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Issue: The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars #1
Publication Date: November 1981
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: 0960414681
UPC/EAN: 0714860272601
Price: $2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jim Salicrup
Disclose Notes: Marvel Illustrated book number 02726
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 6 7/8"; 10.9 cm x 17.3 cm)
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Disclose Reprinted From13
Some/all of 13 other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagStar Wars Weekly #57 published March 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #60 published April 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #59 published April 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #58 published April 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #94 published December 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #96 published December 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #95 published December 1979
FlagStar Wars Weekly #99 published January 1980
FlagStar Wars Weekly #98 published January 1980
FlagStar Wars Weekly #97 published January 1980
FlagStar Wars Weekly #105 published February 1980
FlagStar Wars Weekly #104 published February 1980
FlagStar Wars Weekly #106 published March 1980
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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bob Larkin (painted)
Bob Larkin (painted)
Bob Larkin (painted)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Star Wars
Han Solo; Chewbacca; Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa
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Miscellaneous
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Way of the Wookiee!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Archie Goodwin
Carmine Infantino
Pablo Marcos
Marie Severin
Irving Watanabe
Jim Shooter (consulting editor)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Star Wars
Han Solo; Chewbacca; N'Mrith; Hronk; Quirt; Stormtroopers
Han and Chewbacca perform a smuggling operation to bring spice from Kessel to Jabba the Hutt but Chewbacca's priorities shift when he sees his old rival Hronk enslaved by the Empire, prompting Chewbacca to institute a hasty rescue.
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The Day After the Death Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Archie Goodwin
Carmine Infantino
Gene Day
Marie Severin
Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
science fiction
Star Wars
Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; Han Solo; Chewbacca; C-3PO; R2-D2
The day after destroying the Death Star Luke becomes restless and goes for a flight, resulting in a dogfight with an errant TIE Fighter.
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The Weapons Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Archie Goodwin
Carmine Infantino
Steve Mitchell
Marie Severin
Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
science fiction
Star Wars
Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; C-3PO; R2-D2; Giles Durane; Gimlet; Torgas; Emir; Stormtroopers
Leia tells Luke and the droids the story of how she was trained by Giles Durane to become a fighter so she could defend herself against assassins. When Giles was hired to kill her, Leia killed Giles first, proving she had truly learned from his lessons.
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War on Ice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Archie Goodwin
Dave Cockrum
Dave Cockrum
Marie Severin
Rick Parker
Subject Matter
science fiction
Star Wars
Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; C-3PO; R2-D2; Colonel Odan; Fafnir; Stormtroopers; Snow Stompers
Luke rescues Leia from the Imperials then uses an Imperial Snow Flyer to gain access to the Empire's base, then destroys the base from within. Odan formally agrees to join the Rebel Alliance.
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First U.S. publication of the conclusion to the "Kingdom of Ice" story whose previous chapters had been printed in Pizzazz.
May the Force Be with You!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carmine Infantino
Pablo Marcos
Marie Severin
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Star Wars
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1
Four New Adventures in Full Color!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Carmine Infantino
Pablo Marcos
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typeset
Subject Matter
Star Wars
Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Chewbacca; Princess Leia Organa
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Miscellaneous
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