Dark Horse has sent out solicitations for their July 2006 titles, including 4 Star Wars comics and a special publication!


Dark Horse Twenty Years (25? issue)
Creators: Arthiur Adams, Sergio Aragones, Bob Burden, Paul Gulacy, Adam Hughes, Frank Miller, Tony Millionaire, Cary Nord, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, Matt Wagner, Chris Warner, Joss Whedon, and many more!!!
Cover: Mike Mignola

Eric Powell draws Star Wars, Adam Hughes draws Hellboy, and Joss Whedon makes his artistic debut?that?s just a smidge of what?s included in this 25-cent gift to all the fans who?ve supported Dark Horse Comics through our first twenty years!

Dark Horse Comics is proud to present Dark Horse Twenty Years, a collection of original art by a distinguished list of Dark Horse creators, past and present. Every page holds a different piece, each showcasing a character from the company?s history of great original and licensed properties. Instead of drawing their own creations, these jaw-dropping talents have traded characters, each offering an unexpected take on one of the icons of Dark Horse.

Legends of comics drawing the characters you?d never expect. You won?t see this much talent in the same place for another twenty years!

? Cover by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!

Pub. Date: July 5, 2006
Format: Full color, 24 pages
Price: 25?


Star Wars: Legacy #2
Writer: John Ostrander
Penciller: Jan Duursema
Inker: Dan Parsons
Colorist: Brad Anderson
Cover Artist: Adam Hughes

Over the bodies of their enemies, two Jedi make a pact that will set them on the path to a greater danger than they have ever known...

Bounty hunters capture a prisoner whose presence will test their resolve?and the strength of their alliance...

A Sith apprentice is given the honorific ?Darth? and sent to hunt a quarry whose capture?or death?could shake an empire to its foundations...

And a Princess finds herself alone in the galaxy, pursued by those she once counted as allies.

This is only the second issue of the new ongoing series Star Wars: Legacy and already there?s more adventure and more intrigue than we can even hint at!

Pub. Date: July 5, 2006
Format: Full color, 32 pages
Price: $2.99


Star Wars: Rebellion #4
Writer: Rob Williams
Artist: Brandon Badeaux
Cover: Will Glass

Luke Skywalker faces a squad of stormtroopers when he attempts to bring his boyhood friend Imperial officer Janek ?Tank? Sunber over to the Rebellion. Was Tank?s plan to defect discovered by the Empire before he could get away, or are the troopers a plot to trick the Alliance into letting Sunber into the heart of their operations? It might not even matter, because while Luke is off on his renegade rescue mission, the Rebel Fleet comes under attack?from inside the command ship!

? A compelling new story set between the events of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back exploring the Rebel Alliance?s desperate struggle against the Galactic Empire, delivered in style by writer Rob Williams (Cla$$war; SW Tales) and artist Brandon Badeaux (Superman: Man of Steel, SW Empire)

Pub. Date: July 12, 2006
Format: Full color, 32 pages
Price: $2.99


Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #7
Writer: John Jackson Miller
Artist: Dustin Weaver
Colorist: Michael Atiyeh
Cover: Brian Ching

The wildest adventure in the ancient history of Star Wars gets wilder in a brand-new story arc featuring the most feared warriors in the galaxy?Mandalorians! Leaving the treacherous streets of Taris behind them, fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick and the rag-tag crew of the Last Resort cook up a scheme to pilfer much needed supplies from an unsuspecting bunch of miserly miners. Unfortunately, any attempts at avoiding attention are for naught when the group finds they?ve landed themselves smack dab in the middle of the Republic and Mandalorian conflict!

? The flagship series of Dark Horse?s exciting relaunch of its Star Wars publishing line, celebrating the company?s twentieth anniversary.

? Continuing the ongoing monthly series set four thousand years before the rise of the Empire and the fall of Anakin Skywalker (and eight years prior to the events in the Knights of the Old Republic video game).

Pub. Date: July 26, 2006
Format: Full color, 32 pages
Price: $2.99


Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 6
Writers: Haden Blackman, Mike Kennedy
Artists: The Fillbach Brothers, Stewart McKenny

Four more thrilling tales of planets in peril and Jedi in jeopardy! The Clone Wars grind through the galaxy, shaking every system to its core and testing loyalties on both sides of the conflict. The last days of the Jedi are at hand, but if their Order is to fall, they?re going down swinging! Presenting another round of lightning-paced, action-packed, all-ages Star Wars goodness, all told in the same stripped-down stylization as Cartoon Network?s micro-series.

? The Clone Wars Adventures series are a top seller, and very kid-friendly, perfect for younger readers.

? The stories contained in this book are based on the popular Cartoon Network micro-series, and showcase the same visual sensibilities and exciting, stripped-down style.

? Currently there are over 100,000 copies of Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures in print!

Pub. Date: August 9, 2006
Format: Full color, 96 pages
Price: $6.95