Marvel May 2015 Solicitations: Star Wars And More

Marvel has released their solicitations for May 2015, featuring new issues of their ongoing Star Wars line and more.

Star Wars sees the penultimate issue of Princess Leia, and the continuation of Star Wars, Darth Vader, and the latest addition to the line, Kanan: The Last Padawan.

There’s also new issues of George Remero’s Empire of the Dead, James Patterson’s Max Ride, Stephen King’s Dark Tower, and the Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain.

Check out the solicitations below. You’ll find covers in the gallery at the bottom of the page. Be sure to check out Marvel’s core superhero solicitations, and their Secret Wars event solicitations.

PRINCESS LEIA #4 (of 5)

MARK WAID (w) • TERRY DODSON (a/C)

• The Empire is rounding up fugitive Alderaanians…

• …that doesn’t sit well with their Princess.

• But what can one woman do against an Empire?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.

STAR WARS #5

JASON AARON (W) • JOHN CASSADAY (A/C)

SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY

THE GREATEST SPACE ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME CONTINUES!

• As Luke goes home in search of the truth about his late mentor…

• …Leia takes Han on a secret mission of vital importance to the Rebellion.

• Unfortunately, they both run into some unfriendly encounters.

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.

KANAN – THE LAST PADAWAN #2

GREG WEISMAN (w) • PEPE LARRAZ (a)

Cover by MARK BROOKS

REBELS TV ARTIST VARIANT BY TBA

CGI CHARACTER VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

• His master betrayed and killed, young Caleb Dume is alone.

• When being a Jedi makes him a target, what can a Padawan do?

• Continuing the story of the birth of Star Wars Rebels’ Kanan Jarrus!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.

Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.

DARTH VADER #5

KIERON GILLEN (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)

Cover by ADI GRANOV

VARIANT COVER BY SALVADOR LARROCA

• Vader continues his investigation into the Emperor’s secrets…

• Not everyone wants him to find out the truth.

• Who are Vader’s mysterious new rivals?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd.

BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD #3 (of 5)

DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • TIGH WALKER (A)

Cover by PASQUAL FERRY

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER C BY BRIAN CROSBY

GET READY FOR JAW-DROPPING REVEALS, FLASH FLOODS AND MASKED BANDITS AS MARVEL’S ALL-NEW EPIC BASED ON DISNEY’S THRILL-PACKED ATTRACTION ROARS ONWARDS!

• Abigail Bullion knew there was something strange about her father’s mine in Big Thunder Mountain…but she never expected this!

• Desperate times call for desperate alliances…and a flash flood in the desert town is as desperate as it gets!

• Plus: the shocking truth about the gang of bandits that will change Abby’s destiny!

32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99

Elements based on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad © Disney

DARK TOWER: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE – HOUSE OF CARDS #3 (of 5)

ROBIN FURTH & PETER DAVID (W) • PIOTR KOWALSKI (A)

Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO

STEPHEN KING’S DARK FANTASY EPIC RETURNS—AS EDDIE DEAN COMES FACE TO FACE WITH THE GUNSLINGER!

• Eddie enters the lion’s den—Balazar’s “Leaning Tower”!

• Balazar has Henry Dean in his clutches and demands to know what happened to the drugs Eddie Dean was supposed to deliver.

• Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide—Eddie’s got to explain his failure…but can he do so without revealing his worlds-spanning secret?

32 PGS./Mature …$3.99

GEORGE ROMERO’S EMPIRE OF THE DEAD: ACT THREE #2 (OF 5)

GEORGE ROMERO (W) • ANDREA MUTTI (A)

Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

THE FINAL CHAPTER IN GEORGE ROMERO’S EPIC EMPIRE OF THE DEAD SAGA CONTINUES!

• Jo tries to make a break from the remote vampire compound, but can one girl outrun the undead?

• As Chilly Dobbs’ campaign against Mayor Chandrake falters, will Runyon and Dixie stand by their man, or will Chilly be left out in the cold?

• The rebels are coming! The rebels are coming! And they’re bringing Hell with them!

32 PGS./Parental Guidance …$3.99

POWERS #6

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MICHAEL AVON OEMING (A/C)

Variant Cover by DAVID MACK

Photo Variant Also Available

Leaping off your PlayStation into the comic that started it all, a brand-new chapter of the award-winning mashup of cops and capes like you’ve never seen them before! The biggest mystery in POWERS history comes to a shocking conclusion as Walker and Pilgrim discover the secret behind all the new Powers and all the new Powers-related murders.

32 PGS./Mature …$3.99

THE UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC. ANNUAL #1

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MICHAEL AVON OEMING (A/C)

The secret origin of Jagger Rose is revealed in this double-sized, all-new story from the creators of POWERS! For those waiting for a new chapter in the biggest crime saga in comics today – your wait is over. Everyone who’s read the critically acclaimed first series of THE UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC. has fallen completely in love with the most talented hitwoman in the five families. But where did she come from, and how did she get this good? You’ll find out right here!

48 PGS./Mature …$4.99