Valance

A creature of the Bronze Age Star Wars expanded universe, Valance burst onto the page in 1979 courtesy of the legendary team of Archie Goodwin and Carmine Infantino, carving out a corner of the galaxy far, far away in Marvel's original Star Wars run. What makes this character genuinely compelling is the remarkable staying power — a debut nearly half a century ago that has stretched all the way into the 2020s, with Valance resurfacing in dedicated bounty hunter titles like Star Wars: Bounty Hunters and Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, proving the character has real resonance beyond a single era. The company Valance keeps is nothing short of iconic — sharing pages with Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and Anakin Skywalker himself. For collectors who love the grittier, morally complex corners of the Star Wars universe, Valance is a Bronze Age original well worth hunting down.