Alright everybody, I’m soliciting suggestions for spec picks here.
What I’m thinking of doing is providing a weekly Friday Book of Boba Fett comic spec article over on DrunkWooky.com through the December 29 premiere of Book of Boba Fett. I’ll focus on a different couple characters each Friday and get to the bottom of their first appearances, first covers, origins, and key issues.
What we know from the show blurb is that Boba and Fennec will be navigating the underworld. So, I think it makes sense to focus on bounty hunters, criminals, rogues, smugglers, and scoundrels. Here’s my preliminary short list, but please throw out ideas and I’ll demystify their comic keys.
Dengar,
Bossk,
IG-88,
4-LOM,
Zuckuss (basically the ESB Executor bridge crew),
Beilert Valance.
We all know now that with Lucasfilm’s PLO Koon Mandalorian Season 2 deep fake, it’s an almost futile act to try and guess what they will be showing us, but I though it would be fun to ponder and wonder.
We can also keep brainstorming and add more, start lumping these together into articles. I’m just trying to get a sense about what you guys would like to read about in the ramp up to Book of Boba Fett! I’m excited to start researching and writing.
Interesting, but not sure the timing is right. Mandalorian is 9 years ABY. Sintas was born 33 yrs BBY. And Ailyn was born 15 BBY, and that would make her about 24 years old. Mirta was born 22 ABY, so not really fitting in this timeline.
Not that they have to follow this timeline, but I assume if they use the names they will likely have similar ages/roles.
I don’t think there is currently much to base this on, but the Ithorian does have similar coloration to some depictions of Dok-Ondar. His first comics appearance was in Galaxy’s Edge #1. Other than the fact that this Ithorian is similar color to Dok-Ondar, that’s about all the spec is based on. Disney has put a lot of stock in the character so far, though. He’s a major character in Black Spire Outpost’s history (Disneyland attraction) and in the Occulus games.
Take with a Boulder of salt, but that’s literally all the speculation I found in the trailer after having a day to think about it. That is, other than buying Boba Fett keys, but those are already expensive amirite!?
For the longest (decades) time most Star Wars comics were not taken all that seriously. That started to change once Disney purchased the property. I think it is safe to look at any Star Wars comic spec as you would any other major franchise. The really popular first appearances will always be sought after but be wary of flavors of the month type spec.
And to reinforce this, it really wasn’t until extremely recently that books got valuable. I could buy Heir to the Empire 1 all day every day back in 2015 for $2.
I was Picking them out of long boxes for cover as late as 2019…
I sold so many Star Wars Tales 23, 24, old republic 42s…I was paying cover and selli g for $50+…then I finally got smart a started holding these old republic and SW Tales…realizing it wasn’t a flash in the pan anymore.
