Back on May 25th, 1977, "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away", a movie arrived in theaters that changed the world...."Star Wars". Soon after, came the comic books adaptations from Marvel Comics (then, later, Dark Horse Comics, and then back to Marvel!).
Let's look back at these comics!
Star Wars - 6 issues
The original
Star Wars saga was printed in six comics from to July to December, 1977...
...with the adaptation written by
Roy Thomas, with art by
Howard Chaykin,
Steve Leialoha (issues
#2-
#5), and
Rick Hoberg, Bill Wray and
Dave Stevens (issue
#6).
The first cover was by
Howard Chaykin and
Tom Palmer, the second by
Rick Hoberg and
Tom Palmer, the third by
Gil Kane and
Tom Palmer, the fourth by
Rick Hoberg and
Frank Giacoia, the fifth by
Rick Hoberg and
Dave Cockrum and the sixth by
Rick Hoberg, with most of the issues having reprints done at the time (labeled as such in the upper box).
Star Wars - 2 Marvel Special Editions
Marvel reprinted the saga in oversized
Marvel Special Editions #1 and
#2 (with
#1 having a cover by
Rick Hoberg and
Dave Cockrum, reprinting original issues
#1 to
#3, and
MSE #2 reprinting original issues
#4 to
#6, with a cover by
Howard Chaykin and
Tony DeZuniga, with both treasuries coming out in 1977.
Star Wars - Marvel Special Edition
Marvel outdid itself with
Marvel Special Edition #3 in 1978, collecting all 6 original Star Wars issues in an oversized treasury, with a cover by
Ernie Chan...all "complete in one issue!" with 114 pages!!!!
By this point, Marvel should have felt they really got their money's worth on the work done for the first George Lucas' Star Wars movie.
But wait....
....there's more!
Star Wars - Marvel Movie Showcase
Marvel went back to the original saga, trying to give it new hope with the
Marvel Movie Showcases, with
#1 of November, 1982 featuring the first 3 issues of the original story (and a cover with characters colored to look more like the movie), and
#2, which featured issues
#4 to
#6 (coming out in December, 1982).
Classic Star Wars: A New Hope
Marvel had given up on the Star Wars license for a time, so Dark Horse Comics
took over, giving the world new stories of Luke, Leia, Han and
more....as well as its own reprints of
Classic Star Wars: A New Hope, as the
original movie was now being referred to, with
Art Adams giving us the cover to
#1 (reprinting
#1 to
#3) in June, 1994, and
Adam Hughes doing cover
#2, for July, 1994, with original issues
#4 to
#6.
Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus
Marvel got he rights to the Star Wars license back, and couldn't wait for a collection of original Star Wars comics.
All six of the original "Star Wars: A New Hope", and all the way up to the original Star Wars issues
#44...
...as well as all the covers above are in the
Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1 of January, 2015, with a color corrected cover...
...finally letting readers see
Howard Chaykin's cover as it should have been, with Han, Leia, Luke, Ben and Darth Vader as they should have been, "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....."
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