Star Wars: Invasion
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series set in the Star Wars
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. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics
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, is written by Tom Taylor
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, and illustrated by Colin Wilson
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with color by Wes Dzioba. Just like another ongoing series by Dark Horse - Star Wars: Legacy
Star Wars: Legacy
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- it is confirmed to include various ties to the novels by Del Rey
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, while still remaining accessibe to new readers. It will launch with two online-only preview issues on StarWars.com in May and June 2009. The first printed issue was published on July 1, 2009.
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
, this new ongoing series will be set in the New Jedi Order era and depict the events of the Yuuzhan Vong
Yuuzhan Vong
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War.
In January 2010, Star Wars: Invasion #0 was nominated for a 'Diamond Gem Award' in the '2009 Comic Book of the Year Over $3.00' category.
Synopisis
The first arc was called Refugees, a 5 part series with a prologue in issue #0.The second arc is called Rescues, a 6 issue series.
The third arc is called Revelations and is a 5 issue series.
Issues
- Invasion #0: Refugees, Prologue (Color 40 Pages, Oct 2009) $3.50
- Invasion #1: Refugees, Part 1 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, Jul 2009) $2.99
- Invasion #2: Refugees, Part 2 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, Aug 2009) $2.99
- Invasion #3: Refugees, Part 3 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, Sep 2009) $2.99
- Invasion #4: Refugees, Part 4 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, Oct 2009) $2.99
- Invasion #5: Refugees, Part 5 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, Nov 2009) $2.99
- Invasion #6: Rescues, Part 1 of 6 (Color 40 Pages, May 2010) $2.99
- Invasion #7: Rescues, Part 2 of 6 (Color 40 Pages, Jun 2010) $2.99
- Invasion #8: Rescues, Part 3 of 6 (Color 40 Pages, Jul 2010) $2.99
- Invasion #9: Rescues, Part 4 of 6 (Color 40 Pages, Sep 2010) $2.99
- Invasion #10: Rescues, Part 5 of 6 (Color 40 Pages, Oct 2010) $2.99
- Invasion #11: Rescues, Part 6 of 6 (Color 40 Pages, Dec 2010) $2.99
- Invasion #12: Revelations, Part 1 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, Jul 2011) $3.50
- Invasion #13: Revelations, Part 2 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Aug 2011) $3.50
- Invasion #14: Revelations, Part 3 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Sep 2011) $3.50
- Invasion #15: Revelations, Part 4 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Oct 2011) $3.50
- Invasion #16: Revelations, Part 5 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Nov 2011) $3.50