Star Wars Pin-up #23 Darth Vader Pin-up Eric Powell The Goon Star Wars

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Darth Vader is a character in the Star Wars universe. He appears in the original trilogy, as well as the prequel trilogy. The character was created by George Lucas and has been portrayed by numerous actors. His appearances span all six Star Wars films, and he is an important character in the expanded universe of television series, video games, novels, literature and comic books. Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force, he falls to the dark side of the Force and serves the evil Galactic Empire at the right hand of his Sith master, Darth Sidious. He is also the father of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa. The American Film Institute listed him as the third greatest movie villain in cinema history on 100 Years… 100 Heroes and Villains, behind Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates.

Eric Powell (March 8, 1975) is an American comic book writer/artist,best known as the creator of The Goon. Powell has written and provided artwork for franchises of Dark Horse, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, but is most regarded for his original series The Goon, which debuted from the small publisher Avatar Press. Powell quickly switched to self-publishing under the moniker Albatross Exploding Funny Books, before being picked up by Dark Horse after only a handful of issues. The Goon’s quality was recognized with an Eisner Award in 2004 for Best Single Issue (Dark Horse The Goon #1) as well as an International Horror Guild award. The following year Powell won Eisner’s Best Humor Publication and Best Continuing Series awards. He is a featured interviewee in the movie Independents.

Near mint condition.