STAR WARS #52 - October 1981

Star Wars #52. Page 7, panel 6.

Credits for this issue:

David Michelinie (writer); Walter Simonson (penciler); Tom Palmer (inker); John Morelli (letterer); Don Warfield (colorist); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (the force)

Marvel Comics, October 1981.

STAR WARS #51 - September 1981

Star Wars #51. Page 11, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

David Michelinie (writer); Walter Simonson (penciler); Thomas Palmer (inker); John Morelli (letterer); Don Warfield (colorist); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (ed-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, September 1981.

STAR WARS #50 - August 1981

Star Wars #50. Page 10, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer); Al Williamson, Tom Palmer & Walt Simonson (artists); Ed Stuart (letterer); Don Warfield (colorist); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, August 1981.

STAR WARS #49 - July 1981

Star Wars #49. Page 21, panel 2.

Credits for this issue:

Mike W. Barr (writer); Walt Simonson & Tom Palmer (artists); Shelly Leferman (letterer); D. Warfield C. Scheele (colorists); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (empire liason)

Marvel Comics, July 1981.

STAR WARS #48 - June 1981

Star Wars #48. Page 6, panels 2 & 3.

Credits for this issue:

Larry Hama (writer); Carmine Infantino & Carlos Garzon (artists); Rick Parker (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, June 1981.

Two panels in one this time around. Bit of a cheat. Nice layout.

STAR WARS #47 - May 1981

Star Wars #47. Page 19, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer); Carmine Infantino & Gene Day (artists); Rick Parker (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (ed-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, May 1981.

This story, called Droid World, was adapted for the Read Along Book and Record series. You can have a listen here. You will know it is time to turn the page when R2-D2 beeps.

STAR WARS #46 - April 1981

Star Wars #46. Page 12, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Wally Lombego (writer); Carmine Infantino (artist); Tom Palmer (inker); Diana Albers (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); L. Jones & Dan F. (editors); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, April 1981.

Wally Lombego is actually J.M. DeMatteis, who did not want to be credited due to changes which were made to his script. 

The story was printed as he originally intended it in the UK Star Wars comic.

STAR WARS #45 - March 1981

Star Wars #45. Page 22, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino (penciler); Day & Stone (inkers); John Costanza (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, March 1981.

STAR WARS #44 - February 1981

Star Wars #44. Page 10, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Al Williamson & Carlos Garzon (artists); Glynis Wein (colorist); Rick Veitch (letterer); James Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, February 1981.

STAR WARS #43 - January 1981

Star Wars #43. Page 21, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon (artists); Glynis Wein (colorist); Rick Veitch (letterer); James Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, January 1981.

STAR WARS #42 - December 1980

More jedi training that was cut out of the movie.

Always nice to see an Al Williamson mushroom too.

Star Wars #42. Page 14, panel 5.

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon (artists); Glynis Wein (colorist); Rick Veitch (letterer); James Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, December 1980.

STAR WARS #41 - November 1980

Star Wars #41. Page 5, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon (artists); Glynis Wein (colorist); Rick Veitch (letterer); Dan Fingeroth (asst. editor); James Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, November 1980.

STAR WARS #40 - October 1980

One of the bonuses of reading the comics adaptations of movies was seeing scenes and moments that were cut from the films late in the day.

Star Wars #40. Page 10, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Al Williamson and Carlos Garzon (artists); Glynis Wein (colorist); Rick Veitch (letterer); Dan Fingeroth (asst. editor); James Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, October 1980.

STAR WARS #39 - September 1980

Wonderful artwork from Al Williamson and writing from Archie Goodwin as the comic begins adapting The Empire Strikes Back movie.

I'm going beyond my usual remit here as this panel is from one of my favourite comic pages...

Star Wars #39. Page 10, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Al Williamson & Carlos Garzon (artists); Jim Novak (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); Jo Duffy (asst. editor); James Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, September 1980.

STAR WARS #38 - August 1980

A complete one-off story drawn by Micronauts artist Michael Golden, before the comic heads off to The Empire Strikes Back next issue.

 

Star Wars #38. Page 26, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Michael Golden (plotter/penciller); Terry Austin (inker); Joe Rosen (letterer); Michael Golden (colorist); Danny Fingeroth (asst. editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, August 1980.

STAR WARS #37 - July 1980

Star Wars #37. Page 19, panel 1.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino and Gene Day (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Nel Yomotov (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting ed.)

Marvel Comics, July 1980.

STAR WARS #36 - June 1980

Star Wars #36. Page 15, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino and Gene Day (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Petra Goldberg (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting ed.)

Marvel Comics, June 1980.

STAR WARS #35 - May 1980

Sister Domina!

Star Wars #35. Page 16, panel 2.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Gene Day (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Nelson Yomtov (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting ed.)

Marvel Comics, May 1980.

STAR WARS #34 - April 1980

Star Wars #34. Page 30, panel 1.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); Joe Rosen (letterer); Petra Goldberg (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, April 1980.

STAR WARS #33 - March 1980

I like the effect being employed here to draw the lightsabre blade.

Luke Skywalker faces off with Baron Tagge, who was blind but had cybernetic specs ten years before Geordi on Star Trek: The Next Generation. When I was a kid, I thought Tagge was a legitimate badass. Years later, I see similarities to Elton John.

The Baron is one of the siblings of General Tagge:

Don Henderson: "Somebody in the hotel I was staying at offered me $2000 for my copy of the Star Wars script. As I growled at him in amazement, he took that as a refusal, or that he had offered too little and eventually went up to an offer of $5000! Sadly, as with all my used scripts, I had given it to my kids to scribble and draw on."
 

Star Wars #33. Page 23, panel 3.

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Petra Goldberg (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, March 1980.

STAR WARS #32 - February 1980

The Omega Frost.

Star Wars #32. Page 15, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Petra Goldberg (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, February 1980.

STAR WARS #31 - January 1980

Star Wars #31. Page 5, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); Jim Novak (letterer); Carl Gafford (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, January 1980.

STAR WARS ANNUAL #1 - 1979

The first comic outwith the regular Star Wars run.

This story is a bit notorious. Most of the time, the comics steered clear of saying anything about the events that happened before the first Star Wars movie. This one doesn't say too much either, but it does extrapolate from Ben Kenobi's chat to Luke, and comes up with the following...

Star Wars Annual #1. Page 38, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Chris Claremont (guest writer); Mike Vosburg & Steve Leialoha (guest artists); John Costanza (letterer); Bob Sharen (colorist); Archie Goodwin (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting ed)

Marvel Comics, 1979.

STAR WARS #30 - December 1979

Star Wars #30. Page 10, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Gene Day (artists); Joe Rosen (letterer); Petra Goldberg (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, December 1979.

STAR WARS #29 - November 1979

I recall this panel had a big impact on me at the time. We only had the first Star Wars film to go on, and Vader showed no signs of being able to jump around like this. This was published prior to the release of The Empire Strikes Back and his impressive leap therein.

Star Wars #29. Page 23, panel 1.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); J. Shooter (consulting ed.)

Marvel Comics, November 1979.

STAR WARS #28 - October 1979

Star Wars #28. Page 15, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Gene Day (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Glynis Wein (colorist); J. Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, October 1979.

STAR WARS #27 - September 1979

Nice shading on the left upper figure.

 

Star Wars #27. Page 14, panel 4.

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino Bob Wiacek (artists); J. Costanza (letters); P. Goldberg (colors); J. Shooter (ed-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, September 1979.

STAR WARS #26 - August 1979

Star Wars #26. Page 27, panel 9.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Petra Goldberg (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, August 1979.

STAR WARS #25 - July 1979

Star Wars #25. Page 14, panel 2.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Gene Day (artists); Joe Rosen (letterer); Ben Sean (colorist); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, July 1979.

STAR WARS #24 - June 1979

Star Wars #24. Page 10, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Mary Jo Duffy (script); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (art); R.Parker (letters); P.Goldberg (colors); A.Goodwin (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Marvel Comics, June 1979.

STAR WARS #23 - May 1979

Star Wars #23. Page 6, panel 6.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Carl Gafford (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, May 1979.

STAR WARS #22 - April 1979

Star Wars #22. Page 6, panel 6.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino and Bob Wiacek (artists); C.Robbins (letterer); B.Sharen (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, April 1979.

STAR WARS #21 - March 1979

Star Wars #20. Page 17, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letters); George Roussos (coloring); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, February 1979.

STAR WARS #20 - February 1979

Star Wars #20. Page 17, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); John Costanza (letters); George Roussos (coloring); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, February 1979.

STAR WARS #19 - January 1979

Star Wars #19. Page 30, panel 1. 

Credits for this issue: 

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Bob Wiacek (artists); Irv W. (letters); Gaff (colors); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, January 1979.

STAR WARS #18 - December 1978

Star Wars #18. Page 7, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Gene Day (artists); Rick Parker (letterer); Janice Cohen (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, December 1978.

STAR WARS #17 - November 1978

Star Wars #17. Page 7, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Chris Claremont (plot); Herb Trimpe & Allen Milgrom (guest artists); Rick Parker (letterer); Marie Severin (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting ed.)

Marvel Comics, November 1978.

STAR WARS #16 - October 1978

Star Wars #16. Page 7, panel 5.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Walt Simonson and Bob Wiacek (guest artists); Denise Wohl (letterer); Bob Sharen (colorist); James Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, October 1978.

STAR WARS #15 - September 1978

Luke, who grew up in the desert.

Star Wars #15. Page 7, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Terry Austin (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Janice Cohen (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, September 1978.

STAR WARS #14 - August 1978

Star Wars #14. Page 20, panel 2.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Terry Austin (artists); Denise Wohl (letterer); Janice Cohen (colorist); James Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, August 1978.

STAR WARS #13 - July 1978

Governor Quarg is rendered speechless.

Star Wars #13. Page 14, panel 1.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Terry Austin (artists); Rick Parker (letterer); Janice Cohen (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, July 1978.

STAR WARS #12 - June 1978

Star Wars #12. Page 9, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Terry Austin (artists); John Costanza (letterer); Janice Cohen (colorist); Jim Shooter (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, June 1978.

STAR WARS #11 - May 1978

Star Wars #11. Page 9, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Archie Goodwin (writer/editor); Carmine Infantino & Terry Austin (artists); Joe Rosen (letterer); Janice Cohen (colorist); Roy Thomas (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, May 1978.

STAR WARS #10 - April 1978

Star Wars #10. Page 26, panel 3.

Credits for this issue:

Don Glut (script-writer); Howard Chaykin (artist & co-plotter); Tom Palmer (co-artist/embellisher); Alan Kupperberg (layouts); F.Mouly (colorist); J. Costanza (letterer); Roy Thomas (editor/co-plotter)

Marvel Comics, April 1978.

STAR WARS #9 - March 1978

Star Wars #9. Page 6, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Roy Thomas (writer/editor); Howard Chaykin & Tom Palmer (illustrators); Tom Palmer (colorist); John Costanza (letters); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, March 1978.

STAR WARS #8 - February 1978

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Star Wars #8. Page 8, panel 4.

Credits for this issue:

Roy Thomas (writer/editor); Howard Chaykin (artist/co-plotter); Tom Palmer (embellisher); T.Palmer (colors); J.Costanza (letters); Archie Goodwin (consulting editor)

Marvel Comics, February 1978.