Dark Horse Wants Comic Shops To Rip Up Their Covers ofStar Wars #1

When Disney acquire Star Wars , one of the first “ casualties ” of the reshuffling was Dark Horselosing the cartoon strip licence to Marvel , who have gone on to launch a wildly successful set of series in the galaxy far , far away . It seems like they may just be a little bit fidgety about that , judging by this fresh packaging .

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Announced today , Dark Horse is offering an exclusive form for their recently announced reboot of the Bounty Hunter heroine Barb Wire by Adam Hughes . To get it , retails have to come back 20 covers torn from unsold transcript of Star Wars # 1 — which is presently sell well enough to be on its fifth printing , nearly 3 months after it was first turn — for every Barb Wire edition they want . Here ’s the full press release from Dark Horse :

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Dark Horse ’s number - one bounty Orion , Barb Wire , is back , and even more audacious ! She ’s ready to take no prisoners , and to celebrate her getting even , Dark Horse is offering retail merchant a particular opportunity to get their hands on a rare variant concealment .

For every twenty cover version of Marvel ’s standard Star Wars # 1 that retailer send to Dark Horse , they ’ll get an ultra - rare Barb Wire # 1 variate by Adam Hughes for FREE , with a clear message : do n’t f * * * with Barb Wire .

to boot , in a related advancement for the of late announced King Tiger miniseries , Dark Horse is be after to present a in full grown Bengal Panthera tigris to one lucky devotee . The tiger , whose name is King ( of course ) , is a three - yr - old male , nine feet , nine inch in duration , and weighs around 470 pounds . ( Please note : tiger refuses to hold out jacket crown . )

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( The morsel about the Bengal Panthera tigris is , obviously , an April Fools joke , but not the actual promotion for Barb Wire , according toComic Book Resources . God , is n’t today the bad ? )

Although any mechanical press release released today should be truly treated with trepidation , a promotion like this is n’t on the nose unheard of in the world of strip , regardless of its seeming pettiness . In fact , Marvel themselves have done in in the yesteryear , with ahighly advertize tiffwith DC which saw them demand retailers to rip off cover for comics that were in the Blackest Night event in orderliness to getan exclusive Deadpool variant coverfor Marvel ’s own event , Siege . Serious occupation , these comic !

It ’s very probable that this promotion is just a tongue - in - brass , jokey way to upgrade Barb Wire , but April Fools or otherwise , you ca n’t serve but feel like Dark Horse are perchance still a small sore from losing the Star Wars franchiseafter many years of excellent military service .

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