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COMICS: DOCTOR APHRA

STAR WARS COMICS

A P H R A

MARVEL’S ANARCHIC ARCHAEOLOGIST IS CAUSING
CHAOS ACROSS THE STAR WARS GALAXY. MEGAN
CROUSE MET THE TEAM BEHIND DOCTOR APHRA.

MEET TEAM APHR A
KIERON G ILLEN, WR ITER
KEV WALKER, AR TI S T
HEATHER ANT OS, A SSI S TANT ED IT OR, MAR VEL
JORD AN D. WHITE, ED IT OR, MAR VEL
FR ANK PAR I SI, SENI OR ED IT OR, L UC A SFILM

he groundbreaking best sidekicks the Star Wars universe
run of Marvel has ever seen! Between working for
Comics’ the galaxy’s most evil Sith Lord,
Darth Vader and then turning hero to help

introduced rogue Princess Leia fight her way out of a
archaeologist hostage situation, you never know
Doctor Aphra into Star Wars lore. what sort of trouble Aphra will get
An instant hit with readers, herself into—and out of! Every
she now stars in her own comic page is an adventure.
book series.
Frank Parisi: The draw was Aphra
This is the fi rst Marvel Star Wars herself. Aphra is a revolutionary,
series led by a character created and I don’t use that term with
for the comics. What drew you any thought of politics or ideology.
to Aphra’s story? It’s clear that life hasn’t treated
Heather Antos: What’s not Aphra fairly… which isn’t life’s
interesting when it comes to job, I suppose. She’s been on the
Aphra? She’s such a fascinating receiving end of some tough,
character—she’s not a hero, but tough times and has dealt with
she isn’t a villain either. It’s a some tough, tough people. But
terribly fun mindset to play she’s the kind of person who
with, this moral gray area. Not [spoiler alert!] gets lobbed out of
to mention she has some of the an airlock by Darth Vader into

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