01 · Summary
What the series is about
A new Doctor Aphra series continuing the archaeologist's comic-first legacy.
Doctor Aphra: Chaos Agent was published by Marvel during 2025–present. IDS classifies the series as Canon, places it in the New Republic era, and labels its format as Ongoing / limited line.
The current run record is Current series. 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: Chaos Agent belongs to the Canon side of the archive and is indexed as a ongoing / limited line from Marvel. Its publication span is 2025–present, with the current IDS run record listed as Current series.
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.
03 · Creators
Series contributors in bibliographic records
When a collected edition is matched through public bibliographic metadata, IDS surfaces its credited contributors here. This is a series-level aid, not a claim that the same team created every issue in the run.
05 · Collector file
Key issues, firsts, collections, and variants
Key issues
- #1 — Doctor Aphra enters the post-Return of the Jedi / New Republic period.
- #5 — Final issue of the five-issue run currently cataloged by Marvel.
Collected editions
- Doctor Aphra — Chaos Agent trade paperback
Variant / printing notes
The five individual issues include alternate cover options; the trade is a separate collected format.
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 informal economies, criminal patronage, debt, reputation, mobility, archaeology, and the ways people operate outside formal state institutions.
Repeated comic arcs can show how underworld networks persist across political regimes and how access to ships, artifacts, information, or violent specialists becomes a form of power.
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.
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