Buying Options

Read for $0.00

OR

Kindle Price:	$4.99
	includes tax, if applicable

promotions apply when you purchase

Deliver to your Kindle or other device

Redeem a promotion code or gift card

Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1: Vader (Darth Vader (2015-2016)) by [Kieron Gillen, Adi Granov, Salvador Larroca]

Follow the Author

Kieron Gillen

Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1: Vader (Darth Vader (2015-2016)) Kindle & comiXology

by Kieron Gillen (Author), Adi Granov (Cover Art), Salvador Larroca (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

1,750 ratings

in Media Tie-In Graphic Novels

See all formats and editions

Amazon Price

New from

Used from

Kindle & Comixology

"Please retry"

$4.99

—

Library Binding

"Please retry"

$59.38

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$29.75

$18.63

Kindle & Comixology
$0.00 This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited $4.99 to buy
Library Binding
$59.38

2 New from $59.38
Paperback
$29.75

1 Used from $18.63 12 New from $29.75

Collects Darth Vader #1-6.

The original Dark Lord of the Sith stars in his first ongoing series! Ever since Darth Vader's first on-screen appearance, he has become one of pop-culture's most popular villains. Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of A NEW HOPE (and the pages of the new STAR WARS comic book) into his own solo adventures — showing the Empire's war with the Rebel Alliance from the other side! But when a Dark Lord needs help, who can he turn to? As Vader pursues a very personal vengeance against the Rebels and investigates the Emperor's secret machinations, he clashes with weapons scavenger Aphra and deadly Battle Droids, and returns to Geonosis to build an army. But some very powerful people don't want him to learn the truths he seeks! Guest-starring Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett and more!

Print length

142 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Marvel
Publication date

7 October 2015
File size

405723 KB
Page Flip

Not Enabled
Word Wise

Not Enabled
Enhanced typesetting

Not Enabled
See all details

Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download

Available on these devices

Product description

From the Publisher

Kieron Gillen is a British comic book writer and former computer game and music journalist. He is known for his creator-owned comic Phonogram, created with artist Jamie McKelvie, published by Image Comics, and for numerous projects for Marvel Comics, such as Journey into Mystery and Uncanny X-Men.

Salvador Larroca is a Spanish comic book artist, primarily known for his work on various X-Men titles. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Salvador Larroca is a Spanish comic book artist, primarily known for his work on various X-Men titles. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0153WYYOM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (7 October 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 405723 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Not enabled
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 142 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 2,678 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 1 in Media Tie-In Graphic Novels
- 1 in Graphic Novels with Media Tie-Ins
- 1 in Science Fiction Graphic Novels (Kindle Store)

Customer Reviews:
1,750 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Kieron Gillen

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Kieron Gillen is a British writer, journalist and critic best known for his work in comics and his previous work in entertainment journalism.

Gillen's first graphic novel, PHONOGRAM (with artist/co-creator Jamie McKelvie), was published through IMAGE COMICS in 2006. Since then he's found work writing for MARVEL, AVATAR, BOOM, TOKYOPOP, DYNAMITE and more that don't spring to mind right now.

At Marvel, he's written runs on books including THE UNCANNY X-MEN, THOR, YOUNG AVENGERS, IRON MAN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, STAR WARS, DOCTOR APHRA and DARTH VADER.

Books he's created included UBER, MERCURY HEAT and THREE, but is best known for the ongoing gods-as-popstar series with long time collaborators Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson THE WICKED + THE DIVINE launched to both huge critical and commercial success in 2014. It will conclude in 2019.

He is working on other things.

In his previous life as a critic, his work has appeared in WIRED, THE GUARDIAN, PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE UK, PC GAMER, EDGE and far too many others to count. In 2007 he was one of the founders of ROCKPAPERSHOTGUN.COM, what is now the world's premier PC-centric games blog.

He once played records for DMC to rap over.

Charles Soule
1,465
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $14.24
Charles Soule
1,088
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $14.24
Kieron Gillen
1,160
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $16.14
Kieron Gillen
923
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $15.39
Jason Aaron
686
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $13.19
Charles Soule
587
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $29.69

Customer reviews

5 star		82%
4 star		11%
3 star		4%
2 star		1%
1 star		1%

How are ratings calculated?

Review this product

Write a customer review

Reviews with images

See all customer images

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Ethan

Great starter series for Star Wars fans getting into the expanded universe.

Reviewed in Australia on 28 September 2021

Verified Purchase

This comic was great to start a small arc in the back story of Darth Vader during the time it’s set and would recommend anyone to read that wish to understand what Vader was going through in between these movies.

Helpful

Keegan

Great continuation of Vader's story

Reviewed in Australia on 13 November 2017

Verified Purchase

Set between Hope and Empire this is a great development of Vader's character. Original and true to canon story that continues the Star Wars story.

Helpful

Jordan Caudulllo

Great Comic

Reviewed in Australia on 15 September 2019

Verified Purchase

Great Story, Creative introduction of new characters, aswell as the old ones, I definitely recommend this to fans of Star Wars.

Helpful

Shannon

Great stuff

Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2020

Verified Purchase

Great comic. Loved it.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Kindle Customer

Awesome

Reviewed in Australia on 29 April 2017

Verified Purchase

For anyone looking to dve into more canon material from the star wars universe this is a must... insight into the dark lord of the siths time between episodes 4 and 5

Helpful

Gaz

VADER

Reviewed in Australia on 9 May 2020

Verified Purchase

Best Vader centric comic around. Get all 4 issues!

Helpful

hel

Cool start

Reviewed in Australia on 9 April 2020

Interesting to see a story focusing on Vader, not others...He is a cool character but never the main one in the movies

Helpful

JDP

Fine companion to the films.

Reviewed in Australia on 13 February 2019

This graphic novel collection was a fine bit of additional lore into the life and relationships of the Sith, and the Empire in general. Great art, and a series of fun short stories surrounding Vader. Recommended if you're a Star Wars fan.

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Well written, good looking tale.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2020

Verified Purchase

Good solid start to this series, to a degree it's involved in setting the scene/setting things in motion, which will hopefully pay off in future volumes. So (given that it's the first of several volumes) it does feel like the first act of a larger story, but it's well done so you'll want to keep reading.

I'm a fan of Kieron Gillen's writing and Salvador Larroca's art from their other work.

If you're coming to this from a Star Wars background and aren't as familiar with this writer and artist, I'll say that Kieron Gillen is an excellent writer, he handles action well but is also a great observer of character.

Salvador Larroca's art is very slick, it feels very well suited to space-age settings and starships. The characters from the films look like the actors (which helps both with recognizing who they are and also means you're not brought out of the narrative by thinking a character doesn't look like the film actor).

Salvador Larroca is also well known as being a fast artist. From a comics point of view, this is a good thing in terms of consistency.

Slower artists can slip behind schedule and sometimes (to keep the monthly issues of the comic on schedule) another artist might be used for an issue or two.

When the individual issues of the comic are collected into a trade paperback like this, if there have been fill-in artists it can be a bit jarring if their styles are different and change back and forth partway through a storyline. However, Salvador Larroca does the art for all of this volume, so the style is consistent.

Edgar Delgado's colouring in this volume complements the artwork well. Shading and "lighting" are well done and the result is some great-looking art.

There are several characters who are created for the comic, particularly some "sidekicks" for Darth Vader who are interesting in their own right (and have been popular enough that there's a "Dr Aphra" spin-off comic for them).

Darth Vader himself is well written, his character feels in line with the film version.

Not being the most talkative of chaps, we see his emotions as much from his body language as from his words (this is where a good artist is important, as seeing a fist clenching can show a character's rage just as effectively as some angry dialogue).

We also get to see some of what Vader is thinking about, with flashbacks to events in his past. It's a good way to give insight into what he's thinking without having him ramble on about what's on his mind.

I enjoyed the story and it drew me in well; I've ordered the second volume to continue reading. I enjoyed the writing, particularly the characterisation, and the artwork was easy to follow (I was never unsure of what was happening) as well as looking great. The plot kept me interested, and I was as invested in the new characters as in the film characters.

I imagine it's not an easy thing to fit a creative and interesting tale into an existing universe and timeline- we know Vader's ultimate fate, and what happens in the films. The film characters will all have to be returned to their respective places in the narrative. It's testament to Kieron Gillen's writing, then, that he's able to craft an engaging drama within these very specific boundaries, without it ever feeling contrived or like "filler".

All in all I found this very enjoyable and would happily recommend it.

One person found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Good read. not to be confused with the more ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2017

Verified Purchase

Good read. not to be confused with the more recent Darth Vader: #1 comic, which is more about his origins immediately after RoTS.

17 people found this helpful

180104

Disney has redeemed themselves

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2020

Verified Purchase

Disney hasn’t done the Star Wars saga a lot of justice since they bought it from George Lucas however, these Vader comics are probably the best thing to come from Disney within this franchise. The art style is beautiful and the references to the movies are so well done it’s as if they had it planned from the beginning. Vader is a very interesting character with a lot of history that is very over looked. These comics do his story justice in ways that the movies never could while keeping the story fresh. Granted some comics are better then others but on the whole these stories let us see deeper into the Star Wars universe and what Vader did during the original trilogy. This comic is not the first one of the series, so if you’re looking to start from the very beginning start with Imperial Machine which takes place right after episode three if I’m correct. But yes this is a must have for any Vader or Star Wars fans, the ending hits hard.

One person found this helpful

A. J. Hawkins

Fun But Flawed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2022

Verified Purchase

This volume strives to fill the gap between A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back, running parallel with Skywalker Strikes. It's mostly entertaining, but there are definitely some head-scratcher moments that feel out of place in the context of the original trilogy.

One person found this helpful

Joe C.

These are the comics your looking for.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2019

Verified Purchase

An enjoyable read and a great insert into the star wars mythos . Gillens take on Vader is perfect and characters like Alphra, Triple 0 and BT support him so well even to the point of adding some unexpected humour to Darth Vader.

Buying Options

OR

Follow the Author

Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1: Vader (Darth Vader (2015-2016)) Kindle & comiXology

Product description

From the Publisher

About the Author

Product details

About the author

Kieron Gillen

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Customer reviews

Review this product

Reviews with images

Read reviews that mention

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries