FAQ: Star Wars Comics Checklist, Part 1/4
Mark Martinez
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This is the first of four articles containing a checklist of
Star Wars comics and was last modified 15 April 1996.
Please send additions and corrections to
Mark Martinez (mailto:ml...@ni.net)
USmail: P. O. Box 15065, Santa Fe, NM 87506-5065
The list is posted quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) to
rec.arts.sf.starwars.info.
Part One
Abstract
SPOILERS for Coming Attractions
Dark Horse Comics
Topps Comics
Other Publishers
Part Two (1977-1986)
Marvel Comics
Star Wars
Star Wars Annuals
Return of the Jedi
Part Three (1991-Present)
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Empire
Dark Empire II
Empire's End
Classic Star Wars
Classic Star Wars (movie adaptations)
Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures
Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Insider
Tales of the Jedi
Tales of the Jedi: Freedon Nadd Uprising
Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
Droids (mini-series)
Droids
Jabba the Hutt
Boba Fett
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
River of Chaos
X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
Heir to the Empire
Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Dark Horse International
Star Wars
Topps Comics
Star Wars Galaxy Magazine
Capital City Distribution
Advance Comics
Comic Shop News
Comics Debut
Diamond Comic Distributors
Previews
Part Four
Marvel Comics
Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars
Marvel Movie Showcase Featuring Star Wars
Marvel Super Special
Return of the Jedi
Marvel Illustrated Books
Del Rey Books
Illustrated Editions
Star Comics
Droids
Ewoks
Star Comics Magazine
Blackthorne Publishing
Star Wars 3-D
Contemporary Motivators
Star Wars
British Annuals
British Magazines
Comic Strips
Audio-Visual Tales
The Alfred E. Neuman et al Collection
Mad
Cracked
Crazy
Topps Comics
The Art of Star Wars Galaxy
Ballantine Books
The Art of Star Wars
Bantam Books
The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
Del Rey Books
The Essential Guide to Characters
The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
References
Periodicals
Unexamined References and Periodicals
Acknowledgments
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Abstract
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The Star Wars Comics Checklist is a guide to Star Wars comics and
reprints published in English. In addition to comics, you will
find references to publications with related material, such as
articles on Star Wars comics.
Part Two is the Marvel Comics Star Wars Archive, posted with the
permission of Jack Camden. Jack has written a fine guide to the
Marvel era of Star Wars comics, providing synopses and
commentary on each issue.
In Parts One, Three and Four, the names of writers and artists,
if known, are indicated by abbreviations (w:Writer a:Artist
c:Cover artist p:Penciller i:Inker). My apologies to colorists
and letterers, whose names are not included. I hope to add them
to a future version of the checklist.
SPOILERS for Coming Attractions
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[Dark Horse Comics] Shadows of the Empire
Six-issue mini-series featuring the Empire's underworld citizens.
w:John Wagner a:Kilian Plunkett a:P. Craig Russell c:Hugh Fleming
1 May 96 Part 1 of 6
2 Jun 96 Part 2 of 6
3 Jul 96 Part 3 of 6
There will also be Shadows of the Empire mini-comics inserted in
some tie-in toy packages: Galoob Micro Machines, Ertl vehicle
model kits, and Kenner action figures.
[Dark Horse Comics] Battle of the Bounty Hunters
w:Ryder Windham a:Christopher Moeller
Jun 96 Boba Fett/IG-88 pop-up comic book
[Dark Horse Comics] Droids
Jun 96 The Kalarba Adventures
Limited edition hardcover collection, foil-stamped, dust jacketed,
cover by Kilian Plunkett.
[Dark Horse Comics] Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
Jun 96 Trade paperback collection with a new cover by Mathieu
Lauffray.
[Dark Horse Comics] X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
Series featuring Wedge Antilles.
w:Mike Stackpole a:Darko Macan a:Edvin Biukovic a:Dave Nestelle
c:Mathieu Lauffray
3 Apr 96 The Phantom Affair, Part 3 of 4
4 May 96 The Phantom Affair, Part 4 of 4
w:Jan Strnad w:Michael Stackpole a:John Nadeau a:Jordi Ensign
c:Mark Harrison
1 Jun 96 Battleground: Tatooine, Part 1 of 4
2 Jul 96 Battleground: Tatooine, Part 2 of 4
[Dark Horse Comics] Heir to the Empire
Six-issue mini-series based on the novel by Timothy Zahn.
w:Mike Baron a:Olivier Vatine a:Fred Blanchard a:Isabel Rabarot
c:Mathieu Lauffray
6 Apr 96 Part 6 of 6
[Dark Horse Comics] Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Four-issue adaptation of the novel by Alan Dean Foster. Some of
the events of the novel have been adjusted to fit within the
continuity established by the films.
w:Terry Austin a:Chris Sprouse a:James Sinclair c:Hugh Fleming
c:Mark Harrison
3 Apr 96 Part 3 of 4
4 Jun 96 Part 4 of 4
[Dark Horse Comics] Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
This series, coming in late summer, is written by Kevin Anderson
with artwork by Chris Gossett, Stan Woch, Pamela Rambo, and cover
art by Chris Moeller. The introduction will be prices at $0.99.
0 Jul 96 Introduction
[Topps Comics] Star Wars Galaxy Magazine
Newsstand and Direct Market editions. Newsstand editions
don't come with the bagged items.
7 Spring 96
Contains an excerpt from the novel "Shadows of the Empire",
articles on the comic adaptation and the novel itself, and part
three of the four-part Boba Fett comic adventure. Bagged with a
poster and promo cards. Painted cover by Hugh Fleming.
[Image Publishing] Not of This Earth
Jan 96 Star Wars Fiction Guidebook
Contains info on comics with cover reproductions.
[To Be Announced]
The following have not been solicited yet and some items may
be nothing more than wild rumors or long dead projects.
Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Star's End
Reprint of daily comic strip by Alfredo Alcala, based on the novel
by Brian Daley.
A New Hope
New adaptation from Dark Horse, 1997.
Dark Force Rising
Adaptation of Timothy Zahn's novel.
The Last Command
Adaptation of Timothy Zahn's novel.
Lightsider
Graphic novel by Tom Veitch, art by Dave Dorman (25 full-page
paintings). Set between Dark Empire I and II. Luke looks for
lost Jedi.
Aliens and Monsters
Adaptations of stories from the illustrated book.
For more timely Star Wars comics information you can go directly
to the Dark Horse's mouth at http://www.dhorse.com. Dark Horse
maintains publication schedules and a complete listing of their
published Star Wars comics with cover art. The Dark Horse Star
Wars page is at http://www.dhorse.com/sw/index.htm.
You might also keep an eye out for these posts to r.a.s.s.*
newsgroups:
"FAQ: Star Wars FAQ, Part 3 of 3"
George 'Jake' Tringali (tri...@rpi.edu)
"RELEASE: [Month] comics"
George 'Jake' Tringali (tri...@rpi.edu)
"[FAQ] WELCOME to Rec.Arts.SF.StarWars! (Weekly Mini-FAQ)"
Paul Adams (pa...@erc.msstate.edu)
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Mark Martinez
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This is the second of four articles containing a checklist of
Star Wars comics and was last modified 30 April 1995.
The list is posted quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) to
rec.arts.sf.starwars.info.
Part Two (1977-1986)
Marvel Comics
Star Wars
Star Wars Annuals
Return of the Jedi
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MARVEL COMICS STAR WARS ARCHIVE 1977-1986
All issues of Marvel's Star Wars series are Copyright
Lucasfilm Ltd. This archive was compiled by Jack Camden;
notes Copyright 1995 Jack Camden; direct questions,
comments, corrections, additions and miscellaneous
criticism to JackC...@aol.com.
I. FORM OF THIS ARCHIVE
[Issue #] [Date] [Issue title] [Writer(s)/Penciller(s)]
[Story Description]
[Notes on chronology, continuity problems, interesting
aspects of the story, some random editorial comments.]
II. ARCHIVE
In 1976, Marvel Comics agreed to adapt what was then
expected to be, at best, a modestly-grossing oddity of a
film due from Twentieth-Century Fox the following year.
("Star Wars" received some of its best early buzz from
audiences at science fiction conventions, largely because
of Ralph McQuarrie's production paintings).
"Star Wars" (now properly "Star Wars Episode IV: A New
Hope") went on to become an entertainment empire, spawning
two hugely-successful sequels, books, toys, trading cards,
and several comic book series. And for nine years, Marvel
adapted the films and filled the time between new movies
with further adventures of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, and
their friends and enemies.
In 1992, Dark Horse Comics brought Star Wars comics back
with "Dark Empire." Later, Dark Horse reprinted newspaper
strips written by Archie Goodwin and Russ Manning during
the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as Marvel's movie
adaptations and, in 1995, one of the old Marvel issues.
George Lucas' saga is undergoing a renaissance as old fans
and new prepare for a re-release of the first film and
three promised prequels. But the Marvel stories -- good,
bad, and ugly -- have gone thusfar unrevived and
little-noticed.
This archive is a guide to the 120-odd issues of Marvel's
Star Wars. It is my hope that it will rekindle old memories
in veteran collectors, intrigue a few new fans, and amuse
Star Wars experts who may have forgotten a few of the odder
twists, turns, and dead ends taken by various authors in
exploring the Star Wars universe.
SPOILER NOTE FOR THE TRULY OBSESSED: I have tried to keep
the story descriptions somewhat vague in the interest of
space and to avoid completely giving away what happens.
Sorry if the results are a little TV Guide-ish. But for
those who don't want to know ANYTHING about a given issue's
plot, consider yourself warned.
1 July 77 "Star Wars" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: The hopes of the Alliance reside with Artoo-Detoo and
See-Threepio after the two droids are the only escapees
from Princess Leia Organa's blockade runner. Trapped on the
desolate desert planet of Tatooine, Artoo must find the
Jedi Knight Ben Kenobi against all odds.
Notes: Part 1 of 6-part adaptation of "A New Hope."
2 Aug. 77 "Six Against the Galaxy" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi hire two smugglers, Han
Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee, to take them to Alderaan
and return the plans of the Empire's mightiest weapon, the
Death Star, to the leaders of the Alliance.
Notes: Part 2 of 6-part adaptation of "A New Hope." Includes
the scene with Han confronting Jabba the Hut(t) -- Jabba is
depicted as a walrus-faced biped, as he is in the Marvel
series until "Return of the Jedi."
3 Sept 77 "Death Star!" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Trapped in the Death Star after the destruction of
Alderaan, the crew of the Millennium Falcon struggles to
free Princess Leia Organa and find a way to escape the
battle station.
Notes: Part 3 of 6-part adaptation of "A New Hope."
4 Oct. 77 "In Battle with Darth Vader" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Luke, Han, and Chewbacca rescue Princess Leia and
escape the Death Star, but Ben Kenobi is struck down in a
lightsaber duel with Darth Vader.
Notes: Part 4 of 6-part adaptation of "A New Hope."
5 Nov. 77 "Lo, the Moons of Yavin!" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: The Rebel Alliance studies the secret plans of the
Death Star and prepares a desperate attack on the battle
station, but can the Alliance destroy the Empire's greatest
weapon before it destroys the Alliance's main base on Yavin
IV?
Notes: Part 5 of 6-part adaptation of "A New Hope."
6 Dec. 77 "The Final Chapter" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Luke Skywalker and the other Rebel pilots battle
Darth Vader and the Empire's TIE fighters in a furious
dogfight above the Death Star.
Notes: Part 6 of 6-part adaptation of "A New Hope."
7 Jan. 78 "New Planets, New Perils!" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Leaving Yavin IV to pay off Jabba the Hutt, Han and
Chewbacca are ambushed by Crimson Jack and his band of
space pirates, who steal their reward money and leave the
two looking for greener pastures on the rimworld of
Aduba-3.
8 Feb. 78 "Eight For Aduba-3" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Han and Chewie hire six motley star-hoppers,
including a crazy old man who thinks he's a Jedi Knight and
a six-foot green rabbit, to defend a peasant village on
Aduba-3 from a band of pirates; Luke, Threepio, and Artoo
leave Yavin IV in search of a new base for the Alliance.
Notes: Thomas' take on the "Magnificent Seven" and "Don
Quixote" was probably fun for him, but as for the rest of
us....
9 Mar. 78 "Showdown on a Wasteland World" Thomas/Chaykin
Story: Fighting vicious man-birds and the raiders of Serji-X
Arrogantus, Han and Chewie's band of star-hoppers awaken a
reptillian behemoth from the depths of Aduba-3; when Luke's
ship vanishes in the Drexel system, Leia rushes off to find
him.
10 Apr. 78 "Behemoth From the World Below" Glut/Chaykin
Story: Han, Chewie, and the star-hoppers fight the final
battle for Aduba-3 against Serji-X Arrogantus and the
creature awakened by the battle. Notes: Ends "Eight for
Aduba-3" Series. Oddly, issue was written by Donald F.
Glut, who wrote the novelization of "The Empire Strikes
Back."
11 May 78 "Star Search" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han and Chewie run afoul of Crimson Jack and his
space pirates once again, only to discover the gang has
captured Leia as well.
Notes: Begins Goodwin's fruitful three-year association with
the title.
12 June 78 "Doomworld!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Luke and the droids become servants of Gov. Quarg,
master of a city-sized ship prowling the waters of Drexel
One in a war against giant sea-dragons and their human
masters; Han, Chewie, and Leia approach Drexel One on
Crimson Jack's cruiser.
13 July 78 "Day of the Dragon Lords!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han, Chewie, and Leia escape Crimson Jack, only to
find themselves in the middle of a battle between Governor
Quarg's pirates and the masters of the sea-dragons on
Drexel. But when Han is apparently killed by one of Quarg's
skimmers, Chewie thinks Luke has turned traitor and attacks
him and the droids.
14 Aug. 78 "The Sound of Armageddon!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han, rescued by the sea-dragons, turns the tide
against Governor Quarg with Luke's help, but what of
Crimson Jack's orbiting cruiser?
15 Sept 78 "Star Duel!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Crimson Jack finds himself in a stalemate with the
Star Warriors (a bad, but useful term coined by
Marvel)...his first mate has gone mad, his star charts have
been erased, and he's trapped in an outer space duel with
Han Solo -- from which only one man will survive.
Notes: Ends "Waterworld" series.
16 Oct. 78 "The Hunter!" Goodwin/Simonson
Story: A bounty hunter who hates droids and dreams of
killing Luke Skywalker for befriending Artoo and Threepio
comes to Aduba-3 in search of his quarry.
Notes: Introduces Valance the Hunter, one of Goodwin's best
characters.
17 Nov. 78 "Crucible!" Goodwin & Claremont/Trimpe
Story: During ship's watch on the Millennium Falcon, Luke
remembers a Tatooine adventure where he had to fly a
seemingly-impossible route through Beggars Canyon to save a
poisoned Biggs Darklighter and bring word to Anchorhead of
an impending Tusken Raider attack.
Notes: A flashback story which apparently takes place about
a year before "A New Hope."
18 Dec. 78 "The Empire Strikes!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Pursued by TIE fighters and with Luke fallen into a
catatonic trance while meditating, the Millennium Falcon
flees to the Wheel, a space station casino where an
Imperial commander has launched a scheme to discredit the
Alliance.
Notes: Presciently titled, to say the least. And great
characterization of Han and Chewie.
19 Jan. 79 "The Ultimate Gamble!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han and Chewie are captured, the droids pawned, Leia
trapped, and Luke unconscious as the plans of former
Imperial Senator Simon Greyshade and Commander Strom come
to fruition on the Wheel.
20 Feb. 79 "Deathgame" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: A desperate Han Solo finds himself fighting in the
gladiator pits of the Wheel, unaware that Greyshade has
rigged the game against him.
21 Mar. 79 "Shadow of a Dark Lord!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Luke breaks free of his trance and Leia and the
droids escape their captors on the Wheel, but Han finds
that his opponent in the gladiator arena is Chewbacca; on
the planet Ultaar, Darth Vader makes his move.
Notes: First appearance of Vader in the series since "A New
Hope."
22 Apr. 79 "To the Last Gladiator!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Simon Greyshade offers to expose the Empire's plot
and rescue the Star Warriors if Leia will be his lover.
23 May 79 "Flight Into Fury" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: The rebels escape the Wheel, but Darth Vader and his
battle cruiser are waiting for them.
Notes: Ends "Wheel" series. With the benefit of hindsight,
Luke helps his friends escape Vader by using the Dark Side
of the Force. But a fine series.
24 June 79 "Silent Drifting" Duffy/Infantino
Story: Leia tells the Millennium Falcon's crew about how
Obi-Wan Kenobi once saved a pleasure cruiser trapped in an
asteroid belt from the feared Merson slavers.
Notes: A flashback story of a younger Ben Kenobi before the
Clone Wars.
25 July 79 "Siege at Yavin!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Escaping from the Wheel to Centares, Luke and Leia
buy a starship to take them back to Yavin IV. But on the
way, they discover a plot masterminded by the House of
Tagge which could spell doom for the rebel base.
Notes: Begins series of interconnected stories pitting the
Alliance against Baron Orman Tagge (who was blinded by
Darth Vader and now fights with a lightsaber and the
benefit of "cybervision") and his family, which includes
the commander choked by Vader aboard the Death Star. (In
the movie, the Imperial officer choked is Motti; in the
novelization and the Marvel series, it's Tagge.)
26 Aug. 79 "Doom Mission" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Luke volunteers for a desperate mission -- destroy an
immense turbine base which the House of Tagge has built
inside the gas giant Yavin. But with the turbine destroyed,
Luke must use his untested skill with the Force to fly his
fighter back out of the gas giant.
Notes: One of Goodwin's best stories.
27 Sept 79 "Return of the Hunter" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Luke and Threepio are ambushed on the planet Junction
by Valance, the cyborg bounty hunter, who is in a race with
Darth Vader's spies to find the Death Star's destroyer.
28 Oct. 79 "Whatever Happened to Jabba the Hut?" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han and Chewbacca are besieged in a cavern on the
desolate planet Orleon by Jabba the Hutt and his pirates,
but soon face a deadlier foe -- stone mites capable of
eating through rock walls, the Millennium Falcon, and its
trapped crew.
Notes: A Goodwin/Infantino adventure, complete with the
humanoid Jabba -- and the small problem that Han and Chewie
get the Hutt to cancel their debt.
29 Nov. 79 "Dark Encounter" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Darth Vader and the bounty hunter Valance battle over
a rebel deserter who holds the secret Vader wants most --
the identity of the pilot who destroyed the Death Star.
Notes: One of the better stories told by any of the
"non-canon" authors in the Star Wars universe.
30 Dec. 79 "A Princess Alone!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Princess Leia travels to an Imperial factory world to
enlist the help of an old tutor from Alderaan against the
Empire -- but runs afoul of a ruthless Imperial governor
and Baron Tagge.
1 1979 "The Long Hunt" Claremont/Vosburg
Story: In Marvel's first Star Wars annual, Luke battles a
winged Imperial commander who uses the Force and swings a
lightsaber, while Leia struggles to save Han and Chewie
from an Imperial dungeon.
Notes: In one of the bigger continuity goof-ups, the issue
ends with a tale of how the planet of the Long Hunt was
once visited by three Jedi Knights -- Ben Kenobi, Darth
Vader, and Luke's father.
31 Jan. 80 "Return to Tatooine!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Luke returns to Tatooine to recruit star-hoppers for
the Alliance, and uncovers an Imperial plot masterminded by
the House of Tagge.
32 Feb. 80 "The Jawa Express" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han, Chewie, Luke and the droids escape Imperial
stormtroopers with the help of a band of jawas, only to run
into a deadly test of the Omega Frost, the House of Tagge's
secret project to cripple the Alliance.
33 Mar. 80 "Saber Clash!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Han, Luke, and Chewie follow the Tagges to Junction,
where the Baron plans to devastate the planet with the
Omega Frost and cripple the Alliance's supply lines. But
when Luke is captured while on a spy mission, he is forced
into a lightsaber duel with the Baron.
34 Apr. 80 "Thunder in the Stars!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: The Millennium Falcon and a rebel task force race
towards Junction, but Han doesn't know he's leading the
rebels into a trap, and a stranded Luke can't warn him.
Notes: Ends "Omega Frost" series.
35 May 80 "Dark Lord's Gambit" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Darth Vader drives the Tagge family to its knees,
while Luke finds himself waging a battle of diplomacy
against the Dark Lord for the loyalty of the cloistered
world of Monastery and its mistress, Sister Domina Tagge.
But whose side is Domina on?
36 June 80 "Red Queen Rising!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Leia, Han, Chewie, and Threepio are trapped on
Vader's star destroyer, while below on Monastery, Sister
Domina and the Dark Lord weave a trap for Luke.
37 July 80 "In Mortal Combat!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Hoping to destroy both Luke and Vader, Sister Domina
arranges a lightsaber duel between them in a dangerous,
eldritch valley, while the Star Warriors and Baron Tagge
race to intercede.
Notes: As an epilogue, Jabba the Hutt (still on two legs)
discovers Crimson Jack's derelict pirate ship, which he
financed. Furious, the Hutt puts a price back on Han and
Chewie's heads, and a bounty hunter guns for the two on Ord
Mantell.
38 Aug. 80 "Riders in the Void!" Goodwin/Golden
Story: A malfunctioning hyperdrive hurls Luke and Leia
beyond the galaxy, where they are caught in a strange,
living starship intent on their destruction.
39 Sept 80 "The Empire Strikes Back" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Darth Vader and the Imperial fleet search for the
Alliance's new base on Hoth.
Notes: First part of 6-part adaptation of "The Empire
Strikes Back."
40 Oct. 80 "Battleground Hoth!" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: The Alliance battles Imperial walkers and
snowtroopers on the frozen planet Hoth.
Notes: Second part of 6-part adaptation of "The Empire
Strikes Back."
41 Nov. 80 "Imperial Pursuit!" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Escaping the rout on Hoth, Han, Chewie, Leia and
Threepio are pursued into an asteroid field by the Imperial
fleet; Luke lands on the swamp planet Dagobah in search of
a Jedi Master to complete his training.
Notes: Third part of 6-part adaptation of "The Empire
Strikes Back."
42 Dec. 80 "To Be A Jedi!" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Luke begins his training under the Jedi Master Yoda;
the bounty hunter Boba Fett trails the crippled Millennium
Falcon after it eludes the Imperial fleet.
Notes: Fourth part of 6-part adaptation of "The Empire
Strikes Back."
43 Jan. 81 "Betrayal at Bespin" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Han, Chewie, and Leia are betrayed by Lando
Calrissian in Cloud City, where Darth Vader and Boba Fett
await them -- and set a trap for Luke.
Notes: Fifth part of 6-part adaptation of "The Empire
Strikes Back."
44 Feb. 81 "Duel A Dark Lord!" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Luke battles Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel in
Cloud City; Lando Calrissian frees Chewie and Leia and the
three race to save Han from Boba Fett's clutches.
Notes: Sixth part of 6-part adaptation of "The Empire
Strikes Back."
45 Mar. 81 "Death Probe" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: While testing himself to see if he's recovered from
his defeat at the hands of Darth Vader, Luke encounters a
blockade runner taken over by a monster probot -- and
intent on sabotaging the rebel fleet.
46 Apr. 81 "The Dreams of Cody Sunn-Childe" Lombego/Infantino
Story: While searching for Han Solo, Lando and Chewie are
catapulted into another dimension, where a long-lost rebel
warrior has built a utopia out of the stuff of his own
dreams.
47 May 81 "Droid World!" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Trying to fix a damaged war droid, Threepio and Artoo
travel to an artificial moon manned only by robots, where
they find themselves caught in the middle of a revolution.
Notes: Story was later adapted into a children's book and
tape of the same name.
48 June 81 "The Third Law" Hama/Infantino
Story: Leia and Darth Vader fight a war of diplomatic
intrigue on the neutral world of Aargau.
Notes: Entertaining, though its tongue-in-cheek tone and
bloodless intrigues are more James Bond than Star Wars.
49 July 81 "The Last Jedi!" Barr/Simonson
Story: Luke and Leia help Prince Denid of Velmor in his
quest to regain his throne, but are caught up in palace
intrigue surrounding a brain-damaged old alien who may or
may not be the last of the Jedi Knights.
50 Aug. 81 "The Crimson Forever!" Goodwin/Simonson/Williamson
Story: Attempting to save Luke from a strange disease, Leia,
Lando, Chewie, and the droids travel beyond the galaxy
retracing an old adventure of Han and Chewie's.
Notes: Double issue brings back the bounty hunters from "The
Empire Strikes Back" and Sister Domina Tagge. Goodwin's
last issue until #98, four years later.
51 Sept 81 "Ressurection of Evil" Michelinie/Simonson
Story: The Star Warriors attempt to sabotage the
construction of "the Tarkin," a warship built around the
Death Star's planet-destroying laser cannon.
Notes: A different twist on the much-abused "new Death Star"
idea.
52 Oct. 81 "To Take the Tarkin" Michelinie/Simonson
Story: The Star Warriors battle Darth Vader aboard the
Tarkin, where a cadre of Imperial officers plot to betray
the Dark Lord of the Sith.
53 Nov. 81 "The Last Gift From Alderaan" Claremont/Simonson
Story: Leia battles an inhuman Imperial Warlord and his
anti-matter bombs on Shiva IV.
Notes: A not-particulary successful homage to "John Carter,
Warlord of Mars" by Claremont, a former writer for that
title. Additional art by Infantino.
54 Dec. 81 "Starfire Rising" Claremont/Infantino/Simonson
Story: Luke helps Leia and Warlord Aron defeat General
Sk'ar, but the Millennium Falcon is trapped between a Star
Destroyer and a black hole, and only Luke's skill with the
Force can save them.
55 Jan. 82 "Plif!" Michelinie/Simonson
Story: A rebel scouting team investigates the planet Arbra
as a possible new base for the Alliance; Lando returns to
Cloud City and finds it mysteriously deserted.
Notes: Adapted as "Planet of the Hoojibs," a children's book
and tape.
56 Feb. 82 "Coffin In the Clouds" Michelinie/Simonson
Story: Lando contends with time bombs, an Imperial
explosives team, and a beserk Lobot in the deserted Cloud
City.
Notes: Introduces Lieutenant Shira Brei (sometimes Brie),
Michelinie's best character -- and a rare love interest for
Luke.
57 Mar. 82 "Hello, Bespin, Goodbye!" Michelinie/Simonson
Story: Lando journeys to the surface of Bespin and enlists
the aid of the ugnaughts in retaking Cloud City from the
Empire.
58 Apr. 82 "Sundown!" Michelinie/Simonson
Story: Threepio and Artoo are Leia's last hope to save the
rebel fleet from destruction inside Arbra's sun; Luke,
Lando and Chewbacca run into trouble on the space station
Bazarre.
59 May 82 "Bazarre" Michelinie & Simonson/Simonson
Story: Luke and Lando are trapped on the disposal planet of
Patch-4 with a giant worm invulnerable to blasters.
60 June 82 "Shira's Story" Michelinie & Simonson/Simonson
Story: On a mission to uncover plans for an Imperial armada
under construction on the edge of the galaxy, Luke and
Shira Brei run into trouble on Shira's homeworld of
Shalyvane.
61 July 82 "Screams in the Void" Michelinie & Simonson
Story: Luke leads the mission to destroy the Empire's armada
and its latest secret weapon, but has he destroyed what he
loves, too?
Notes: Simonson pencils.
62 Aug. 82 "Pariah!" Michelinie & Simonson/Simonson
Story: Stripped of his commission for shooting down Shira
Brei's fighter, Luke returns to Shalyvane with Chewbacca
looking for answers.
63 Sept 82 "The Mind Spider!" Michelinie & Simonson/Palmer
Story: Luke and Chewbacca raid the Imperial data bank on
Krake's Planet in search of the information about Shira
Brei which could clear Luke's name.
64 Oct. 82 "Serphidian Eyes" Fleisher, Michelinie/Brozowski
Story: Luke and two fellow officers travel to a
quasi-medieval world to oust its Imperial-allied king.
65 Nov. 82 "Golrath Never Forgets" Michelinie/Simonson/Palmer
Story: The rebels scramble to destroy Golrath Station, an
obscure outpost which could betray their new base to the
Empire.
2 1982 "Shadeshine!" Michelinie/Infantino
Story: Luke and Lando uncover a tale from Han Solo's past,
in which a smuggling run for sansanna spice lands the
Corellian in the midst of a power struggle between a
strange priesthood and an alien satrap.
Notes: Second annual. First was in 1979.
66 Dec. 82 "The Water Bandits" Michelinie/Simonson & Palmer
Story: Trapped on the backwater planet of Beheboth, Luke
strives to rescue a friend from a band of brigands who
control the planet's water supply.
67 Jan. 83 "The Darker" Michelinie/Frenz
Story: As the Star Warriors begin the search for Han Solo,
Threepio, Artoo, Chewie, and the hoojibs battle an ancient
foe lurking in the deepest caves of Ambra.
68 Feb. 83 "The Search Begins" Michelinie/Day & Palmer
Story: Leia and Threepio travel to Boba Fett's rumored
homeworld of Mandalore, where they fall in with Fenn Shysa,
one of the last three Mandalorian supercommandos.
Notes: Continuity problems will one day abound -- Fenn Shysa
tells Leia that the supercommandos were charged with the
defense of Mandalore before the Empire and that, of 212
commandos, three survived -- chief officer Boba Fett, Fenn
Shysa, and Tobbi Dala. In a major howler, story also has
Palpatine briefing the commandos on Princess Leia's rebel
activities during the Clone Wars.
69 Mar. 83 "Death in the City of Bone!" Michelinie/Day
Story: Fenn Shysa tries to rescue Leia from the strange City
of Bone on Mandalore.
70 Apr. 83 "The Stenax Shuffle" Duffy/Frenz & Gammill
Story: As Lando, Chewie and Luke head for Stenos in search
of the bounty hunter Bossk, Luke recalls an early adventure
which brought the Star Warriors to the planet shortly after
"A New Hope."
Notes: Duffy's best effort -- a fine, witty adventure.
71 May 83 "Return to Stenos" Duffy/Palmer & Frenz
Story: Luke and Lando's search for Han leads them into
danger on Stenos, but they finally find Han -- or do they?
72 June 83 "Fool's Bounty" Duffy/Palmer & Frenz
Story: Luke, Lando, Chewie, Artoo, Rik Duel and Dani
struggle to destroy the bounty hunters' base on Stenos.
73 July 83 "Lahsbane" Duffy/Palmer & Frenz
Story: Luke, Leia, Chewie, Dani, and the droids are sent to
the planet Lahsbane to recover tapes from a downed rebel
pilot's ship, but run into one problem after another.
Notes: Lucasfilm blew the whistle on the issue after
Marvel's first depiction of the Lahsbees looked too much
like Ewoks.
74 Aug. 83 "The Iskalon Effect" Duffy/Frenz & Palmer
Story: The Star Warriors travel to the waterworld of Iskalon
in search of missing rebel agent Tay Vanis and his droid.
75 Sept 83 "Tidal" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Lando and company infiltrate the planet Gamandar;
Luke and Leia fight for their lives on Iskalon's ocean
floor.
76 Oct. 83 "Artoo-Detoo to the Rescue" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Artoo struggles to save his friends on Gamandar while
Luke, Leia, and Kiro are caught in the chaos of war-torn
Iskalon.
77 Nov. 83 "Chanteuse of the Stars..." Duffy/Frenz
Story: Luke and Leia, investigating a lead about Han Solo,
take desperate measures during a delegation of planetary
representatives on the space station Kabray.
Notes: Leia sings, and the results are as embarrassing as
the "Star Wars Holiday Special," even though you can't hear
them.
3 1983 "The Apprentice" Duffy/Janson
Story: The Star Warriors and the Empire clash on the dismal
planet of Belderone, where Darth Vader finds a new
apprentice.
78 Dec. 83 "Hoth Stuff!" Michelinie & Layton/McDonnell
Story: Luke and Leia hunt for Wedge Antilles, missing since
"The Empire Strikes Back" on Hoth.
Notes: Curiously, the first non-movie issue to include
Wedge. But Marvel confuses Wedge with Biggs, describing
Rogue Squadron's chief as Luke's oldest friend, whom he
grew up with on Tatooine.
79 Jan. 84 "The Big Con" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Lando and Chewie hunt for clues to Han Solo's fate on
the dreary world of Arcan IV.
80 Feb. 84 "Ellie" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Luke, Leia and Threepio finally find Tay Vanis -- or
what's left of him -- and the Bothan tapes which hold the
secret of the Empire's new superweapon.
Notes: Last issue chronologically before "Return of the
Jedi."
1R Oct. 83 "In the Hands of Jabba the Hutt" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Luke, Leia, Chewie, and the droids finally free Han
Solo from carbonite, only to find themselves Jabba the
Hutt's prisoners.
Notes: Part one of a 4-part limited series adapting "Return
of the Jedi."
2R Nov. 83 "The Emperor Commands!" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Having escaped from Jabba the Hutt, Luke travels to
Dagobah to find Yoda dying; Emperor Palpatine arrives at
the partially-completed new Death Star.
Notes: Part two of a 4-part limited series adapting "Return
of the Jedi."
3R Dec. 83 "Mission to Endor" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: The rebels launch a commando raid on the Endor Moon,
where they win over the native Ewoks; Luke surrenders to
Darth Vader.
Notes: Part three of a 4-part limited series adapting
"Return of the Jedi."
4R Jan. 84 "The Final Duel" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: The Imperial and rebel battle fleets clash over the
Endor Moon while Luke duels Darth Vader and the Emperor
within the new Death Star.
Notes: Part four of a 4-part limited series adapting "Return
of the Jedi."
81 Mar. 84 "Jawas of Doom" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Han, Leia, and Artoo return to Tatooine to recover
some of Han's money, but when Artoo is stolen by jawas,
they're forced out into the Dune Sea in pursuit -- and they
discover that Boba Fett is very much alive.
Notes: A delirious Fett escapes the Sarlaac and is found by
jawas, who think he's a droid. But by issue's end he's
fallen back into the Sarlaac, no doubt to re-emerge a
second time ready for action in the West End Games
sourcebooks and "Dark Empire."
82 Apr. 84 "Diplomacy" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Seeking to gather emissaries from the former systems
of the Empire, Luke returns to Iskalon.
83 May 84 "Sweetheart Contract" Grant/McLeod
Story: Lando is caught up in a disagreement between the
Queen of Drogheda and her rebellious sister.
84 June 84 "Seoul Searching" Richardson/Mazzucchelli
Story: Han and Chewie run into remnants of the Imperial
military while treasure-hunting on the ancient world of
Seoul Five.
85 July 84 "The Hero" Duffy/McLeod
Story: Han, Chewie, and Lando run afoul of Bossk and IG-88
on Keyorin, the Hunter's World.
86 Aug. 84 "The Alderaan Factor!" Stradley/McLeod
Story: In an adventure taking place shortly before "Return
of the Jedi," Leia is betrayed on the planet Yinchor and
must try to win over a young stormtrooper from Alderaan.
87 Sep. 84 "Still Active After All These Years" Duffy/Palmer
Story: The Rodian smuggler Chihdo trips a terrible trap in
the catacombs of Shawkan as Luke rushes to save his
friends.
Notes: A Duffy/Palmer effort.
88 Oct. 84 "Figurehead" Duffy/McLeod
Story: Mon Mothma and Princess Leia fight surviving Imperial
forces led by the mysterious Lumiya on the planet Herdessa.
89 Nov. 84 "I'll See You in the Throne Room" Nocenti/Blevins
Story: Luke searches for a traitor to the New Republic on
the exotic world of Solay.
90 Dec. 84 "The Choice!" Duffy/McLeod
Story: As the New Republic's leaders meet with
representatives of many newly-freed worlds, trouble breaks
out between Rik Duel and the Republic.
91 Jan. 85 "Wookiee World!" Duffy/Salmons
Story: Han, Lando, and Chewie discover that the slave trade
has been reactivated on Chewie's homeworld of Kazhyyyk.
Notes: Fairly daring, considering the draconian plot and
subject constraints Marvel had to work with after "Return
of the Jedi." Mala, Itchy, and Lumpy, Chewie's family from
"The Star Wars Holiday Special" and "The Wookiee
Storybook," appear, working overtime for their place in
Star Wars apocrypha.
92 Feb. 85 "The Dream" Duffy/Duursema
Story: A desperate refugee leads the New Republic to an
Imperial stronghold run by Darth Vader's last pupil, a
self-styled Dark Lord.
93 Mar. 85 "Catspaw" Duffy/Buscema
Story: Luke, Leia, and Han investigate rumors of Imperial
activity in the Cantros system.
94 Apr. 85 "Small Wars" Duffy/Martin
Story: A traitorous aide to Admiral Ackbar stirs up war
between the Ewoks and the Lahsbees, the New Republic's
smallest warriors.
95 May 85 "No Zeltrons" Duffy/Martin
Story: Leia, Han, and a Zeltron band run across a villainous
new race from beyond the galaxy -- the Nagai; Luke and
Lumiya clash on the borderworld of Kinooine.
96 June 85 "Duel With a Dark Lady!" Duffy/Martin
Story: Luke fights for his life against Lumiya and her Nagai
allies and discovers the Dark Lady's secret as a Nagai
invasion fleet arrives.
Notes: An extra-galactic alien race invades just after
"Return of the Jedi," shades of Kathy Tyers.
97 July 85 "Escape" Duffy/Martin
Story: Luke, Kiro, and Dani fight to elude the Nagai on
Kinooine.
98 Aug. 85 "Supply and Demand" Goodwin/Williamson
Story: Han Solo is sent to the planet Vandelheim to check
out a supply problem for the New Republic, and winds up
battling an Imperial scheme.
Notes: Goodwin and Williamson return for a one-shot which
briefly interrupts the series' virtual free-fall. Reprinted
as Classic Star Wars: The Vandelheim Mission by Dark Horse
in 1995.
99 Sept 85 "Touch of the Goddess" Duffy/Frenz
Story: Luke, Han, Chewie and Lando search for missing
components to a mystical machine which could be the only
hope for the inhabitants of a dying world.
100 Oct. 85 "First Strike" Duffy/Martin
Story: The New Republic tries to fight off the Nagai
invasion as they leave Endor.
Notes: A double-sized issue. Features a flashback of Han's
childhood with his friend and mentor Bey.
101 Nov. 85 "Far, Far Away" Duffy/Martin
Story: Accompanied by droids and hoojibs, Han Solo takes a
little detour while on a mission for the Alliance.
Notes: Takes place before issue #97.
102 Dec. 85 "School Spirit!" Duffy/Buscema
Story: Luke and Lando battle Nagai invaders on Iskalon.
103 Jan. 86 "Tai" Duffy/Martin
Story: Leia and the Zeltrons learn a little more about the
enemy when they run into a wounded Nagai youth on the
planet Trenwyth.
Notes: First bi-monthly issue.
104 Mar. 86 "Nagais and Dolls" Duffy/Martin
Story: The Nagai invade Zeltros, catching the New Republic
off-guard.
105 May 86 "The Party's Over" Duffy/Martin & Leialoha
Story: Chaos reigns on Zeltros as the Tofs, aliens from the
Nagai's galaxy, invade the planet right on their old
enemies' heels.
106 July 86 "My Hiromi" Duffy/Martin
Story: Luke and the Hiromi try to rescue Leia's attaches
from the Tofs.
107 Sept 86 "All Together Now" Duffy/Martin
Story: The New Republic joins Nagai warriors and Imperials
in an attempt to stop the Tof invasion before it can start.
Notes: Last issue.
III. THE MARVEL ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND THE U.K. ISSUES
Marvel also published its Star Wars adventures in weekly
form in Great Britain, leading to inevitable scheduling
problems. According to Marvel, six complete stories were
published in the British weekly and pencilled in for the
U.S. comic after "The Empire Strikes Back," but were then
shelved. Four stories were reprinted in the U.S. in "Star
Wars," a Marvel Illustrated Book dated Nov. 1981, and
copyrighted 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981.
In October 1982, "Star Wars 2: World of Fire," a
three-issue, black-and-white series also apparently written
for the British weekly, was released by Marvel Illustrated
Books.
How the seven total issues in those two books equates to the
six missing Star Wars stories first mentioned by Marvel is
beyond me. And to further complicate things, "War on Ice"
clearly begins in the middle of the story. That raises the
possibility that some other part of "War of Ice" remains
uncollected.
If anyone is familiar with the British Star Wars Weekly and
whether or not other Marvel Star Wars stories appeared in
it, I'd like to know.
Star Wars (Nov. 81):
-- ??? "Way of the Wookiee" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Days before "A New Hope," Han and Chewie run afoul of
an Imperial colonel, Jabba the Hutt's traitorous
operatives, and Chewie's vendetta with another Wookiee
while smuggling spice on the Kessel Run.
Notes: Continuity disagrees with Kevin J. Anderson's account
of Han and Chewie's fateful Kessel Run in "Jedi Search."
-- ??? "The Day After the Death Star" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: On the day after the Death Star battle, a giddy Luke
goes for a joyride in his X-Wing -- and learns a difficult
lesson about war.
-- ??? "Weapons Master" Goodwin/Infantino
Story: Leia tells Luke the story of Giles Durane, who taught
her how to wield a blaster -- and how idealism can turn
sour.
-- ??? "War on Ice" Goodwin/Cockrum
Story: Luke must rescue Leia from a huge Imperial fortress
on the ice world of Akuria Two.
Star Wars 2: World of Fire (Oct. 82):
-- ??? "World of Fire!" Claremont/Infantino
Story: After stealing the Staraker, an prototype Imperial
warship, Luke, Leia, and rebel operative Mici Shabandar
find themselves stranded on the haunted, deadly world of
Alashan.
-- ??? "The Word for World is Death!" Claremont/Infantino
Story: Luke and Leia join forces with a stranded team of
Imperials to explore the ruins of Alashan.
-- ??? "The Guardian of Forever!" Claremont/Infantino
Story: Luke, Leia and Major Grau's Imperials duel with an
alien sentinel in Alashan's underworld.
IV. THE STAR WARS CANON -- A MODEST PROPOSAL
In an unfortunate parallel with Star Trek, fans of Star Wars
are becoming increasingly concerned with questions about
what Star Wars adventures are canon -- and, in a related
debate, how various chapters in the constantly-expanding
Star Wars saga fit together.
One easy way out of the canon dilemna is what could be
called the "Robin Hood defense." The adventures of Luke
Skywalker and his friends, as we all know, take place "a
long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" -- time enough for
any number of legends to have sprung up arpund them since.
In a peaceful galaxy ruled by the restored Jedi Knights, it
is logical that every backwater planet would claim to be
the site of some adventure or other of Luke, Han, Chewie,
or even Darth Vader. And it's equally logical that, over
thousands of generations, some inconsistent or downright
contradictory legends might be sprung up.
Thus, the inhabitants of Bespin boast that Luke Skywalker
and Darth Vader's first lightsaber duel took place in the
carbonite chamber of Cloud City. But the natives of Mimban
tell a different story, one featuring a grim battle in the
Temple of Pomojema. And the people of Monastery recall how
Luke and Vader met in single combat at the bidding of
Sister Domina. (This is nothing compared to the disputes on
Ord Mantell, where different factions tell the tale of "the
Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell" four of five different ways!)
On the other hand, Kevin J. Anderson is at work on a James
Michener-style history of the Star Wars universe; efforts
like his and the forthcoming "Shadows of the Empire" are
fueling the debate over, and desire for, a single
"canonical" chronology.
The Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson newspaper strips reprinted
as "Classic Star Wars" by Dark Horse have been very
well-received; not a few fans, in fact, greeted them more
warmly than the grittier "Dark Empire." The West End Games
sourcebooks, while themselves "non-canon," have already
accepted the newspaper strips as fact. And Dark Horse is
reprinting the only Goodwin/Williamson issue (#98) from the
regular run of the Marvel series.
No small amount of the appeal of the "Classic Star Wars"
stories is Williamson's fine art -- but credit should also
go to Goodwin, who captures the Flash Gordon spirit of Star
Wars without neglecting the epic sweep of the galactic
civil war, the spiritual demands of the Force, or the real
love between Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie.
One partial answer to the canon/chronology debate would be
to elevate Goodwin's stories (nearly all of which take
place between "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back")
to canon status, and let the other (decidedly inferior)
Marvels remain apocrypha (most of the others have been, or
will be, supplanted by the new novels and "Shadows of the
Empire," anyway).
The rebels' betrayal on the Wheel, Han Solo's duel with the
space pirate Crimson Jack, Darth Vader's search for the
name of the pilot who destroyed the Death Star, the
treachery of the House of Tagge, the lonely quest of
Valance the Hunter -- these are exciting, entertaining
stories which are worthy additions to the Star Wars saga.
There is time enough between "A New Hope" and "Empire" to
fit them and Archie Goodwin's newspaper strips into a
logical timeline, and ample reason for a new crop of Star
Wars fans to enjoy learning what befell the heroes of the
movies between their victory on Yavin and their defeat on
Hoth.
--
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Mark Martinez
--
This is the third of four articles containing a checklist of
Star Wars comics and was last modified 15 April 1996.
Please send additions and corrections to
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Part Three (1991-Present)
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Dark Horse Comics
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Dark Empire
w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy c:Dave Dorman
1 Dec 91 The destiny of a Jedi (pages 2 and 3 are reversed)
2 Feb 92 Devastator of worlds
3 Apr 92 The battle for Calamari
4 Apr 92 Confrontation on the Smugglers' Moon
5 Aug 92 Emperor reborn
6 Oct 92 The fate of a galaxy
For a more comprehensive summary and commentary, see "Dark Empire
Summary" posted occasionally to r.a.s.s by Ron Ostrander
and archived at the Star Wars Archive
(ftp://wpi.wpi.edu/starwars/Scripts/Dark_Empire_synopsis.Z)
Issues 1-3 have second printings.
Dark Empire Gold Edition
Issues 1-6 were published in a gold embossed set, 5000 copies.
Dark Empire Platinum Edition
Issues 1-6 were published in a platinum embossed set, 4000 copies.
Collected in trade paperback, Apr 93. New painted cover by Dave
Dorman, introduction by Kevin J. Anderson, new text from Tom
Veitch, and sketchbook pages from Cam Kennedy.
Second printing, Jun 94
Collected in a signed and limited hardcover edition, May 93.
Full-color tip-in sheet painted by Cam Kennedy and signed by the
creators. Smythe-sewn binding, gold-foil embossed faux-leather
hardcover, jacketed with slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies.
Mar 96 Preview of the Dark Empire trade paperback containing the
first chapter, with a low price of $.99 to attract new readers.
Dark Empire II
Sep 94 Hero Illustrated Special
w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy
Dark Empire II ashcan comic
Six-issue mini-series, a sequel to Dark Empire.
w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy c:Dave Dorman
1 Dec 94 Operation Shadow Hand
2 Jan 95 Duel on Nar Shaddaa
3 Feb 95 World of the ancient Sith
4 Mar 95 Battle on Byss
5 Apr 95 The galaxy weapon
6 May 95 Hand of darkness
Dark Empire II Gold Edition
Issues 1-6 were published in a gold embossed set, 5000 copies.
Aug 95 Trade paperback collection with a cover gallery from both
Dark Empire series.
w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy c:Dave Dorman
Feb 96 Hardcover limited edition collection with a leather cover
and slipcase.
Empire's End
Two-issue mini-series.
w:Tom Veitch a:Jim Baikie c:Dave Dorman
1 Oct 95 Triumph of the Empire
2 Nov 95 Rage of the Emperor
Classic Star Wars
Recolored, reformatted reprints of the LA Times Syndicate comic
strip by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, circa 1981-84.
1 Aug 92 The bounty hunter of Ord Mantell
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
2 Sep 92 The bounty hunter of Ord Mantell, Darth Vader strikes
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
3 Oct 92 Darth Vader strikes
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
4 Nov 92 Darth Vader strikes, The Serpent masters
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
5 Dec 92 The Serpent masters
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
6 Jan 93 The Serpent masters, Deadly reunion
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson ac:Allen Nunis
7 Feb 93 Deadly reunion, Traitor's gambit
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson a:Allen Nunis
8 Apr 93 Traitor's gambit, The night beast
Bagged with Topps Star Wars promotional trading card
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson a:Allen Nunis c:Mark Schultz
9 May 93 The night beast
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson a:Allen Nunis
10 Jul 93 The return of Ben Kenobi
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis
11 Aug 93 The return of Ben Kenobi, The power gem
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
12 Sep 93 The power gem, Iceworld
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Bret Blevins
13 Oct 93 Iceworld
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Tom Yeates
14 Nov 93
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
15 Dec 93
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis
16 Feb 94
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis
17 Mar 94
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Mark Schultz
18 Apr 94
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis
19 May 94
w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:George Evans
20 Jun 94 (double-size, last issue of series)
Bagged with Topps Star Wars promotional trading card
Jun 94 Classic Star Wars Volume One
Collects first seven issues in trade paperback. Introduction by
Archie Goodwin; new cover and sketchbook by Al Williamson. The
remaining issues will be collected in two additional volumes.
Second edition, Jun 96.
Jun 95 Classic Star Wars Volume Two: The Rebel Storm
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson a:Nunis
Collection of CSW issues. Trade pb.
Dec 95 Escape to Hoth
Trade paperback collection of Classic Star Wars #15-20 by Archie
Goodwin and Al Williamson. ISBN 1-56971-093-7
Classic Star Wars (movie adaptations)
Prestige format, recolored reprints of Marvel Star Wars movie
adaptations.
A New Hope
w:Roy Thomas a:Howard Chaykin a:Steve Leialoha c:Art Adams
1 Jun 94 Part 1
2 Jul 94 Part 2
Oct 95 Trade paperback reprint. ISBN 1-56971-086-4
The Empire Strikes Back
w:Al Williamson a:Archie Goodwin a:Carlos Garzon
1 Aug 94 Part 1
2 Sep 94 Part 2 (Boba Fett cover by Cam Kennedy)
Oct 95 Trade paperback reprint. ISBN 1-56971-088-0
The Return of the Jedi
wc:Al Williamson a:Archie Goodwin a:Carlos Garzon
c:Adam Hughes c:Matthew Hollingsworth
1 Oct 94 (Bagged with a Topps SW promo card)
2 Nov 94
Oct 95 Trade paperback reprint. Also contains a set of production
sketches. ISBN 1-56971-087-2
Star Wars Trilogy Boxed Set
Oct 95 Includes all three trade paperback reprints with
different covers and a slipcase. ISBN 1-56971-089-9
Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures
Recolored, reformatted reprints of the LA Times Syndicate comic
strip by Russ Manning, circa Mar 79-Oct 80. Manning's work
preceded the Goodwin/Williamson run. Nine issues.
1 Aug 94 Gambler's World
wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Michael Allred
2 Sep 94 Gambler's World
wa:Russ Manning ac:Rick Hoberg
3 Oct 94 Gambler's World
wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Eric Shanower
Bagged with a Topps SW promo card.
4 Nov 94 Tatooine Sojourn
wa:Russ Manning ac:Rick Hoberg
5 Dec 94 Princess Leia, Imperial Servant
wa:Russ Manning ac:Rick Hoberg a:Brian Snoddy
6 Jan 95 The Second Kessel Run
wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg a:Brian Snoddy c:Eric Shanower
7 Feb 95 Bring Me the Children
wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Nelson
8 Mar 95 As Long as We Live
wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Kilian Plunkett
9 Apr 95 The Frozen World of Ota
Boba Fett cover.
wa:Russ Manning wa:Rick Hoberg a:Dave Stevens a:Alfredo Alcala
c:Kilian Plunkett
Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission
Mar 95
Originally published as "Supply and Demand", by Marvel Comics,
Star Wars #98, Aug 1985.
w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson
Dark Horse Comics
Color anthology series.
Tales of the Jedi: The saga of Nomi Sunrider
w:Tom Veitch a:Janine Johnston
These issues were collected in Tales of the Jedi #3, re-colored
and with a slightly revised script.
7 Feb 93 Part 1 (Jedi cover by Joe Phillips)
8 Mar 93 Part 2
9 Apr 93 Part 3
Droids
w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushyusky
17 Jan 94 Part 1 (Droids cover by Hughes)
18 Feb 94 Part 2
19 Mar 94 Part 3
Collected in Droids: Special and Droids trade paperback.
Dark Horse Insider
Publisher's b&w, comic book format preview series.
Tales of the Jedi: Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast-Wars of Onderon
w:Tom Veitch a:Chris Gossett
Two pages of b&w art in each issue. This twelve-page story is
collected in the first twelve pages of Tales of the Jedi #1 with
color and slight script revisions.
15 Part 1
16 Part 2
17 Part 3
18 Jun 93 Part 4
19 Part 5
20 Part 6
30 Apr 94 Star Wars feature ?
31 May 94 Star Wars feature ?
? Aug 94? Dark Lords of the Sith preview
37 Dec 94 Star Wars feature ?
Tales of the Jedi
Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon
w:Tom Veitch a:Chris Gossett a:Mike Barreiro c:Dave Dorman
1 Oct 93 Part 1
2 Nov 93 Part 2
The saga of Nomi Sunrider
w:Tom Veitch a:Janine Johnston c:Dave Dorman
3 Dec 93 Part 1
a:David Roach
4 Jan 94 Part 2
5 Feb 94 Part 3
Tales of the Jedi Gold Edition
Issues 1-5 were published in a gold embossed set, 7500 copies.
Sold by QVC.
Tales of the Jedi: The Collection
Aug 94 Collects issues 1-5 in trade paperback. Cover by Hugh
Fleming. ISBN 1-56971-020-1
Second printing, Mar 95.
Tales of the Jedi: Freedon Nadd Uprising
w:Tom Veitch a:Tony Akins a:Denis Rodier c:Dave Dorman
1 Aug 94 Part 1 of 2
2 Sep 94 Part 2 of 2
Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
Sep 94 Topps Special Ashcan Edition
b&w ashcan comic
w:Tom Veitch a:Chris Gossett a:Bob Wiacek c:Hugh Fleming
Six-issue mini-series.
1 Oct 94 Masters and Students of the Force
Bagged with a Topps SW promo card.
w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Mike Barreiro
c:Hugh Fleming
2 Nov 94 The Quest for the Sith
w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign
c:Hugh Fleming
3 Dev 94 Descent to the Dark Side
w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign
c:Hugh Fleming
4 Jan 95 Death of a Dark Jedi
w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign
c:Hugh Fleming
5 Feb 95 Sith Secrets
w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign
c:Hugh Fleming
6 Mar 95 Jedi Assault
w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Jordi Ensign a:Art Wetherell
c:Hugh Fleming
Jan 96 Trade paperback collection of the six-issue mini-series.
ISBN 1-56971-095-3
Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
Six-issue mini-series.
w:Kevin Anderson a:Davio Carrasco, Jr. a:Jordi Ensign a:Mark Heike
a:Bill Black a:David Jacob Beckett c:Hugh Fleming
1 Aug 95 Edge of the whirlwind
2 Sep 95 The battle of Coruscant
3 Oct 95 The trial of Ulic Qel-Droma
4 Nov 95 Jedi holocaust
5 Dec 95 Brother against brother
6 Jan 96 Dark Lord
Droids (mini-series)
1 Apr 94 Part 1
w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushynsky c:Cam Kennedy
2 May 94 Part 2
w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushynsky c:Kilian Plunkett
3 Jun 94 Part 3
w:Dan Thorsland a:Ian Gibson c:Kilian Plunkett
4 Jul 94 Part 4
w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Mushynsky c:Kilian Plunkett
5 Aug 94 Part 5
w:Ryder Windham a:Ian Gibson c:Kilian Plunkett
6 Sep 94 Part 6, conclusion
w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushynsky
Droids: Special
Jan 95 Reprint of story published in DHC 17-19.
w:Thorsland a:B. Hughes a:Mushynsky c:Kilian Plunkett
Droids
Apr 95 Trade paperback collection of DHC #17-19, Droids #1-6 and
the 8-page story from SWGM #1. Foil-enhanced cover by Kilian
Plunkett. ISBN 1-56971-064-3
Droids
w:Ryder Windham a:Ian Gibson c:Kilian Plunkett
1 Apr 95 Rebellion, Part 1 of 4
2 May 95 Rebellion, Part 2 of 4
3 Jun 95 Rebellion, Part 3 of 4
4 Jul 95 Rebellion, Part 4 of 4
w:Jan Strnad a:Bill Hughes a:Keith Williams a:Rich Perrotta
c:Kilian Plunkett
5 Sep 95 Season of Revolt, Part 1 of 4
6 Oct 95 Season of Revolt, Part 2 of 4
7 Nov 95 Season of Revolt, Part 3 of 4
8 Dec 95 Season of Revolt, Part 4 of 4
The Mixed-Up Droid
1995 Cassette tape and mini-comic.
w:John Whitman w:Ryder Windham a:Bill Hughes
Droids
Fall 95 Comic strip on the back of the 11oz Kelloggs's Apple
Jacks cereal box.
Jabba the Hutt
Quarterly series.
1 Mar 95 The Gaar Suppoon Hit
w:Jim Woodring a:Art Wetherell a:Monty Sheldon c:Steve Bissette
c:Cam Kennedy
Jun 95 The hunger of Pricess Nampi
w:Jim Woodring a:Art Wetherell a:Monty Sheldon c:Mark Harrison
Aug 95 The Dynasty Trap
w:Jim Woodring a:Art Wetherell a:Monty Sheldon c:Mark Harrison
Feb 96 Betrayal
w:Jim Woodring a:Art Wetherell a:Monty Sheldon c:Mark Harrison
Boba Fett
Dec 95 Bounty in Bar-Kooda
w:John Wagner ac:Cam Kennedy
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
Mar 96 Collection of the stories originally published in Star Wars
Galaxy Magazine #2-4. Also contains a pinup gallery with artwork
by Pat McEown, Gary Gianni, and Cam Kennedy.
w:Bruce Jones ac:Bret Blevins
River of Chaos
Four-issue mini-series.
w:Louise Simonson ac:June Brigman ac:Roy Richardson
1 Jun 95 Part 1
2 Jul 95 The path to honor
3 Sep 95 Part 3
4 Nov 95 Part 4 of 4
X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
Monthly series featuring Wedge Antilles.
Aug 95 X-Wing: Rogue Squadron Special
w:Ryder Windham a:John Nadean a:Monty Sheldon c:Mark Harrison
Distributed via mailorder offer on 15oz and 19oz Kellogg's Apple
Jacks cereal boxes.
w:Mike Stackpole w:Mike Baron a:Allen Nunis a:Andy Mushynsky
c: Dave Dorman
1 Jul 95 Chapter 1
2 Aug 95 Chapter 2
3 Sep 95 Chapter 3
4 Oct 95 Chapter 4
w:Mike Stackpole a:Darko Macan a:Edvin Biukovic c:Mathieu Lauffray
5 Feb 96 The Phantom Affair, Chapter 1
6 Mar 96 The Phantom Affair, Chapter 2 of 4
Heir to the Empire
Six-issue mini-series based on the novel by Timothy Zahn.
w:Mike Baron a:Olivier Vatine a:Fred Blanchard c:Mathieu Lauffray
1 Oct 95
2 Nov 95
3 Dec 95
4 Jan 96
5 Mar 96 Part 5 of 6
Splinter of the Mind's Eye
Four-issue adaptation of the novel by Alan Dean Foster. Some of
the events of the novel have been adjusted to fit within the
continuity established by the films.
wa:Terry Austin a:Chris Sprouse c:Hugh Fleming
1 Dec 95
2 Feb 96 Part 2 of 4
Dark Horse International (UK)
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Star Wars
Magazine format anthology series.
1 Oct 92 Star Wars: Dark Empire, Indiana Jones
and the Fate of Atlantis. Two Star Wars trading cards from
an exclusive six-card set; album for storing the trading
card set.
2 Nov 92 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis
Interview with Timothy Zahn; two trading cards.
3 Dec 92 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis
Article on Vima da Boda; last two trading cards.
4 Jan 93 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis
Interview with Tom Veitch
5 Feb 93 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis
Article on the Jedi Holocron; interview with George Lucas.
6 Mar 93 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis
7 Apr 93 The bounty hunter of Ord Mantell (from CSW),
Tales of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea
Devil. Star Wars pin mounted on cover.
8 May 93 Bounty hunter, Tales of the Jedi, Sea Devil
9 Jun 93 Darth Vader strikes (from CSW), Tales of the
Jedi, Sea Devil. Profile of Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
10 Jul 93 Darth Vader strikes, Tales of the Jedi, Indiana
Jones: Thunder in the Orient. Overview of Zahn novels.
No issues have been solicited since issue #10 (Sep 93).
Topps Comics
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Star Wars Galaxy Magazine
Newsstand and Direct Market editions. Newsstand editions
don't come with the bagged items.
1 Fall 94
Premiere issue is bagged with a Star Wars trading card, a
Boba Fett poster, and a Dark Horse Comics ashcan edition of
Dark Lords of the Sith #1. Contains "Double your Star Wars
pleasure" by Charlie Novinskie, an article on Dark Horse
Star Wars comics, pp. 42-45; a checklist of Dark Horse Star
Wars comics; Star Wars: Droids (w:Ryder Windham a:Bill
Hughes), a comic adventure, pp. 46-53; and an illustrated
excerpt from "The Crystal Star" by Vonda McIntyre. Boba
Fett cover.
2 Winter 95
Contains "The Saga According to Dave Dorman" by Gary Geran, an
interview with the comic artist, pp. 16-21. Cover by Dave
Dorman. Also an illustrated excerpt from the NPR adaptation of
Star Wars, by Brian Daley, art by Mike Allred; an illustrated
role-playing game adventure, art by Chris Moeller; "Star Wars
.. on a daily basis", by Charlie Novinskie, an article on Al
Williamson, Star Wars newspaper strip creator, pp. 42-45; a
comic adventure, "Tales of Mos Eisley" (w:Bruce Jones a:Bret
Blevins). Bagged with a Millenium Falcon poster, a Topps promo
card, a Topps large format promo card, and an X-Files #1 ashcan
comic.
3 Spring 1995
Contains "Marvelously Silly Aliens" by Charlie Novinskie, an
article on Marvel's campy comics aliens, pp. 38-41; and a "Tales
of Mos Eisley" comic (w:Bruce Jones a:Bret Blevins), pp. 42-49.
Also an illustrated excerpt from "Children of the Jedi" by
Barbara Hambly with illustrations by Vince Locke. Bagged with a
Star Wars aliens poster, two Topps promo cards and a pog.
4 Summer 1995
The Empire Strikes Back 15th Anniversary issue. Contains an
excerpt from the NPR dramatization of TESB by Brian Daley with
illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie; a "Tales of Mos Eisley" comic
(w:Bruce Jones a:Bret Blevins), pp 42-49; and "Illustrating
Empire" by Gary Gerani, interviews with Star Wars comics artists
Al Williamson, Carmine Infantino, and others. Bagged with a Hoth
poster and two Topps promo cards.
5 Fall 1995
Interview with Mike Richardson, Dark Horse founder; news about
upcoming Shadows of the Empire; "Boba Fett: Twin Engines of
Destruction" (w:Andy Mangels a:John Nadeau a:Jordi Ensign); part
one of a four-part story, pp. 40-47. Bagged with several Topps
promo cards and a Ralph McQuarrie poster.
6 Winter 1996
Bounty hunter issue, Boba Fett cover by Chris Moeller, article on
Moeller, "Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction" (w:Andy
Mangels a:John Nadeau a:Jordi Ensign); part two of four, pp.
42-49, and "Pulp Fiction", an article on bounty hunters from the
comics and strips. Bagged with several Topps promo cards and
"Predator for Hire", a bounty hunter poster. Polybagged with
promo cards and other collectible items.
Capital City Distribution
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Advance Comics
V? #? Aug 94 Dark Lords of the Sith preview
Comics Shop News
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Comics Debut
4 Sep 93 Tales of the Jedi preview
This issue may not have been published ?
Diamond Comic Distributors
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Previews
V4 #8 Aug 94 Dark Lords of the Sith preview, pp. 56-59
V5 #5 May 95 X-Wing Rogue Squadron preview, pp. 105-6
V6 #3 Mar 96 Shadows of the Empire preview, pp. 55-62
V6 #4 Apr 96 Boba Fett cover
Mark Martinez
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This is the last of four articles containing a checklist of
Star Wars comics and was last modified 14 April 1996.
Please send additions and corrections to
Mark Martinez (mailto:ml...@ni.net)
USmail: P. O. Box 15065, Santa Fe, NM 87506-5065
The list is posted quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) to
rec.arts.sf.starwars.info.
Part Four
Marvel Comics
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Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars
11"x14" oversize magazine, reprints of movie adaptations
Vol 1, #1 1977 Star Wars (reprints Star Wars 1-3)
Vol 1, #2 1977 Star Wars (reprints Star Wars 4-6)
Vol 1, #3 1978 Star Wars (reprints Star Wars 1-6)
Vol 2, #2 Spring 1980 The Empire Strikes Back
8.5"x11" magazine
Marvel Movie Showcase Featuring Star Wars
Reprints of movie adaptation
1 Nov 82 Star Wars (reprints Star Wars 1-3)
2 Dec 82 Star Wars (reprints Star Wars 4-6)
Marvel Super Special
8.5"x11" magazine, reprints of movie adaptations
16 1980 The Empire Strikes Back
27 1983 Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi
Collects four-issue mini-series in trade pb?, 68 pages, 1983?
Marvel Illustrated Books
Star Wars
Ballantine/Del Rey, Nov 1977, mass-market pb, b&w reprint of
movie adaptation, introduction by Stan Lee
ISBN 0-345-27492-X
The Empire Strikes Back
Marvel Comics 02114, May 1980, mass-market pb, color reprint
of movie adaptation
ISBN 0-9604146-0-6
Return of the Jedi
Marvel Comics 02122, May 1983, mass-market pb, color reprint
of movie adaptation
ISBN 0-939766-58-2
Star Wars
Marvel Comics ?, 1981
Four original adventures: Way of the Wookie, The day after
the Death Star, Weapons master, War on ice (conclusion of story
which began in Pizzazz, see below). color
Star Wars 2: World of Fire
Marvel Comics 02849, Marvel Illustrated Books 14, 1982
Three original adventures: World of fire, The word for world
is death, The guardian of forever. b&w
Del Rey Books
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Illustrated Editions
The Empire Strikes Back
Del Rey, 1980, trade pb
w:Donald F. Glut a:Ralph McQuarrie (one of the original SW illustrators)
Return of the Jedi
Del Rey, 1983, trade pb
Star Comics
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Droids
1 Apr 86 The Destroyer
w:Dave Manak ac:John Romita a:Carlos Garzon
2 Jun 86 The Ultimate Weapon
w:Dave Manak ac:John Romita a:Al Williamson a:Jon D'Agostino
3 Aug 86 The Scarlet Pirate
w:Dave Manak ac:John Romita a:Joe Sinnott
4 Oct 86 Lost In Time (Ewoks cross-over)
w:Dave Manak ac:John Romita a:Warren Kremer a:Jon D'Agostino
a:Jaqueline Roettcher
5 Dec 86 Separated
w:George Carragone a:Mary Wilshire a:Al Williamson c:John Romita
Star Wars: According to the Droids
6 Feb 87 Book I
w:Dave Manak a:Ernie Colon a:Marie Severin
7 Apr 87 Book II: Darth Vader's Vengeance
w:Dave Manak a:Ernie Colon a:Al Williamson
8 Jun 87 Book III: The Last Jedi
w:Dave Manak a:Ernie Colon a:Al Williamson
Ewoks
1 Jun 85 The Rainbow Bridge
2 Rites of Power
3 Flight to Danger
4 The Valley of Evil
5 The Terrible Machine
6 The Ice Deamon
7 The Perilous Laughing Spell
8 Eye of the Kreegon
9 The Underwater Kingdom
10 The Deamons of Endor (Droids cross-over)
11 The Incredible Shrinking Princess
12 The Thorn Monster
13 The Black Cavern
14 King for a Day
15 Sep 87 ?
Star Comics Magazine
13 or more issues published from Dec 86 to Dec 88 ?
Ewok appearances in issues #1-5
4 Jun 87 Muppet babies Star Wars parody
5 Aug 87 Ewoks
Blackthorne Publishing
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Star Wars in 3-D
30 Star Wars, 1
47 Havoc on Hoth, 2
48 The Dark Side of Dantooine, 3
Contemporary Motivators
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Star Wars
Pendulum Press 14-307x, b&w booklet ?
British Annuals
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Oversize hardcover with comics and photos
1 1978 Star Wars Annual (Brown Watson)
Color and b&w reprint of Marvel's movie adaptation, with text
and photos from the film, 63 pages.
1979 Star Wars Annual (Grandreams)
Two stories, 60+ pages
1980 The Empire Strikes Back Annual (Marvel/Grandreams)
Reprint of Marvel's movie adaptation, color, 63 pages.
ISBN 0-86227-007-3
2 1981 The Empire Strikes Back Annual (Marvel/Grandreams)
Reprints of Marvel Star Wars #46 and #50, 40+ pages
ISBN 0-86227-046-4
1982 Star Wars Annual, Featuring Droid World (Marvel/Grandreams)
Three stories, Marvel reprints, 60 pages
1983 Return of the Jedi (Marvel/Grandreams)
Reprint of Marvel's movie adaptation, 62 pages.
ISBN 0-86227-157-6
1984 Return of the Jedi (Marvel/Grandreams)
Three stories, Marvel reprints, 60+ pages
1984 Special Edition
Empire and Return, 100 pages
1985 Star Wars Annual, Featuring Ewoks (Marvel/Grandreams)
Two stories, Marvel reprints, 50+ pages
British Magazines
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TV21
Star Wars story in issues 93-105 ?
Star Wars Weekly
Issue #1 published 2/8/78. At least 171 b&w (?) issues published
through 1984, became a monthly series at some point in time,
publishing the same stories appearing in Marvel's US series with
a few stories which appeared in the UK only.
These UK stories appeared along with reprints of US stories:
149 Death Masque; Steve Moore
151 The Pandora Effect; Alan Moore
153 Dark Knight's Deviltry; Steve Moore
154 Tilotny Throws a Shape; Steve Moore
155 Dark Lord's Conscience; Alan Moore
156 Rust Never Sleeps; Alan Moore
157 The Flight of the Falcon; Steve Parkhouse
159 Blind Fury; Alan Moore
Return of the Jedi Weekly
Marvel reprints, at least 155 issues
Star Wars Summer Special
1983
Return of the Jedi Summer Special
1984
Return of the Jedi Christmas Special
1984
Star Wars Summer Special
1985 Marvel reprints
Pizzazz
Collected together, these three-page stories form a single story
which concludes with "War on Ice" published in Marvel Illustrated
Books 14. Issues 1-6 were written by Roy Thomas and the rest by
Archie Goodwin.
1 Oct 77 No title
2 No title
3 Discovery
4 A Matter of Monsters
5 Pursuit Among the Ruins
6 Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
7 Caverns of Mystery
8 The Keeper's Secret
9 The Final Fury
10 The Kingdom of Ice
11 The Snow Demons
12 Treachery
13 Death Trap
14 Snow Fury
15 The Ice Worm Cometh
16 Showdown
17 Feb 79 Pursuit (may not have been published ?)
Comic Strips
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Started with original stories
Mar 79-Oct 80
Constancia series; a:Russ Manning w:Don Christensen ?
Kazhyyyk series; a:Russ Manning w:Don Christensen ?
Gambler's world; a:Russ Manning w:Steve Gerber
Tatooine sojourn; a:Russ Manning w:Steve Gerber
Princess Leia, Imperial Servent; a:Russ Manning w:Russ Helm
The second Kessel Run; a:Russ Manning
Bring me the children; a:Russ Manning
As long as we live
The frozen world of Ota; a:Hoberg w:Stevens
Planet of Kadril (unfinished); a:Alfredo Alcala w:Russ Helm
Han Solo at Star's End; a:Alfredo Alcala w:Brian Daley w:Archie Goodwin
Feb 81-Mar 84
a:Al Williamson w:Archie Goodwin
Note: Russ Helm is a pseudonym for Archie Goodwin
Star Wars
Three volume collection edited by Russ Cochran, reprinting the
entire Star Wars strip. Volume one includes introductions by
George Lucas, Cochran, Archie Goodwin, and Al Williamson.
There is a signed and numbered edition, 2500 copies.
Amazing Heroes
Reprints of Goodwin/Williamson Star Wars strips beginning with
issue #1 (Jun 81) and continuing at least through #48 (May 84).
The Star Wars strips were reprinted in other magazines like
F.O.O.M. (Friends of Ol' Marvel) and Grit (in block strips).
Audio-Visual Tales
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Buena Vista Records
Cassette or 7" 33 1/3 rpm record with 24-page illustrated booklet
The Further Adventures of Star Wars
453 Droid World
153-? Droid World (cassette)
Adapted from Marvel Star Wars #58
w:Archie Goodwin a:Dick Foes
454 1983 Planet of the Hoojibs
154-DC Planet of the Hoojibs (cassette)
Adapted from Marvel Star Wars #55
w:David Micheline a:Greg Winters
The Alfred E. Neuman et al Collection
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Mad
196 Jan 78 Star Roars (SW cover)
197 Mar 78 A Mad look at Star Wars
203 Dec 78 The force and I: The Mad "Star Wars" musical (SW cover)
220 Jan 81 Star Bores: The empire strikes out (SW cover)
230 Apr 82 The "Star Wars" log: The master plan for future space films
242 Oct 83 Star Bores: Re-hash of the Jedi
243 Dec 83 Return of the Jedi Outtakes (Don Martin)
Mad Super Special
Summer 83 ?
Feb 96 Mad Star Wars Spectacular
The complete collection of Mad's Star Wars parodies:
Star Roars
One fine day in a galaxy far, far away
A Mad look at Star Wars
The Star Wars log
The Empire Strikes Out
A Mad peek behind the scenes at the making of of the Star Wars
trilogy
Re-hash of the Jedi
Don Martin's Return of the Jedi out-takes
The cutting room floor
The Force and I (The Mad Star Wars musical)
Cracked
146 Nov 77 ?
148 Jan 78 ?
149 Mar 78 Star Wars/Six Million Dollar Man (SW cover)
152 Aug 78 ?
155 Nov 78 ?
173 Nov 80 The empire strikes it out ?
174 Dec 80 The empire strikes it rich ?
199 Nov 83 Return of the Jed Eye ?
Cracked Super Special
14 Fall 80 ?
Crazy
32 Dec 77 ?
37 May 78 ?
66 Aug 80 ?
Topps Comics
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The Art of Star Wars Galaxy
Nov 93 Star Wars art from trading card, comic, and fantasy
artists. Edited by Gary Gerani.
ISBN 1-883313-01-5 trade pb, also published in limited and
collector editions with promo and uncut trading cards
V2 Nov 94 Star Wars art from trading cards and comics
Trade pb
Ballantine Books
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Nov 79 The art of Star Wars
Production sketches, costume designs, creature and spacecraft
blueprints, color production paintings, storyboards, posters,
script material, and more.
Sep 94 The art of Star Wars
ISBN 345-39202-7 oversize trade pb, reprint
Oct 80 The art of the Empire Strikes Back
Same as above, hardback and trade pb editions
Sep 94 The art of the Empire Strikes Back
ISBN 345-39203-5 oversize trade pb, reprint
? The art of Return of the Jedi
Same as above.
Sep 94 The art of Return of the Jedi
ISBN 345-39204-3 oversize trade pb, reprint
Bantam Books
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The Illustrated Star Wars Universe
Oct 95 Art by Ralph McQuarrie and text by Kevin J. Anderson.
Del Rey Books
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The Essential Guide to Characters
The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
w:Bill Smith a:Doug Chiang a:Troy Vigil
Both of these trade paperbacks contain comics information.
References
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Benton, Mike. Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated
History. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1992. The Taylor
History of Comics Number 3. ISBN 0-87833-789-X. Contains
chapters on television and film related comics like Star
Wars.
Cornwell, Sue and Mike Kott. The Official Price Guide to
Star Trek and Star Wars Collectibles, Third Edition. New
York: House of Collectibles, 1991. ISBN 0-87637-831-9
Overstreet, Robert M. The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide,
24th Edition. New York: Avon Books, 1994.
ISBN 0-380-77854-8
Sansweet, Stephen J. and T.N. Tombusch. Tomart's Price Guide to
Worldwide Star Wars Collectibles. Dayton: Tomart Publications,
1994. ISBN 0-914293-23-0
Periodicals
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Amazing Heroes 13, Redbeard, Jul 82. SW comics article.
SW cover by Kevin Nowlan. "Star Wars in the Comics" by J. Collier,
pp 40-44, article on Marvel writers and artists. SW strip reprints:
The Serpent Masters 8/16/81-9/5/81.
Blue Harvest. Most issues contain comics-related information.
Blue Harvest Episode Two, Tyridium Multimedia, Winter 1994.
Fanzine with reprints of Bloom County strips from 1983. Article
on upcoming Star Wars items.
Blue Harvest Episode Three, Tyridium Multimedia, Summer 1994.
Fanzine with articles on upcoming Star Wars comics, Marvel Star
Wars comics, and an interview with Tony Akins, Freedon Nadd
Uprising artist. Includes sketches by Akins and reproductions of
John Darling and Funky Winkerbean comics strips from 1983.
Blue Harvest Episode Six, Tyridium Multimedia, Summer 1995.
Fanzine with articles on Marvel Star Wars comics and reproductions
of several comic strips with nods to Star Wars.
Blue Harvest Episode Seven, Tyridium Multimedia, Fall 1995.
Second half of article on Marvel Star Wars comics.
Comics Buyer's Guide Price Guide 25, Nov/Dec 1994, Vol. 5 #6,
Krause Publications. Contains "Star Wars: Dark Empire II -
The Dark Horse Sequel" by Buddy Scalera, pp. 10-12. Dave
Dorman cover art.
Comics Interview 10, Fictioneer Books.
Interview with Steve Leialoha.
Comics Interview 130, Fictioneer Books, 1994.
Interview with Dan Thorsland (Dark Horse).
Comics Interview 138, Fictioneer Books, 1994.
Interviews with David Prowse (Darth Vader), Tom Veitch, Cam
Kennedy, and Bob Woods (editor of Star Wars Galaxy Magazine).
Boba Fett cover.
Comics Shop News Winter Preview, 1994. Cover features Dave
Dorman art from Star Wars: Dark Empire II.
FOOM 21, Spring 1978. Contains "Science Fiction & Fantasy in the
Marvel Universe", an article on Marvel's science fiction comics.
Wraparound Star Wars cover.
Hero Special Edition, Warrior Publications, Vol 5 #1, June 1994.
1994 Science Fiction Annual. "Star Wars Comics", pp 62-63.
Hero Illustrated 17, Nov 1994, Warrior Publications.
Contains "Star Wars: Resurgence of the Jedi" by Chris
Golden, pp. 48-53. Bagged with a Dark Horse Comics ashcan,
Dark Empire II #0.
Hero Illustrated 18, Dec 1994, Warrior Publications. Star
Wars: Dark Empire II cover. No article. Newsstand edition?
Hero Illustrated 26, Aug 1995, Warrior publications. Star Wars
cover by Dave Dorman. Contains "Stormin' Dorman" by Frank Kurtz,
pp. 48-53.
The Holocron. Vol 1 #1, Summer 1994. Fanzine with article on
upcoming Star Wars items.
Overstreet Fan #5, Oct 1995, Gem Publishing. Star Wars issue with
two variant covers, one featuring Star Wars and the other
featuring Aliens.
Previews, Vol 5 #8, Aug 1995, Diamond Comic Distributors. Contains
"A new hope for Star Wars comics" by Michael A. Martin, pp. 228,
332-334.
Sci-Fi Universe, HG Publications, Vol 1 #1, July 1994.
"Star Wars: The Comics" by Jon Snyder, pp 59-61. Article on
Dark Horse Comics Star Wars comic series.
Starlog Platinum Edition #4, November 1994. "Dark Lords Rising"
by Peter Quinines and John Vester, pp 28-33. Article on Dark
Horse Star Wars comics with artwork and timeline.
The Star Wars Collector. Most issues contain comics-related
information.
The Star Wars Collector, Issue 2, Dec 1993. Edited by Martin
Thurn. Article on Dark Horse Star Wars comics, pp 1 and 5.
Other issues contain comics news also.
Star Wars Insider. Most issues contain comics-related articles.
Star Wars Insider #23. Formerly The Lucasfilms Fan Club
Magazine. Dark Horse column by Bob Cooper, article on Chris
Gossett.
Star Wars Insider #24. Dark Horse column by Bob Cooper. "The art
of Dave Dorman and Hugh Fleming", pp. 14-16.
Wizard 42, Feb 1995, Wizard Press. Star Wars comics article.
Unexamined References and Periodicals
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Blue Harvest Episode One, reprints of several Russ Manning strips
Comic Collector's Magazine 139, Oct 1977.
Comics Interview 27 ?
Comics Interview Star Wars Super Special, Mar 1995.
Comics Journal 2. SW comics article ?
Comics Journal 37. SW comics article ?
Comics Scene ? Jedi comic article
Dark Horse Insider #?, "How a newspaper strip is made into a comic"
The Lucasfilms Fan Club Magazine 22, SW comics article ?
Acknowledgements
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This checklist was compiled from my personal collection,
from references, and from r.a.s.s.* rumors. Another listing
of Star Wars comics is available at the Star Wars Archive
(ftp://wpi.wpi.edu/starwars/comic_list.Z) maintained by
Scott Streeter (s...@wpi.wpi.edu).
The following individuals have provided synopses and other
information:
Jack Camden (JackC...@aol.com)
Simo S.Heiskanen (Shei...@cc.helsinki.fi)
Cleavy McKnight (cle...@pangea.stanford.edu)
Marcus Peterson (marcus....@m.cc.utah.edu)
Jamie Plummer (jc...@fermi.clas.virginia.edu)
David Thiel (d-t...@uiuc.edu)