Marvel Announces ‘Poe Dameron #1’ Celebration in April

John F. Trent |

Mar 2, 2016

On April 6th this year Star Wars: Poe Dameron flies out of the blockbuster movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens and into your local comic shop.

Marvel is offering local comic shops the opportunity to join in on the Poe Dameron #1 Celebration with special items exclusive to the launch parties including party exclusive variant covers, promotional buttons, cake toppers, and more.

Qualifying retailers will receive the following items for the Poe Dameron #1 Celebration:

Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 Invitational Postcards
Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 Promotional Pins
Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 BB-8 Lithographs by Joe Quinones
Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 Nakayama Jaxxon Sketch Party Variant
Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 Premiere Variant

Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 is set before the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and follows Poe’s daring adventures that take him to the edge of the galaxy and back. Poe was hand-picked for the Resistance by General Leia Organa and leads BB-8 and a squadron of X-Wing pilots on a top-secret mission that could hold the key to save the galaxy. However, the First Order is on their tail, will the operation be short lived?

Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 by Charles Soule and Phil Noto flies into comic book shops on April 6, 2016 with a number of different variant covers from Phil Noto, John Cassaday, Joe Quinones, David Nakayama, and John Tyler Christopher. The final order cutoff is March 7, 2016.