page that the interior artwork provided by Martina Pilcerová heavily uses photo references. The Darth Vader images on these pages are lifted from The Empire Strikes Back and other panels are taken from A New Hope. While the art is not as clean as Attila Fazekas' famous Hungarian adaptation, it is unique. I would have liked to see more from this adaptation.
