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A typical cover of a Star Wars comic published by Dark Horse Comics

Star Wars comic books are comic books relating to the Star Wars universe. Star Wars comics have come in many forms including, comic strips, webstrips, and webcomics but the most common are comic books. Various publishers have produced since the first Star Wars comics were published by Marvel Comics in 1977.

Starting with Star Wars 1 releasing a month before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the original Star Wars series ran for 107 issues ending with Star Wars 107 in June 1986. During this time two spin-off comics, Droids and Ewoks were also published by Marvel.

During the late 70s comic strips started to appear in many newspapers including the Los Angeles Times Syndicate who first published the Star Wars comic strips in 1979.

More publishing compaines began to publish comics for the Star Wars saga including Dark Horse Comics, who have published many comic series since 1991 with Star Wars: Dark Empire.

Comics posted on the internet or webcomics, became another form for Star Wars comics. The Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club published webstrips which became a featured staple on the site. Many webcomics also tied into other Star Wars media like the Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: The Clone Wars webcomics.

After The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm Ltd. in 2012, the license to produce Star Wars comics returned to Marvel in 2015. Marvel began with a reboot of the original Star Wars series with a run of comics from 2015 until Star Wars 75 in 2019. In 2017, IDW Publishing began the Star Wars Adventures anthology series for young readers. In 2021, StarWars.com announced the Dark Horse Comics will return to publishing Star Wars comics in 2022.

Types of comic books[]

Comic strips[]

Comic strips are comics, presented in a series of strips. A number of Star Wars comics strips were first published in newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate starting in 1979. Dark Horse Comics edited, colored, and reprinted most of these stories in comic-book form decades later.

Webstrips[]

Webstrips was an exclusive feature on the Star Wars fan club website, Hyperspace.

It was composed of a number of black-and-white, three-frame comic strips, published daily. The daily webstrips eventually completed an entire story, and a number of these stories were completed and archived. Some of the stories were new, while others were either adaptations of previous tales, or re-releases of comics from the late '70s and early '80s.

Starting in 2004, webstrips were published on StarWars.com's Hyperspace, alongside reprints of most of the original strips from the 1970s and 1980s. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars newspaper strips, a blog was started on blogspot.com in 2009 that posted a newspaper comic a day on roughly the same month and date of its original release.

Archived webstrips[]
Original Hyperspace-exclusive webstrips[]
Newspaper strips reissued on Hyperspace[]
Unpublished webstrips[]

These webstrips appear to have been cancelled, though none officially.

Webcomic[]

A webcomic is a comic published on the internet. There are a number of official Star Wars webcomics.

Official webcomics[]

List of comic books[]

The following is a list of Star Wars comic books, sorted by publisher and series.

Marvel Comics[]

Marvel logo

Marvel Star Wars[]

Annual issues[]

Return of the Jedi movie adaptation[]

Collections[]

Ewoks[]

Star Wars: Droids[]

Marvel UK original stories[]

Collections[]

Pizzazz Original Stories[]

Marvel Omnibus Collections[]

Reboot Series (ongoing)[]

Star Wars 2020[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Darth Vader[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: The High Republic (2023)[]
Collections[]
Finished Series[]
Star Wars[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Darth Vader[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Kanan[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Poe Dameron[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Darth Vader (2017)[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: The High Republic (2021)[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: The High Republic (2022)[]
Collections[]
Modern Era Epic Collections[]
Miniseries[]
Star Wars: Princess Leia[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Lando[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Shattered Empire[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Chewbacca[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Han Solo[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Adaptation[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Darth Maul[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Rogue One Adaptation[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Captain Phasma[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Thrawn[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Lando - Double or Nothing[]
Collection[]
Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Age of Republic[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Age of Rebellion[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Vader - Dark Visions[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: TIE Fighter (comic series)[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (comic series)[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Age of Resistance[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Allegiance[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Target Vader[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: The High Republic: Trail of Shadows[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Crimson Reign[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Halcyon Legacy[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Obi-Wan[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2022)[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Hidden Empire[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Yoda[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The High Republic — The Blade[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Sana Starros[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: 40th Anniversary One-Shots[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Dark Droids[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: Dark Droids: D-Squad[]
Collection[]
Star Wars: The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight[]
Collection[]
Annuals and One-shots[]
Star Wars Legends Collections[]
Legends Epic Collections[]
Legends Omnibus[]
Film adaptations[]

IDW Publishing[]

Star Wars Adventures[]

Special Issues[]
Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures (2020)[]

Special Issues[]
Collections[]

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny[]

Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader's Castle[]

Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down[]

Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle[]

Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales[]

Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run[]

Collections[]

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures[]

Special Issues[]

Collections[]

Star Wars Adventures: The Weapon of a Jedi[]

Collections[]

Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures — The Monster of Temple Peak[]

Star Wars Adventures: Ghosts of Vader's Castle[]

One-Shots[]
Collections[]

Graphic Novel Adaptations[]

Blackthorne Publishing[]

Star Wars 3-D[]

Dark Horse Comics[]

Dark Horse Comics

Film adaptations[]

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace[]
Hardcover Collection[]
Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones[]
Trade Paperback Collection[]
Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith[]
Trade Paperback Collection[]
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - The Special Edition[]
Trade Paperback Collection[]
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Adventures[]
Trade Paperback Collection[]
Manga film adaptations[]
Star Wars Manga: The Phantom Menace[]
Star Wars Manga: A New Hope[]
Star Wars Manga: The Empire Strikes Back[]
Star Wars Manga: Return of the Jedi[]
PhotoComic[]

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi[]

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Golden Age of the Sith[]
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Fall of the Sith Empire[]
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi[]
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Freedon Nadd Uprising[]
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith[]
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Sith War[]
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Redemption[]
Omnibus Collections[]

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: The Old Republic[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith—Spiral[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Knight Errant[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Jedi—The Dark Side[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan series[]

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell[]
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express[]

Dark Horse Presents Annual 2000: Girls Rule!: Aurra's Song (2000)

Jedi Council: Acts of War[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Republic[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: Darth Maul[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Jango Fett: Open Seasons[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Heart of Fire[]

Jedi Quest[]

The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing (1999)[]

Star Wars: Jango Fett (2002)[]

Star Wars: Zam Wesell (2002)[]

Poison Moon[]

Starfighter: Crossbones[]

Practice Makes Perfect (2002)[]

Star Wars: Blood Ties: A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead[]

Most Precious Weapon[]

Machines of War[]

Star Wars: Jedi[]

Clone Wars Adventures[]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Free Comic Book Day 2009: The Clone Wars: The Gauntlet of Death[]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (graphic novellas)[]

Star Wars: Darth Maul—Death Sentence[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: General Grievous[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Free Comic Book Day 2006: Routine Valor[]

Star Wars: Obsession[]

Free Comic Book Day 2005: Brothers in Arms[]

Purge[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Dark Times[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows[]

Star Wars: Droids[]

One shots and specials[]
Trade Paperback Collections[]

Jabba the Hutt[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Agent of the Empire[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End[]

This Crumb for Hire (1996)[]

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed[]

Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Empire[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars Adventures[]

Marvel Trade Paperback Collections[]

Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Classic Star Wars (various series)[]

Classic Star Wars[]
Trade Paperback Collections[]

Vader's Quest[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars (Dark Horse)[]

Rebel Heist[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Classic Star Wars: Devilworlds[]

Star Wars Special: The Constancia Affair (1998)[]

The Kashyyyk Depths (1979)[]

Shadow Stalker (1997)[]

Star Wars: River of Chaos[]

Rebellion[]

Collections[]

Star Wars: Boba Fett[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Splinter of the Mind's Eye[]

A Valentine Story (2003)[]

Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley (1996)[]

Shadows of the Empire[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Ewoks—Shadows of Endor (2013)[]

The Bounty Hunters: Scoundrel's Wages (1999)[]

Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

The Jabba Tape (1998)[]

Shadows of the Empire: Evolution[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

X-Wing: Rogue Leader[]

Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

The Thrawn Trilogy[]

Heir to the Empire[]
Dark Force Rising[]
The Last Command[]
Omnibus Collection[]

Star Wars: Dark Empire[]

Star Wars: Dark Empire[]
Star Wars: Dark Empire II[]
Star Wars: Empire's End[]
Hardcover Collection[]

Star Wars: Crimson Empire[]

Star Wars: Crimson Empire[]
Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood[]
Star Wars: Crimson Empire III—Empire Lost[]
Trade Paperback Collections[]

The Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil (1999)[]

Jedi Academy: Leviathan[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Union[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Invasion[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Star Wars: Chewbacca[]

Trade Paperback Collection[]

Star Wars: Legacy[]

Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2[]

Star Wars Omnibus[]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK original stories[]

2015 relaunch line[]

Miniseries[]
Star Wars: Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir[]
Collections[]
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories[]
Collections[]
  • Star Wars Hyperspace Stories Volume 1
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures[]
One-shot[]
Collections[]
  • Star Wars The High Republic Adventures Volume One
Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures: The Nameless Terror[]
One-shots[]

Miscellaneous[]

Star Wars Handbook[]

Star Wars Tales[]

Trade Paperback Collections[]

Infinities[]

Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope[]
Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back[]
Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi[]
Star Wars: Tag & Bink[]
Sergio Aragonés Stomps Star Wars (2000)[]
Star Wars Fan Club Special 2008[]
Star Wars: Visions of the Blade (2008)[]

Cancelled comics[]

Kenner[]

Disney–Lucasfilm Press[]

Yen Press Manga[]

Viz Media Manga[]

StarWars.com webcomics[]

Unlike some other webcomics, these were not co-created by Dark Horse Comics.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars[]

LEGO comics[]

Tokyopop[]

Tokyopop

West End Games[]

Comic Strips[]

Star Wars newspaper strip[]

Russ Manning strips[]

Collected in Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures (except for The Constancia Affair and The Kashyyyk Depths)

Archie Goodwin strips[]

Collected in Classic Star Wars, except Planet of Kadril, which was never reprinted, and Han Solo at Stars' End, which was reprinted in its own Classic Star Wars series.

Star Wars Kids[]

Star Wars Rebels Magazine[]

Online comics[]

Star Wars Miniatures advertisements[]

External links[]

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