New ‘Star Wars: Darth Vader — Black, White & Red’ Marvel Anthology Series Announced
Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red has been announced by Lucasfilm and Marvel. The series follows in the vein of Marvel’s Black, White & Blood miniseries that focused on characters such as Wolverine, Deadpool, and Moon Knight. Darth Vader’s turn will similarly be a four-issue anthology written and illustrated by a team of comic book talent.
StarWars.com has revealed first issue’s cover by Alex Maleev, along with its solicitation.
THE DARK LORD OF THE SITH LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE!
• Following the successful Black, White & Red series produced by Marvel Comics, DARTH VADER now takes the spotlight for tales of terror by some of the industry’s most talented creators!
• PEACH MOMOKO will spin a story only she can bring to life!
• PLUS, the return of JASON AARON to the world of STAR WARS with Part One of his Vader tale spanning all four issues!
The miniseries will see the return of Jason Aaron, who wrote Marvel’s flagship Star Wars series from 2015 to 2017. He pens a story that will span all four issues. Aaron compared it to Vader Down, a crossover series which saw the dark lord single-handedly take on the entire Rebel Alliance. He said:
“That moment from Vader Down is still one of my favorite things I’ve written during my time at Marvel. I loved getting to let Darth Vader cut loose with all his power in such an epic way. I couldn’t pass up the chance to revel in the dark side again and put Vader in an even more perilous situation… and then see how he carves his way out.”
Issue #1 contains a trio of stories by Aaron, Peach Momoko, and Torunn Grønbekk (Jane Foster and the Mighty Thor). Interior art will see the debut of Momoko, who’s previously done variant cover art for The High Republic and Star Wars Adventures, and Leonard Kirk, who penciled Han Solo: Imperial Cadet and several Age of Resistance issues.
Kirk also spoke with StarWars.com, where he expressed his excitement to draw Vader at his cruelest:
“It is always a treat to draw anything for Star Wars… It is a double treat to draw anything for Star Wars featuring Darth Vader. And it is a triple treat to draw anything for Star Wars featuring Darth Vader at his Sithiest, nastiest, most vile and violent.”
Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red issue #1 will be released on April 26th.
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