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Issue: The Empire Strikes Back Weekly #118
Publication Date: May 1980
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Issues: #118 of 22 Issues
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Publisher: FlagMarvel UK
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Ltd.
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Volume: none
Pages: 28
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.12 GBP
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Content Items: 13 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Luke Skywalker; Darth Vader
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Pages: 1
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The Star Wars Saga Continues

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Penciller(s): ? (movie poster)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for showings of Empire Strikes Back at a movie theatre in Leicester Square.
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The Empire Strikes Back

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Luke Skywalker; Han Solo
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of the Empire Strikes Back film adaptation.
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Leia Organa

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Wars Pin-Up
Character(s): Princess Leia Organa
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Pages: 1
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The Empire Strikes Back: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the Sequel to Star Wars

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Wars
Character(s): Luke Skywalker (photo of Mark Hamill); Leia Organa (photo of Carrie Fisher); Han Solo (photo of Harrison Ford); Chewbacca (photo of Peter Mayhew); Lando Calrissian (photo of Billy Dee Williams); Boba Fett (photo of Jeremy Bulloch); Darth Vader (photo of David Prowse)
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Pages: 3
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How To Use Your Dairylea Action Transfers

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Genres: science fiction
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Disclose Notes: Scene from Dagobah designed to add the transfers included with the comic.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Heroes of the Galaxy
Character(s): Garth (introduction); Lambert (introduction); Gorjoon (introduction); Simon Stroud; Lunatik
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Cosmic Feedback
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C-3PO and R2-D2

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Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Wars Pin-Up
Character(s): C-3PO; R2-D2
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Pages: 1
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The Impossible Spaceship!

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Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: An empty spaceship arrives on Earth, confusing everyone. The ship lands and stays for a time before leaving, disappointed that the humans couldn’t realize that the ship itself was alive.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The original story was published in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #101 (October 1962) well before the first appearance of the Watcher in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #48 (March 1966). The Watcher component was added without credits.
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Wanna See the Hottest Comic Strips in the Universe?

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Letterer(s): typeset; various (reprints)
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Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for 'Doctor Who Weekly' illustrated with comic strip content.
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Free... Star Wars the Empire Strike Back Action Transfers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mail offer to send Kraft Dairylea lids away for additional action transfers. Illustrated with an image of tie-fighters and the Millenium Falcon.
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Free Gift

Illustration  on  Dustjacket
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Wars
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Dagobah Bog Planet picture to be filled in with included color transfer sheets of Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, Yoda, and backgrounds.

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