Marvel Comics has been showing Star Wars action figures a lot of love lately with their steady release of variant covers for their Star Wars comic books. The artist John Tyler Christopher has depicted 5 covers to date with one more announced so far. Each “Action Figure Variant” cover features a figure from the first 12 Kenner figures released. Both the cardback and figure illustrations are not meant to be exact replications of the vintage figures but have a very close ascetic to the originals to justify their inclusion in our Kenner Cameo Chronology.
2015
On April 22nd, Marvel Comics will release an ‘Action Figure Variant’ cover for Star Wars #4 which will feature a carded Kenner-inspired Chewbacca action figure by John Tyler Christopher.
On March 11th, Marvel Comics released an ‘Action Figure Variant’ cover for Star Wars #3 which featured a carded Kenner-inspired Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi action figure by John Tyler Christopher.
On March 4th, Marvel Comics released an ‘Action Figure Variant’ cover for Star Wars: Princess Leia #1 which featured a carded Kenner-inspired Princess Leia Organa action figure by John Tyler Christopher.
On February 11th, Marvel Comics released an ‘Action Figure Variant’ cover for Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 which featured a carded Kenner-inspired Darth Vader action figure by John Tyler Christopher.
On February 4th, Marvel Comics released an ‘Action Figure Variant’ cover for Star Wars #2 which featured a carded Kenner-inspired Han Solo action figure by John Tyler Christopher.
On January 14th, Marvel Comics released an ‘Action Figure Variant’ cover for Star Wars #1 which featured a carded Kenner-inspired Luke Skywalker action figure by John Tyler Christopher.
For more Kenner Cameos in Star Wars collectibles, publishing, animation and so on make sure to check out:
The Kenner Cameo Chronology
And until the next cameo,
May the Figures be with you!
