Retailers Celebrate the Launch of Star Wars #1

January 14, 2015 marked the return of new Star Wars comics and retailers celebrated the much anticipated launch with fellow fans and customers. Look below for a roundup of photos and events featuring Star Wars #1 launch parties from your fellow retailers so you can see how they welcomed Star Wars back home.

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Email your pictures, Facebook or website links, and descriptions of what you did to celebrate the launch of Star Wars #1 to Diamond Daily Managing Editor Mike S. at szmike@diamondcomics.com or Retailer Marketing Manager Emily T. at temily@diamondcomics.com.

Comickaze Comics - San Diego, California

People came from all over the universe for the ‪#‎Comickaze‬ Star Wars Homecoming party!

Source - Comickaze Comics Facebook Page

Ultimate Comics - Durham, North Carolina

Our Star Wars party for Marvel has been a big hit!

The Nostalgia Newsstand - Greenville, North Carolina

David Tilley of the Nostalgia Newsstand got some local news coverage featuring photos of him unboxing his store's copies of Star Wars #1. Check out the article here.

	Photo Source - Nostalgia Newsstand Facebook Page

Royal Collectibles - Forest Hills, New York

Royal Collectibles celebrated big with a raffle that awarded one lucky customer with a copy of Star Wars #1 from 1977 (a $75 value). Plus, they held a costume contest where the winner received a deluxe 31" talking Darth Vader figure with each participant taking home a free copy of Star War #1 (2015).

Image Source - Royal Collectibles Website

Comic Book University - Indianapolis, Indiana

"Here's some pics of our Star Wars Launch Party cake and cupcakes:" - Rob Skorjanc

Comics and Hobbies - Glastonbury, Connecticut

Check out some photos of the Star Wars launch party Comics and Hobbies posted on their Facebook page.

Bedrock City Comics - Webster, Texas

"It was sooo much fun." - Andrew Gallaway

Digging for that rare variant	Boba browsing
Candid shot of a stormtrooper showing a clone trooper his figure

Jesse James Comics - Glendale, Arizona

At the end of the day I asked my team one question?  What did we sell besides Star Wars #1?

Yesterday was a great day for most retailers for this awesome new title.  We had our second best Wednesday in history because we sold more of everything else than what we knew we were going to sell in Star Wars alone.

The key was that a portion of fans that came in yesterday were Star Wars fans... not comic book fans.  Our job was to sell them more comics by asking them key questions. What other movies do you like?  Did you know that Dark Horses has some older great stuff as well?  Do you know what a subscription box is?

Wednesday we sold:

• 15 Civil War Trades
  
  
• 13 Avenger vs X-men trades
  
  
• 10 Wolverine Old Man Logan trade
  
  
• 10 Blackest Night 

In total we sold over 120 trades to new comic book Fans.  

Star Wars #1 was a great platform for new fans and they walked out the door with more than just Star Wars #1 in their bags.

Before	After

Space Cadets Collection Collection - Oak Ridge, Texas

Space Cadets Collection Collection had an amazing and record sales setting event. We had a silent auction for some of the rarer variants and some of them had stipulations like buying a Star Wars action figure, trade paperback or wearing a costume to be eligible to get one. We had official visits from Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader and his group of Stormtroopers, Boba Fett and Cad Bane. Our café (The Lava Cookie)  had wonderfully yummy Star Wars Comic Day special menu items (Grill-ennium Falcon was my favorite- a hamburger patty and fixings in between two grilled cheese sandwiches).

Fantástico Comicastle - Mexico City, Mexico

On Saturday, January 17 we celebrated the launch of Star Wars No. 1 in 6 stores in Mexico. We are a chain of stores known as Fantastico Comicastle, and had an exclusive cover artist Paul Renaud.

Promotional image to invite all our customers
Cosplayers posing as in exclusive cover	Paul Renaud Cover exclusive to our store
Click here to see even more photos on their Facebook page!

Decomixado Comic Shop - Mexico City, Mexico

We invited three Star Wars clubs, gave away prints, buttons, TPB's and more promotional gifts to everybody who bought the comic. Plus, we did made alluring chocolates and played a few rounds of Star Wars trivia. Also a radio show about Star Wars recorded an episode at the event. We had a lot of fun and the most important thing, the fans had a lot of fun. Check out the pictures below and even more at our Facebook.