Welcome back luke, leia, han, chewie, artoo, threepio, darth vader and the rest as youve never seen them before in this astonishing collection of covers from the likes of. Browse issues from the comic book series, star wars, from marvel comics. Join luke along with princess leia, smugglers han solo and chewbacca, droids c3po and r2d2 and the. Can this old moviebased comic book make for good speculation play today. Find star wars 1 comic and star wars comic 1 1977 from a vast selection of star wars. Comic book galaxy explores marvels star wars comic book releases and provides a discussion point on the culture and climate of the star wars comic book universe. Featuring classic star wars characters luke skywalker, princess leia, han solo, chewbacca, c3po, and r2d2, the first six issues adapt the may 1977 film star wars. As the stage is set for the next great chapter in marvels exploration of the galaxy far, far away, get caught up on the story so far. Get it before the release of the next star wars movie.
Episode iv a new hope, the first theatricallyreleased star wars film. Welcome back luke, leia, han, chewie, artoo, threepio, darth, boba and the rest as youve never seen them before in this astonishing collection of covers from the likes of john cassaday, joe quesada, alex ross, skottie young, j. Cad bane made his marvel comics debut in the pages of darth maul, dr. New listing marvel star wars first issue 1 vintage 1 print 1977. George lucas wanted marvel to adapt the star wars films into comic book formats because he was inspired by fantastic four as a teenager and based darth. Comic book galaxy explores marvels star wars comic book releases and provides a discussion point on the culture and climate of the star wars comic book universe april was a stellar month for star wars comics. R2d2, c3po, and of course, the ruthless enforcer of the galactic empire, darth vader. Star wars is a comic book series published by marvel comics from april 12, 1977 to may 27, 1986. Im not going to lie im probably the exact target audience for lucasfilm publishing and marvel comics new ongoing comic book series star wars. These would all be great starter comics for kids that are huge star wars fans just starting out on their comic collections. Retailers will have to order it early as its coming in the first week of the new year. Star wars volume 1 is a 296 paged book collecting the first 12 issues of the inaugural star wars monthly ongoing comic book series from marvel comics. The main star wars title was relaunched a while ago for that reason as well.
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