Princess Leia Organa

Few comic characters arrive with the kind of instant mythic weight that Princess Leia Organa carried when she stepped onto the page in Marvel's Star Wars #1 in 1977 — a Bronze Age debut that launched one of the most beloved licensed comics of its era. Over nearly five decades of publication, she has accumulated 232 catalog appearances and three key collector issues, a testament to her enduring place at the heart of the Star Wars comics universe. Whether sharing adventures with Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 or anchoring her own storylines, Leia is the connective tissue of this galaxy — regal, fierce, and absolutely essential. If you're building a serious Star Wars comics collection, her appearances are the ones you circle first.