Boosted by a slew of variant covers, Marvel’s Darth Vader #1 appears to have garnered orders of over 300,000 copies already.  Written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Salvador Larroca, the Darth Vader comic follows the adventures of the Dark Lord following the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (the first film in the original Star Wars trilogy).

IMAGE_3}Comicbook.com claims that Marvel Comics has confirmed the 300,000 copy number for the very first issue of the first comic devoted solely to the exploits of Lord Vader.