STAR WARS: JANGO FETT – OPEN SEASONS #2

Cover shows sharp corners, strong color and gloss, and no visible creases or spine stress lines. The book is in a protective sleeve which limits full assessment of edges, and a 'Direct Sales' price sticker with barcode has been affixed to the lower right of the cover, which is a permanent alteration that would otherwise be considered a defect. No fading, tears, or writing is visible on the front cover; interior and back cover were not assessed.

Star Wars: Jango Fett – Open Seasons #2 is the second chapter of a four-issue Dark Horse limited series published in 2002, written by Haden Blackman with art by Ramon F. Bachs and John Nadeau. The series was released in the lead-up to Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and functioned as a prequel exploring Jango Fett's early career as a bounty hunter, predating and supplementing his big-screen introduction. As one of the character's first appearances in comic book form, the series holds incidental historical interest for Star Wars completists and Boba Fett/Jango Fett collectors, though it was not conceived as, nor has it been retroactively treated as, a landmark first-appearance issue in the way character debuts from ongoing universes typically are.

Market activity reflects a standard modern direct-market mini-series: high certified population (36 copies at 9.8) relative to modest sales volume, with FMV holding steady in the $95-$110 range for top-graded slabs over the past year. Demand is driven almost entirely by Star Wars franchise collectors and Jango Fett/Mandalorian-adjacent completists rather than broad key-issue speculation, and pricing across the certified grade curve is comparatively flat between 9.2 and 9.6 before climbing at the 9.8 tier, typical of a book with ample high-grade supply.

This issue trades as a franchise-driven modern back-issue rather than a speculative key. Raw copies in low and mid grade remain inexpensive and are readily available to casual collectors assembling a Star Wars comics run, while the CGC 9.8 tier draws steadier interest from register-chasing Star Wars specialists and slab collectors seeking pristine copies of the Jango Fett tie-in material. Long-term appreciation is likely to track broader Star Wars comics collecting trends and any renewed on-screen prominence for the character rather than independent demand for this title.