Firefly (Boom! Studios comics)

Firefly is a line of comic books published by Boom! Studios from 2018. It is a canonical continuation of Joss Whedon's Firefly television series, the 2005 film Serenity, and Dark Horse Comics' Serenity comics, which are all part of the Firefly media franchise.[1]

Publication history

Mid 2018, Entertainment Weekly announced that Boom! Studios had assumed the Firefly license from Dark Horse Comics. Joss Whedon, creator of the original television series will act as story consultant. Boom! Studios has also reprinted the Dark Horse stories in new omnibus volumes.[2]

Issues

Issue	Release Date	Story	Art	Colors	Cover
Firefly #1[3]	November 14, 2018	Greg Pak	Dan McDaid	Marcelo Costa	Lee Garbett J.G. Jones (variant) Joe Quinones (variant) Bill Sienkiewicz (variant)
Firefly #2[4]	December 19, 2018				Lee Garbett Diego Galindo (variant) Joe Quinones (variant) Marguerite Sauvage (variant)
Firefly #3[5]	January 16, 2019				Lee Garbett Joe Quinones (variants) Marguerite Sauvage (variants)
Firefly #4[6]	February 20, 2019
Firefly #5[7]	April 24, 2019				Lee Garbett Joe Quinones (variant) W.Scott Forbes (variant) David Rubin (variant)
Firefly #6[8]	May 15, 2019				Lee Garbett Joe Quinones (variant) Ethan Young (variant) Will Sliney (variant) Diego Galindo (variant)
Firefly: Bad Company #1[9]	March 20, 2019	Josh Lee Gordon	Francesco Mortarino	Giuseppe Cafaro	Diego Galindo Jamal Campbell (variant)
Free Comic Book Day 2019 Buffy/Firefly	May 4, 2019	Greg Pak	Ethan Young	Wesllei Manoel	Greg Smallwood
Firefly #7[10]	June 19, 2019		Dan McDaid	Marcelo Costa	Lee Garbett Will Sliney (variant) Amelia Vidal (variant)
Firefly #8[11]	July 17, 2019				Lee Garbett Juan Doe (variant) Amelia Vidal (variant)
Firefly #9[12]	September 18, 2019				Lee Garbett Aaron Dana (variant)
Firefly #10	October 16, 2019				Lee Garbett Will Sliney (variant) Rahzzah (variant)
Firefly #11	November 20, 2019				Lee Garbett Will Sliney (variant) Juan Doe (variant)
Firefly #12	December 18, 2019				Lee Garbett Joe Quinones (variant) Ethan Young (variant) Rahzzah (variant)
Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds #1	January 8, 2020		Davide Gianfelice George Kambadais	Joana Lafuente	Ethan Young Ming Doyle (variant) Michael Walsh (variant)
Firefly #13	January 22, 2020		Lalit Kumar Sharma	Francesco Segala	Marc Aspinall Ben Caldwell (variant) Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer(variant) Dan McDaid (variant)
Firefly #14	February 19, 2020				Marc Aspinall George Kambadais with Joana Lafuente (variant) Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer(variant) Dan McDaid (variant)
Firefly #15	March 18, 2020				Marc Aspinall George Kambadais with Joana Lafuente (variant) Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer(variant) Dan McDaid (variant)
Firefly #16	June 17, 2020		Ramon Bachs	Joana Lafuente	Marc Aspinall George Kambadais with Joana Lafuente (variant) Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer(variant)
Firefly #17	July 8, 2020		Davide Gianfelice		Marc Aspinall Kano (variant)
Firefly #18	July 29, 2020				Marc Aspinall George Kambadais (variant) Ingo Romling (variant)
Firefly #19	Aug 19, 2020		Lalit Kumar Sharma		Marc Aspinall George Kambadais (variant) Jorge Corona (variant)
Firefly #20	September 16, 2020				Marc Aspinall George Kambadais (variant)
Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #0	September 30, 2020		Dan McDaid		Nimit Malavia Christian Ward (variant) Caitlin Yarsky (variant)

Collections

Title		Release Date	Collects	ISBN
	Firefly Legacy Edition: Book One (TPB)	November 7, 2018	Serenity: Those Left Behind Serenity: Better Days Serenity: The Other Half Serenity: Downtime Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale Serenity: Float Out Serenity: It’s Never Easy	9781684153206
	Firefly Legacy Edition: Book Two (TPB)	January 30, 2019	Serenity: Leaves on the Wind Serenity: The Warrior and the Wind Serenity: No Power in the ’Verse	9781684153084
	Firefly Legacy Deluxe Edition (HC)	July 1, 2020	Serenity: Those Left Behind Serenity: Better Days Serenity: The Other Half Serenity: Downtime Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale Serenity: Float Out Serenity: It’s Never Easy Serenity: Leaves on the Wind Serenity: The Warrior and the Wind Serenity: No Power in the ’Verse	9781684155392
	Firefly: The Unification War Vol. 1 (HC)	April 17, 2019	Firefly #1–4 Bad Company #1 (Barnes & Noble edition only)	9781684153220 9781684154159 (B&N)
	Firefly: The Unification War Vol. 2 (HC)	December 11, 2019	Firefly #5–8 Free Comic Book Day 2019	9781684154340
	Firefly: The Unification War Vol. 3 (HC)	May 4, 2020	Firefly #9–12	9781684155002
	Firefly: The Unification War Deluxe Edition (HC)	October 28, 2020	Firefly #1–12 TBA	9781684156023
	Firefly: New Sheriff in the 'Verse Vol. 1 (HC)	September 15, 2020	The Outlaw Ma Reynolds #1 Firefly #13–15	9781684156009
	Firefly: New Sheriff in the 'Verse Vol. 2 (HC)	TBA, 2021	Firefly #16–20	9781684156603
	Firefly: Blue Sun Rising Vol. 1 (HC)	TBA, 2021	Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #0 Firefly #21–22	9781684156597

Graphic Novels

Title	Release Date	Story	Art	Colors	Cover	ISBN
Firefly: The Sting (HC)	November 19, 2019	Delilah S. Dawson	Richard Ortiz Serg Acuña Pius Bak Hyeonjin Kim Rodrigo Lorenzo	Joana Lafuente Doug Garbark Natalia Marques	Marco D'Alfonso	9781684154333
Firefly: Watch How I Soar (HC)	November 25, 2020				Miguel Mercado	9781684156559

See also

• List of comics based on television programs
• List of comics based on films

References

1. Lees, Gavin (February 2014). "Serenity Now: Joss Whedon's World of Comics". Bleeding Cool. #8. Avatar Press. pp. 36 - 42.
2. Arrant, Chris. "Joss Whedon's FIREFLY Jumps to BOOM! STUDIOS". Newsarama. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
3. "Firefly #1".
4. "Firefly #2".
5. "Firefly #3".
6. "Firefly #4".
7. "Firefly #5".
8. "Firefly #6".
9. McMillan, Graeme. "'Firefly' Comics Expand With 'Bad Company' Focusing on Fan-Favorite Character". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
10. "Firefly #7".
11. "Firefly #8".
12. "Firefly #9".