COMICS: Breathtaking Variant Cover For STAR WARS #1 Features Alex Ross' Take On Darth Vader

COMICS: Breathtaking Variant Cover For STAR WARS #1 Features Alex Ross' Take On Darth Vader

Alex Ross' covers are always out of this world, but that's literally the case in this stunning variant for Kieron Gillen (Iron Man) and Salvador Larroca's (Cable and the X-Men) Star Wars: Darth Vader #1. Hit the jump to check it out...

By JoshWilding - Nov 12, 2014 10:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: StarWars.com
Marvel and Lucasfilm are both now owned by Disney, and while it will probably be a good long while before a Guardians of the Galaxy/Star Wars crossover, a number of Star Wars comic books from some of Marvel's best creators are heading our way early next year. Among them is Star Wars: Darth Vader #1, and this incredible variant cover by Alex Ross is so amazing, we're going to let it do the talking for us! Be sure to stay tuned to CBM for much more on these comics!

Star Wars: Darth Vader #1 variant cover by Alex Ross
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MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 11/12/2014, 10:33 AM
Jesus christ that's DOPE
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 11/12/2014, 10:34 AM
This is [frick]ing incredible
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 11/12/2014, 10:38 AM
I don't read these......but GOD [frick]ING DAMN
Dedpool
Dedpool - 11/12/2014, 10:43 AM
The man is just amazing!!! Alex Ross is a MASTER!!
WombRaider
WombRaider - 11/12/2014, 10:45 AM
yes of course it looks fantastic...BUT...he looks like he's taking a dump in the snow
WombRaider
WombRaider - 11/12/2014, 10:46 AM
actually, i've seen that pose on a girl [frick]ing herself with a dildo on a webcam before
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 11/12/2014, 10:49 AM
"will someone help me tie my damn shoe!?" -Lord Vader
rabid
rabid - 11/12/2014, 10:51 AM
Very very cool.
but not as cool as what Tony Harris has been cooking up on his instagram account.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 11/12/2014, 10:54 AM
Vader was never shown to be very agile or acrobatic in the movies. He had a couple of good leaps but nothing fancy like Darth Maul.

Then again, the only opponents we saw him fight were an old man and a novice, so perhaps he didn't really bring his A game to those duels.
XMenMarvelFan
XMenMarvelFan - 11/12/2014, 10:54 AM
DAMN I'm not even a Star Wars fan but that's [frick]ing incredible.
pintoman
pintoman - 11/12/2014, 11:08 AM
lol...it's OK. But all it really has going for it Vader's position, the light sabre pointing down rather then the usual up.

I like Ross' work...but this isn't "amazing".
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 11/12/2014, 11:23 AM
someone put that on a poster and TAKE MY MONEY
MonsterSquad35
MonsterSquad35 - 11/12/2014, 11:26 AM
"I like Ross' work...but this isn't "amazing"."

Look closer...you see the detail on the leather portion of his suit?

This is ridiculous.
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 11/12/2014, 11:33 AM
Okay, looks cool, but what the hell is Vader doing? Riding on top of an elevator? Carving his name in freshly laid cement? Preparing a latte?
pintoman
pintoman - 11/12/2014, 11:40 AM
I guess you have to understand that most of his work starts from photographs.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 11/12/2014, 11:44 AM
Beautiful, this is.
HachibiTheMC
HachibiTheMC - 11/12/2014, 12:08 PM
s'alright...
case
case - 11/12/2014, 12:10 PM
My eyes bulged in heady delight when I read the article title. I don't think Ross has done Vader before has he? @jollem?


But then seeing it i'm kinda disappointed. Is it the pose? The overall lack of Vader feel? Killer for a comic book cover, but not Star Wars iconic.
Whisper
Whisper - 11/12/2014, 12:25 PM
and that boys and girls is how Darth Vader became the rightful king of Britain
eagle22us
eagle22us - 11/12/2014, 12:35 PM
Yea, This is pretty bad ass
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/12/2014, 12:41 PM
ross artwork = mind blowing.
DarthDan
DarthDan - 11/12/2014, 1:37 PM
It's beautifully penciled and inked...Ross just pwnd the last decade (for the most part) of Dark Horse..
Havensent
Havensent - 11/12/2014, 1:49 PM
Damn that's beautiful.
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 11/12/2014, 2:28 PM
*dies
staypuffed
staypuffed - 11/12/2014, 6:41 PM
My God, that's unbelievable.
loki668
loki668 - 11/12/2014, 11:30 PM
It loses all its significance when you look down and realize that he used the lightsabre to write "Vader wuz here!" in the ground.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 11/13/2014, 9:03 AM
@pintoman - I agree, this is nice but hardly amazing work, more by the numbers for Alex Ross. Whoever he got to pose for him needed to bulk up a little for Vader, that helmet just looks like a large mound on his frame, worse than it did on Harden Christensen. And that pose is suited more for some Superhero making his point than the Dark Lord of the Sith. All it does is make it look like he's taking a cosmic dump.
tripttwe
tripttwe - 11/16/2014, 2:38 PM
Let's face it- Alex Ross can do NO wrong. Ya think so? When????
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