A Jaxxon Cover Gallery




A Jaxxon Cover Gallery



	This gallery features covers from comic books which feature the green space rabbit, Jaxxon. The first of these books was published by Marvel in February, 1978. Jaxxon continues to make cover appearances today.



	1 title: Star Wars (1977) publisher: Marvel cover artist: Howard Chaykin writer: Roy Thomas artists: Howard Chaykin & Tom Palmer issue: #008 of 108 release date: February, 1978 cover: A cover episode: "Eight for Aduba-3!" commentary: Marvel introduced Jaxxon in issue #8 of Star Wars (1977).



	2 title: Star Wars (1977) publisher: Marvel cover artist: Howard Chaykin writer: Roy Thomas artists: Howard Chaykin & Tom Palmer issue: #009 of 108 release date: March, 1978 cover: A cover episode: "Showdown on the Wasteland World!" commentary: Certainly, there was an explicit element of comic relief in Jaxxon's character.



	3 title: Star Wars (1977) publisher: Marvel cover artist: Howard Chaykin writer: Roy Thomas artists: Howard Chaykin & Tom Palmer issue: #016 of 108 release date: October, 1978 cover: A cover episode: "The Hunter!" commentary: Jaxxon was present on the cover to the issue in which Beilert Valance makes his debut. Valance made a significant reappearance in Marvel comics beginning in 2018.



	4 title: Star Wars (2015) publisher: Marvel cover artist: John Tyler Christopher writer: Jason Aaron artist: John Cassaday issue: #01 of 75 release date: January, 2015 cover: I variant commentary: Once Disney acquired both Marvel and Star Wars, it was only a matter of time before the license for the Star Wars comics returned to Marvel. In January, 2015, Marvel launched several new Star Wars series, the first being Star Wars (2015). This cover, called a "Party" variant, suggested humorously that Marvel was not going to allow the silliness, which occasionally appeared in the original Star Wars (1977) series, to intrude into their new offering. This issue had more than sixty variant covers. Another incentive variant (numbered #58) of this book contains the same art in black and white. As an aside, this same issue of Star Wars (2015) contained the first Star Wars Action Figure Variant Cover, also by John Tyler Christopher. At the time of writing, there are nearly 150 cover variants in this theme. This site hosts a Star Wars Action Figure Variant Cover Gallery.



	5 title: Star Wars: Vader Down (2015) publisher: Marvel cover artist: Chip Zdarsky writer: Jason Aaron artist: Mike Deodato, Jr. issue: one-shot release date: November, 2015 cover: E variant commentary: Vader Down was a one-shot that served as the first issue of a six-issue arc that included issues #13, #14 & #15 of Darth Vader (2015) and issues #13 & #14 of Star Wars (2015). The F variant of this book contains the same art, but the background is rendered in black and white and the figures are not in silhouette. The F variant was released in a 1:4,999 ratio, making it rare and prohibitively expensive by design.



	6 title: Star Wars: Poe Dameron (2016) publisher: Marvel cover artist: Chip Zdarsky writer: Charles Soule artists: Phil Noto & Angel Unzueta issue: #01 of 31 release date: April, 2016 cover: P variant commentary: This cover was described as a "Celebration" variant. The Q variant of this book contains the same art, but with less color. The Q variant was released in an unknown but not especially rare ratio.



	7 title: Star Wars (2020) publisher: Marvel cover artist: Phil Noto writer: Charles Soule artist: Jesús Saiz issue: #01 of on-going series release date: January, 2020 cover: H variant commentary: There was a also a sketch version to this cover that was released as a one-per-store variant.



	8 title: Star Wars Adventures (2019) publisher: IDW cover artist: Stan Sakai writers: Cavan Scott, Pierrick Colinet & Elsa Charretier artists: Alain Mauricet & Margaux Saltel issue: 2019 Annual release date: August, 2019 cover: A cover episodes: "Hare-Brained Heist" & "So Much More" commentary: IDW, which published the all-ages Star Wars comics beginning in 2017, adopted Jaxxon as a cover star for its Annual issues.



	9 title: Star Wars Adventures (2019) publisher: IDW cover artist: Alain Mauricet writers: Cavan Scott & Nick Brokenshire artists: Nick Brokenshire & Francesco Gaston issue: 2020 Annual release date: November, 2020 cover: A cover episodes: "Rabbit Hunt" & "A Rebel Bounty" commentary: Jaxxon appeared on a second consecutive Annual issue in 2020.



	10 title: Star Wars Adventures (2021) publisher: IDW cover artist: Arianna Florean writers: Cavan Scott, Chip Zdarsky & Jason Loo artists: Arianna Florean & Jason Loo issue: 2021 Annual release date: November, 2021 cover: A cover episodes: "The Hoojib Menace" & "The Coin" commentary: Jaxxon appeared on a third consecutive Annual issue in 2021.



	11 title: Star Wars Adventures (2021) publisher: IDW cover artist: John Giang writers: Cavan Scott, Chip Zdarsky & Jason Loo artists: Arianna Florean & Jason Loo issue: 2021 Annual release date: November, 2021 cover: Frankie's Comics retailer exclusive cover episodes: "The Hoojib Menace" & "The Coin" commentary: To our knowledge, this is the first retailer exclusive variant cover to feature Jaxxon.



	12 title: Ghosts of Vader's Castle (2021) publisher: IDW cover artist: Francesco Francavilla writer: Cavan Scott artists: Francesco Francavilla & Derek Charm issue: #2 of 5 release date: September, 2021 cover: A cover commentary: In October, 2018, IDW created a Halloween-themed series centered on Vader's Castle on Mustafar. In the fourth year, Jaxxon finally found his way into this series. Thus far, Francesco Francavilla has created the A covers to all issues in the series. Additionally, all of the issues included a retailer incentive variant in a 1:10 ratio with the A cover art rendered in black and white. This site hosts a Vader's Castle Cover Gallery.



	13 title: Ghosts of Vader's Castle (2021) publisher: IDW cover artist: Francesco Francavilla writer: Cavan Scott artists: Francesco Francavilla & Derek Charm issue: #2 of 5 release date: September, 2021 cover: B variant commentary: To our knowledge, this B variant is Jaxxon's first appearance on something other than the A cover.



	14 title: Ghosts of Vader's Castle (2021) publisher: IDW cover artist: Francesco Francavilla writer: Cavan Scott artist: Francesco Francavilla issue: #5 of 5 release date: October, 2021 cover: A cover commentary: Jaxxon joins the club of characters to have voiced a classic line from the Star Wars franchise.



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