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Doctor Aphra

The first ongoing Star Wars comic led by a character created for the modern Marvel comics line.

01 · Summary

What the series is about

The first ongoing Star Wars comic led by a character created for the modern Marvel comics line.

Doctor Aphra was published by Marvel during 2016–2019. IDS classifies the series as Canon, places it in the Age of Rebellion era, and labels its format as Ongoing.

The current run record is 40 issues. That run description is kept separate from variants, collected editions, annuals, one-shots, and reprints so collectors can distinguish the story sequence from the physical formats used to publish it.

02 · Publication file

Where it sits in Star Wars comics

Doctor Aphra belongs to the Canon side of the archive and is indexed as a ongoing from Marvel. Its publication span is 2016–2019, with the current IDS run record listed as 40 issues.

IDS treats publisher, continuity, run structure, physical issue format, variants, and later collections as separate metadata fields so a trade paperback or alternate cover is not mistaken for a different story issue.

05 · Collector file

Key issues, firsts, collections, and variants

Key issues

  • #1 — First Doctor Aphra solo ongoing issue.
  • #40 — Final issue of the first solo run.

Collected editions

  • Doctor Aphra trade paperback volumes
  • Doctor Aphra omnibus editions

Variant / printing notes

Issue #1 and later milestones have multiple covers. Doctor Aphra Annual #1 is a separate publication and includes important Krrsantan material.

06 · People

Major characters

The people below are the major characters currently attached to this series record. The list is a guide into IDS, not a complete cast list for every issue.

07 · IDS lens

What this comic can reveal

This series is useful for examining authoritarian institutions, military hierarchy, surveillance, coercion, and the ways political power becomes visible through ordinary encounters as well as major battles.

IDS reads those themes alongside the series publication history, asking how comics give recurring institutions more narrative space than a film or television episode can.

08 · Source record

Publication and collector sources

IDS separates publication facts and creator metadata from independently written summaries and analysis. Representative covers are resolved from bibliographic records and may depict a collected edition rather than the exact first issue of the run.