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Lando Calrissian

Lando Calrissian

174 appearances · Bronze Age · 1980–2026 · 2 key issues
Who is Lando Calrissian?

A charming gambler and con-man, Lando Calrissian won the Millennium Falcon in a sabacc game before eventually settling down as the Baron Administrator of Cloud City on Bespin. His path later drew him into the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire.

Few characters made a Bronze Age entrance quite like Lando Calrissian, who debuted in Marvel Super Special #16 in 1980 — adapted to the page by Al Williamson — and has been a fixture of Star Wars comics ever since, racking up 143 catalog appearances across an extraordinary 46-year span that stretches all the way to 2026. He keeps genuinely legendary company, sharing adventures with Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2, and C-3PO across titles like Star Wars, Star Wars: Dark Force Rising, and Star Wars Tales, cementing his place at the very heart of the galaxy far, far away. With two collector-recognized key issues to his name, Lando is the rare Bronze Age debut who never stopped mattering — a smooth, enduring presence whose comics legacy is as long as his charm is deep.

Identity

Real name. Lando Calrissian

Powers. No superhuman powers; skilled pilot (Millennium Falcon), gambler, con-man, and military general

Teams & affiliations
Rebel AllianceGalactic EmpireWookieesAstromech DroidsStormtroopersZeltrons
★ First appearance
Star Wars #43
Jan 1981

Top series

Covers through the years — 1980–2023

Marvel Super Special #16 1980
Marvel Super Special #16
Star Wars #79 1984
Star Wars #79
Out of the Vortex #1 1993
Out of the Vortex #1
Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back #[nn] 1995
Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back #[nn]
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Evolution #1 1998
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Evolution #1
Star Wars Tales #3 2000
Star Wars Tales #3
Star Wars: Infinities - The Empire Strikes Back #[nn] 2003
Star Wars: Infinities - The Empire Strikes Back #[nn]
Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy #[nn] 2008
Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy #[nn]
Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... #2 2010
Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... #2
Princess Leia #5 2015
Princess Leia #5
Star Wars #33 2017
Star Wars #33
Star Wars #1 2020
Star Wars #1
Star Wars #31 2023
Star Wars #31

Appearances (1–150 of 174, oldest first)

Marvel Super Special (1978)
Stan Lee Presents the Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of the Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (1980)
Cracked (1958)
The Empire Strikes Back Annual (1980)
Star Wars Annual (1979)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
#1
Return of the Jedi Annual (1983)
Stjärnornas krig (1983)
Return of the Jedi Weekly (1983)
Star Wars: Dark Empire (1993)
Out of the Vortex (1993)
#1
Star Wars: Dark Empire II (1994)
#6
Star Wars: Empire's End (1995)
#1
Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1995)
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (1995)
Mad Star Wars Spectacular (1996)
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996)
Godzilla (1995)
#11
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (1997)
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Evolution (1998)
#1
Star Wars: The Last Command (1997)
#4
Star Wars Tales (1999)
Star Wars: Chewbacca (2001)
Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika (2000)
#5
Star Wars: Infinities - The Empire Strikes Back (2002)
Star Wars: Infinities - Return of the Jedi (2004)
Harvest Is When I Need You the Most a Star Wars Fanbook (2008)
Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy (2008)
Star Wars - La Saga en BD (2006)
#16
Only What You Take with You a Star Wars Fanbook (2009)
Star Wars Omnibus: Boba Fett (2010)
Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... (2010)
Star Wars Omnibus: The Complete Saga - Espisodes I through VI (2011)
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Rise of the Sith (2015)
#1
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (2015)
Princess Leia (2015)
#5
Lando (2015)
#2
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (2015)
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Infinities (2015)
Marvel Classic (2015)
#4
Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (2016)
Star Wars: Heroes for a New Hope (2016)
Star Wars Adventures (2017)
Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation (2018)
#1
Star Wars Adventures Annual 2019 (2019)
Star Wars Aventures (Free Comic Book Day France 2019) (2019)
Star Wars May the 4th Previews (2019)
#1
Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Heroes (2019)
Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker—The Manga (2020)
Star Wars Legends: Rise of the Sith Omnibus (2021)
Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020)
#16
Star Wars Adventures Annual 2021 (2021)
Star Wars Sonderband (2003)
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020)
#7
Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars (2024)
#1
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion (2016)
#6