--- title: New Comic Book Series Will Star Popular Star Wars Character description: One new addition to the galaxy far, far away that has particularly caught fans' eyes is Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron. canonical: https://time.com/4181639/oscar-isaac-poe-dameron-star-wars-comic-book/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-14T22:33:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:42.093Z og:title: Your Favorite New Star Wars Character Is Getting a Comic Book og:description: The best pilot in the Resistance is getting a spin-off og:url: https://time.com/4181639/oscar-isaac-poe-dameron-star-wars-comic-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Your Favorite New Star Wars Character Is Getting a Comic Book twitter:description: The best pilot in the Resistance is getting a spin-off twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Your Favorite New _Star Wars_ Character Is Getting a Comic Book > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 14, 2016 10:33 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 14, 2016 10:33 PM UTC _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ has been [obliterating box office records](http://time.com/4171394/star-wars-force-awakens-records/) since it was released on Dec. 18, with the seventh film in the franchise becoming the [highest-grossing domestic movie](http://time.com/4174370/star-wars-force-awakens-box-office-records/) of all time. This is due largely in part to the outstanding cast of characters — both old and new— who star in the latest installment. One new addition to the galaxy far, far away who has particularly caught fans’ eyes is Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron. In fact, audiences have found the X-Wing pilot so intriguing that Lucasfilm and Disney have green-lit a Marvel comic book series about him, according to [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/01/14/exclusive-star-wars-poe-dameron-comic-book/78800804/). The ongoing _Star Wars: Poe Dameron_ title, written by Charles Soule and drawn by Phil Noto, will debut in April and will focus on Poe’s life prior to the events of _The Force Awakens_. > [](https://twitter.com/JoshuaYehl/status/687748931573264385) **Read More:** [Oscar Isaac Played Jedi with _Room_’s Jacob Tremblay After the Golden Globes](http://time.com/4175956/oscar-isaac-jacob-tremblay-red-carpet/) Soule explained that the series will take a fresh approach to expanding the world of the movie. “Sometimes it can feel like the _Star Wars_ universe is so well trodden and so many stories have already been told,” he said. “But the way the _Episode VII_ galaxy is set up, there are opportunities for new archetypes almost, and the bad guy we’re working with is going to feel fresh and cool.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4181639/oscar-isaac-poe-dameron-star-wars-comic-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4181639/oscar-isaac-poe-dameron-star-wars-comic-book/"},"headline":"Your Favorite New Star Wars Character Is Getting a Comic Book","datePublished":"2016-01-14T22:33:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:42.093Z","description":"The best pilot in the Resistance is getting a spin-off","url":"https://time.com/4181639/oscar-isaac-poe-dameron-star-wars-comic-book/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Books","Star Wars","comic books","Oscar Isaac","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4181639/oscar-isaac-poe-dameron-star-wars-comic-book/","name":"Your Favorite New Star Wars Character Is Getting a Comic Book"}}]}] ```