This Week on VeVe: Night Troopers, Romulan Bird of Prey & Howard the Duck
September 7–13, 2026
This week on VeVe went from undead Imperial soldiers to one of Star Trek’s most recognisable enemy ships, before Marvel finished things off with a duck.
Star Wars – Night Troopers S2 brought six new takes on the soldiers serving Grand Admiral Thrawn, Star Trek: Discovery – Romulan: Bird of Prey added a classic Romulan design to the collection, and Howard the Duck #1 gave us something very different from the usual superhero comic drop.
Here’s the quick catch-up.
The Week at a Glance
Star Wars highlight: Night Troopers S2
Star Trek highlight: Romulan: Bird of Prey
Comic highlight: Howard the Duck (1976) #1
Worth another look: The exposed Night Trooper variants
Comic note: All five Howard the Duck covers sold out from the VeVe Store
Digital Collectible Releases
Star Wars – Night Troopers S2
The Night Troopers returned to VeVe this week with a second series built around the battle-worn soldiers serving Grand Admiral Thrawn.
These are not exactly standard Imperial troops. Raised through the dark rites of the Great Mothers after being buried on Peridea, the Night Troopers carry that history across every part of their design. Cracked black armour, crimson bindings, damaged plating, and golden repairs give them a look that sits somewhere between Imperial military discipline and something much more supernatural.
Series 2 takes three poses and presents each in both an armoured and exposed version, giving us a much clearer look at what is hiding underneath all that damaged armour.
It turns out the answer is not especially reassuring.
Night Troopers S2 Lineup
- Night Trooper – Marching: An Uncommon combat-ready pose with blaster held close
- Night Trooper Exposed – Marching: An Uncommon version with fractured armour revealing the figure beneath
- Night Trooper – Unleashed: An Ultra Rare battle stance with blaster raised
- Night Trooper Exposed – Unleashed: A Secret Rare version showing more of the trooper’s decayed form
- Night Trooper – Reawakened: An Ultra Rare watchful pose built around the idea of a soldier recalled from death
- Night Trooper Exposed – Reawakened: A Secret Rare Special Edition with the resurrection theme pushed furthest
Armoured vs. Exposed
The exposed versions are what give this second series its identity.
From a distance, the Night Troopers still resemble the Imperial soldiers they once were. The fractured helmets and exposed features make it much harder to ignore the fact that these troops were pulled back from the dead to serve Thrawn again.
Star Trek: Discovery – Romulan: Bird of Prey
Star Trek went in a more classic direction this week with the Romulan: Bird of Prey digital collectible.
First introduced in the original Star Trek series, the Bird of Prey helped establish the Romulans as a secretive and dangerous rival to Starfleet. Its sleek silhouette and enormous bird motif across the underside made it instantly recognisable, even among a franchise full of memorable ships.
This version joins the Star Trek: Discovery collection while keeping the visual identity that made the ship stand out in the first place.
For a vessel associated with secrecy, the Bird of Prey has never exactly been subtle about who it belongs to.
Why It Stands Out
The Bird of Prey does not need the sheer scale of some later Star Trek ships to make an impression.
The silhouette and striking underside graphic give it a personality of its own, making it one of those designs you can recognise almost immediately.
Comic Release
Howard the Duck (1976) #1
And then there was Howard.
Howard the Duck (1976) #1 brought Steve Gerber and Frank Brunner’s wonderfully strange Marvel character to VeVe with the first issue of his own ongoing series.
The story throws Howard into exactly the sort of bizarre situation his reputation suggests, with Spider-Man and other Marvel characters getting caught up in the chaos along the way.
Written by Steve Gerber with art by Frank Brunner, the issue comes from a corner of Marvel history that was happy to be satirical, absurd, and a little bit weird. Howard never needed to fit neatly alongside the traditional superheroes around him, and that was always part of the appeal.
The digital comic arrived with five cover variants, all of which had sold out from the VeVe Store at the time of writing.
Writer: Steve Gerber
Artist: Frank Brunner
Cover artist: Frank Brunner
Release date: September 9
Format: Waitlist
Variants: 5
Cover Lineup
- Classic Cover: Common
- Vintage Variant: Uncommon
- Hero Variant: Rare
- Vibranium Variant: Ultra Rare
- True Believer Variant: Secret Rare
Why This One Matters
Howard the Duck was never supposed to feel like another conventional Marvel hero.
This first issue gave Steve Gerber and Frank Brunner room to lean into the satire, absurdity, and personality that made Howard different from almost everything else Marvel was publishing around him.
And apparently VeVe collectors were ready for it. All five cover variants sold out from the Store.
A Few Things Worth Another Look
The Exposed Night Troopers
The standard Night Troopers already look like they have been through several very bad days.
The exposed versions take that idea further, showing more of what the Great Mothers actually brought back from beneath Peridea. They are less “damaged Imperial soldier” and much more “this person definitely died.”
Romulan: Bird of Prey
The Bird of Prey is a quieter release than six undead Star Wars soldiers, but it does not need much explaining.
It is simply one of those classic sci-fi designs that still looks unmistakably itself decades later.
Howard the Duck #1
Star Wars gave us resurrected soldiers. Star Trek gave us a Romulan warship.
Somehow Marvel still managed to provide the strangest release of the week.
Howard would probably approve.
Final Thoughts
That wraps up this week on VeVe.
The Night Troopers returned looking even less alive than before, the Romulans brought one of Star Trek’s classic ship designs with them, and Howard the Duck reminded us that Marvel has always had room to get a little weird.
Three very different releases, and a pretty good snapshot of how broad a week on VeVe can get.
Check back next week for another catch-up on what’s new on VeVe.
