Once Upon a Galaxy
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2011
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notes:
page-counts:
page-counts reflect the number of pages between
the front (inside) and back (inside) covers
sales figures:
sales figures taken (with permission) from John
Jackson Miller’s www.comichron.com
sales figures represent the estimated comics
sold to North American Comics Shops as reported by Diamond Comic Distributors
red-bordered covers:
clicking on these covers leads you to the
publisher’s solicitation page
underlined titles:
underlined titles denote titles in Eddie van
der Heijden’s collection
(feel free to contact me if you have items I am
still missing!)
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January 2011
01-03 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Valsedian Operation:
Part Nine
(The Clone Wars Season 3 webcomic # 9 of 15)
publisher info:
Lucas Online
online comic (5 pages), free
published on www.starwars.com/clonewars/comic
features:
The Valsedian Operation: Part Nine (5 webpages)
credits:
story: Thomas Hodges / script: Pablo Hidalgo
art: Thomas Hodges
colors:
Grant Gould / letters: Grant Gould
special
thanks to Frank Parisi, Sue Rostoni, Leland Chee & Dave Filoni
story initial timeline placement:
The events in this story occur after The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
01-12 Star Wars: Knight Errant # 4, January 2011
(Knight Errant # 4 – behind the scenes)
publisher info:
Dark Horse Comics
floppy (36 pages), SRP $ 2.99
cover art: Joe Quinones
printed by Cadmus Communications, Easton, PA, U.S.A.
features:
Aflame: Part 4 of 5 (22 pages:
1 – 6, 9 – 16, 19 – 22 & 25 - 28)
credits:
script: John Jackson Miller
editor: Dave Marshall / assistant editors: Freddye Lins & Brendan Wright
pencils: Ivan Rodriguez / inks: Ivan Rodrigues & Belardino Brabo
colors: Michael Atiyeh / lettering: Michael Heisler
designer: Stephen Reichert
special thanks to Jann Moorhead, David Anderman, Troy Alders, Leland
Chee, Sue Rostoni & Carol Roeder at Lucas Licensing
issue initial timeline placement:
The events in this story take place approximately
1,032 years before the Battle of Yavin
intro text (inside cover):
When she arrives on Chelloa to strike a blow against
the Sith, Kerra Holt became trapped in a war between two Sith Lords. After
foiling an attempt by the nihilistic Lord Odion to destroy the planet’s
surface, Kerra traveled to his interstellar war forge, hoping to prevent a
second try.
But before Odion could goad Kerra into making a
suicidal attack, his brother and enemy, Lord Daiman, sent a message. He has
captured the informant responsible for bringing Odion to Chelloa – Gorlan
Palladane, friend to the people of Chelloa, and, Kerra knew, secretly a former
Jedi!
Puzzled by the news – and fearing a pruge against
Gorlan’s people – Kerra fled from Odion’s presence. But while her venture
against Odion failed to deter him from returning to Chelloa, it has changed his
plans. Odion will return to Chelloa not to destroy it, but to conquer it...
solicitation copy:
Jedi Kerra Holt prevented the destruction of the mining
colony of Chelloa... but she also began a Sith--on--Sith war, and the colony is
in the middle!
Complete annihilation has not come to the planet of
Chelloa by the hand of Sith Lord Odion, but a war between him and his rival
brother, Lord Daiman, might not leave much of the planet for either of them to
rule. It’s up to Kerra to find the advantage in the rivalry between the two
Sith.
John Jackson Miller is also writing a Knight Errant novel for Del Rey starring Kerra Holt.
Read about Kerra Holt here first in Dark Horse comics!
this issue features:
- letters-page: Behind the Lines (2 pages: 29 & 30)
- novel preview: Star Wars: Knight Errant (7 pages: 31 - 36)
sales figures (top-selling comics, January 2011):
- ranking: # 108 of 300
(estimated sales: 13.101 copies sold)
reprint history (USA):
- 2011 (July 13) Star Wars: Knight Errant Volume One – Aflame (Dark Horse Books)
reprint history (UK):
- 2011 (April 14) Star Wars Galaxy Volume 1, # 7, May 2011 (Titan Magazines)
digital reprint history (USA):
- 2011 (July 22) Star Wars: Knight Errant - Aflame # 4 (Dark Horse Digital)
- 2011 (July 22) Star Wars: Knight Errant – Aflame # 1 – 5 Bundle (Dark Horse Digital)
- 2011 (November 25) Star Wars Universe Megabundle! (Dark Horse Digital)
editor Dave Marshall, from the Behind the Lines letters-page, published in Star Wars: Knight
Errant # 4 (January 12, 2011)
We’ve got something special for you Knight Errant enthusiasts – an
exclusive preview of John Jackson Miller’s Knight Errant novel from Del Rey
Books – immediately following this letter column! Peer into Kerra Holt’s future
as she undertakes an all-new mission against the Sith! Read it, love it, and
then buy it at your local bookstore on January twenty-fifth!
01-13 Star Wars: Clone Wars Comic Volume 6, # 16, February 2011
(UK The Clone Wars comic Vol. 6 # 16 – with free Wrist Disc Shooter)
publisher info:
Titan Magazines (Titan Publishing Group Ltd.)
magazine (28 pages), ISSN 2049-171X TBN 11546, SRP Ł 2.50
printed in England by Wyndeham Heron
main credits:
editor: Andrew James / deputy editor: Den Patrick / consulting editor:
Ned Hartley / senior comics editor: Steve White
designers: Caroline Leung, Kim Hall & Oz Browne
features:
Hunted (8 pages: 6 – 9
& 18 - 21)
comic credits:
writer: J.P. Rutter
editor: Andrew James
artist: Barry Spiers
colours: Digikore / letters: Andrew James
comic intro text (by J.P. Rutter,
page 6):
Above the planet
Asuin, deep within Hutt space. With Separatist forces alerted to their
presence, Anakin and Obi-Wan risk a dropship landing on a planet beseiged by
fierce ice storms. Their mission: recover a crashed escape pod containing the
stolen location of the Separatist hypermatter generators. With this
information, the Republic could turn the tide of the war!
intro text (inside-cover):
The Clone Wars Comic is here to brighten up your
January with an interstellar blaze of action and adventure!
It may still be freezing, but take heart from your
heroes in this issue’s comic strip, as they struggle against snow and Ventress
on an icy planet! The rest of the issue is dedicated to the most exciting
trilogy of episodes this season, as a new dark sider rises, and everything
changes between Ventress and Dooku – with Anakin and Obi-Wan caught in the
middle!
Even more, we’ve got the latest from Clone Wars Adventures,
an eye-popping Infinities spread, fantastic
competitions, and so much more!
May the Force be with you!
solicitation copy:
Brand New Comic Strip! Hunted – There’s a chill in the
air in this issue’s brand new Star
Wars: The Clone Wars comic strip adventure, as our heroes struggle against
snow and Asajj Ventress on an icy planet.
Savage Opress – Born into darkness, shaped by a
warrior culture and the magick of the Nightsisters, Savage Opress is a deadly
enemy for every Jedi! Check out his full profile in this issue.
Clone Wars Infinities – What if Anakin duelled General
Grievous? We all know how the Clone
Wars history unfolded – but what if the story went a different route? Find
out in this issue!
this issue features:
- article: Look Inside (2 pages; inside cover & page 1)
- article: Season 3 News: Curse of the Nightsisters! (2 pages: 2 & 3)
- competition: Clone Comps! Win! Penwizard Personalised Books! (1 page: 4)
- competition: Clone Comps! Win! Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 2,
Volume 1 DVD! (1 page: 5)
- episode guide: Republic Recap! Episode 3.10 – Heroes on Both Sides (2 pages: 10 & 11)
- game: Bomber Droid Blast! (1 page: 12)
- poster: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2 pages: 14 & 15)
- article: Clone Wars Adventures: New Game – Crisis Ziro! (1 page: 16)
- games: Sith Training! (1 page: 17)
- article: Clone Wars Infinities: What if Anakin Duelled General
Grievous? (2 pages: 22 & 23)
- article: Savage Opress (2 pages: 24 & 25)
- letters-page: Clone Zone! (2 pages: 26 & 27)
- article: Quinlan Vos (1 page: 28)
- competition: Win! Star Wars Blu-ray Box-sets (1 page: 30)
- announcement: Next Issue! (1 page: inside
back-cover)
01-17 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Valsedian Operation:
Part Ten
(The Clone Wars Season 3 webcomic # 10 of 15)
publisher info:
Lucas Online
online comic (5 pages), free
published on www.starwars.com/clonewars/comic
features:
The Valsedian Operation: Part Ten (5 webpages)
credits:
story: Thomas Hodges / script: Pablo Hidalgo
art: Thomas Hodges
colors:
Grant Gould / letters: Grant Gould
special
thanks to Frank Parisi, Sue Rostoni, Leland Chee & Dave Filoni
story initial timeline placement:
The events in this story occur after The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
01-19 Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume Three
(Omnibus # 16)
publisher info:
Dark Horse Books (Dark Horse Comics)
reprint collection (softcover, 480 pages), ISBN 1-59582-639-8, SRP $
24.99
cover-art: Tom Palmer (image
taken from the inside of Marvel’s Star Wars
# 62)
printed at 1010 Printing International, Ltd., Guangdong Province, China
main credits:
collection editor: Randy Stradley / assistant editor: Freddye Lins
series editors: Danny Fingeroth, Louise Jones, Al Milgrom, Jim Salicrup
& Jim Shooter
collection designer: Heather Doornink
special thanks to Jann Moorhead, David Anderman, Troy Alders, Leland
Chee, Sue Rostoni & Carol Roeder at Lucas Licensing
features:
The Crimson Forever! (11 pages:
5 - 15)
reprints Chapter 1 of:
- Star Wars # 50, August 1981 (April
21, 1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: Archie Goodwin
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
artists: Al Williamson, Tom Palmer & Walt Simonson (pencils: Al Williamson / inks: Al Williamson)
colorist: Don Warfield / letterer: Ed Stuart
comic intro text (page 5):
The galaxy is vast, but getting around it used to be
simple. You picked your destination, set your navi-computer, and let the
hyperdrive take it from there. But that was before the Emperor declared martial
law. Now, more roundabout routes from obscure system to obscure system are
necessary to avoid “Imperial entanglements.” And even then...
Chapter II: Chewbacca’s Story:
Rage in the Red Nebula! (18 pages: 16 - 33)
reprints Chapter 2 of:
- Star Wars # 50, August 1981 (April
21, 1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: Archie Goodwin
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
artists: Al Williamson, Tom Palmer & Walt Simonson (pencils: Al Williamson / inks: Al Williamson &
Tom Palmer)
colorist: Don Warfield / letterer: Ed Stuart
comic intro text (page 16):
Completing a mission for the Rebel Alliance, the
Millennium Falcon is just launcing into its return trip, when...
Chapter III: Against the Scarlet
Night! (10 pages: 34 - 43)
reprints Chapter 3 of:
- Star Wars # 50, August 1981 (April
21, 1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: Archie Goodwin
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
artists: Al Williamson, Tom Palmer & Walt Simonson (pencils: Al Williamson / inks: Rick Bryant, Dave
Simons / last page inks: Al Williamson)
colorist: Don Warfield / letterer: Ed Stuart
comic intro text (page 34):
The void. Black. Starless. Empty. Except for an angry
mass of swirling scarlett... The Red Nebula, destination of the Millennium
Falcon.
It has been a long journey... made in frantic
desperation. And those within the battered spice freighter still have far to
go.
Resurrection of Evil (21 pages: 45 -
65)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 51, September 1981 (May
19, 1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: James Shooter
penciler: Walter Simonson / inker: Thomas Palmer
colorist: Don Warfield / letterer: John Morelli
comic intro text (page 45):
The war drags on! Each day, Emperor Palpatine draws
his bloodstained hand ever tighter around the throat of a once free galaxy. And
Captain Maraba Tev, loyal officer of the Rebel Alliance, had known that well
when he accepted a high risk spy mission in the Patriim system... Had known it
even better when forced to flee the sector with a dozen Imperial warships in
hot pursuit. But his most vivid awareness had come just seconds ago, when he
had pointed his crippled and battle-beaten fighter straight for the Rebellion’s
temporary cruiser base... a mere four-and-a-half heartbeats before he died!
To Take the Tarkin (22 pages: 67 -
88)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 52, October 1981 (June
1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
penciler: Walter Simonson / inker: Tom Palmer
colorist: Don Warfield / letterer: John Morelli
comic intro text (page 45):
Witness the building of a world. This, then, is the
Tarkin – direct descendant of the Death Star, the Empire’s most frightful
weapon. Hovering in its drydock orbit above the garrison planet called
Hockaleg, it nears completion, and when fully functional – it could easily
spell doom for the Rebel Alliance!
Thus, the rebellion has sent five of its best –
disguised as part of a replacement work crew – to try to destroy the Tarkin
from within. But now, having witnessed the awesome size and strength of this
battle station first hand, the rebels can’t help but wonder if they were more
foolhardy than fearless in accepting their mission.
The Last Gift from Alderaan! (5 pages:
91 - 95)
reprints part 1 of:
- Star Wars # 53, November 1981 (July
1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
this story was first printed in the UK (black & white):
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back No. 143, February 1981 (January 1981 –
Marvel Comics Ltd.)
credits:
writer: Chris Claremont
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
pencilers: Carmine Infantino & Walter Simonson / inkers: Alan Kupperberg
& Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Shelly Leferman
comic intro text (page 91):
Once upon a time, there was a world named Alderaan,
hailed by many as the “bright center of the universe,” famed throughout the
Empire for its music, its art, its literature. It was a world of joy, of
unsurpassed beauty of peace.
It no longer exists.
This woman is a child of that world: Leia Organa,
Princess of Alderaan – Imperial Senator turned leader of the Rebel Alliance.
When Alderaan was destroyed by the Emperor’s Death Star, she lost family,
friends – all she ever knew and loved. Since then, she has borne her loss with
stoic fortitude – but, every so often, her memories of that fateful, terrible
day rear up and once more begin to hammer at the wall Leia has built to protect
herself from her grief.
Alone on the command deck of a rebel blockade runner,
Leia Organa walks with ghosts.
A Stranger Among Us! (16 pages: 96 -
111)
reprints part 2 of:
- Star Wars # 53, November 1981 (July
1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
this story was first printed in the UK (black & white):
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back No. 143, February 1981 (January 1981 –
Marvel Comics Ltd.)
credits:
writer: Chris Claremont
editor: Louise Jones / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
pencilers: Carmine Infantino & Walter Simonson / inkers: Alan
Kupperberg & Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Shelly Leferman
comic intro text (page 96):
The world is old and tired, and its history is written
in blood. From time immemorial, its children – Human and non-Human alike – have
followed the arts of war, becoming in the process the finest warriors, the
deadliest killers, in all creation. But now, that has changed – because of two
men: Kéral Longknife, demarch of the 12 tribes; and myself, Aron, called
peacebringer, warlord of the Calian Confederacy and Kéral’s blood brother.
Between us, we rule this world. Together, we have brought peace to it.
Unfortunately, the old ways die hard.
Starfire Rising! (22 pages: 113 -
134)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 54, December 1981 (August 1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
this story was first printed in the UK (black & white):
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back No. 144, March/April 1981 (March 1981 –
Marvel Comics Ltd.)
credits:
writer: Chris Claremont
editor: Louise Jones
& Danny Fingeroth / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
pencilers: Carmine Infantino & Walt Simonson / inkers: Tom Palmer, Frank Giacioa
& Al Milgrom
colorist: Glynis Wein / letterer: Ray Burzon
comic intro text (page 113):
Weeks ago, Princess Leia Organa, on a scouting mission
for the Rebel Alliance, crash landed on my homeworld, Shiva IV, a small planet
on the edge of known space. I, Aron Peacebringer, warlord of the Calian
Confederacy, rescued her, and she soon discovered circumstantial evidence of covert
Imperial operations within my realm. She told of her suspicions but before I
could act, we were both captured by Imperial commando stormtroopers and taken
to the Empire’s hidden base.
Plif! (21 pages:
137 - 157)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 55, January 1982 (September
1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie
editor: Louise Jones / editor-an’-chief (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
penciller: Walt Simonson / inker: Tom Palmer
colorist: Don Warfield / letterer: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 137):
The planet is called Arbra, though some members of the
Rebel Alliance survey team wending its way between boles of mile-high trees
have nicknamed it “salvation” – for indeed, it could well prove to be a perfect
site for the main base they so desperately need. Could be, that is, if Princess
Leia Organa and her fellow rebels are willing to pay... salvation’s price!
Coffin in the Clouds (21 pages: 159 -
179)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 56, February 1982 (October
20, 1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie, Walter Simonson &
Louise Jones
editor: Louise Jones / favorite sun (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
pencils: Walt Simonson / inks: Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 159):
The universe is a place of puzzles – and for an
habitual gamesman like Lando Calrissian, the challenge of those puzzles is the
spice of life. But here on Cloud City, the magnificent pastel-spired metropolis
hovering high over the gas planet Bespin, he may find that spice turning to
poison!
Hello, Bespin, Good-bye! (22 pages: 181 -
202)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 57, March 1982 (November
1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie, Walter Simonson &
Louise Jones
editor: Louise Jones / nerf-herder-in-chief (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
pencils: Walt Simonson / inks: Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 181):
Oddly enought, the main reason Lando Calrissian had
returned to Cloud City had been to rid that airborne mining colony of its
Imperial governor; odd, because that governor has just rid Cloud City of him –
by pushing the hapless star warrior through a railing and into the airy embrace
of open sky! His next stop: the gas planet, Bespin... one-and-a-half miles
straight down!
Sundown! (22 pages: 205 -
226)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 58, April 1982 (December
1981 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editrix (editor): Louise Jones / emperor (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
pencils: Walt Simonson / inks: Tom Palmer
colors: Don Warfield / letters: Janice Chiang
comic intro text (page 205):
Below, on the forest world called Arbra, a band of
courageous rebels has set up a permanent base – a hidden sanctuary from which
to wage their hit-and-run war against the tyrannical Empire. While above, in
the modified spice freighter, Millennium Falcon, three of the Rebellion’s most
stalwart warriors embark on a mission that could cripple one facet of Imperial
domination... if they love through it!
Bazarre (22 pages: 229 -
250)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 59, May 1982 (January 1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editor: Al Milgrom / high roller (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
pencils: Walt Simonson / inks: Tom Palmer
colors: Don Warfield / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 229):
This is Bazarre... a floating market in space where
anything may be bought, bartered or sold, and it is here that Lando Calrissian
and Luke Skywalker have come on a mission for the Rebel Alliance, only to
discover that Bazarre’s special-of-the-day appears to be – death at bargain
prices!
Shira’s Story (22 pages: 253 -
274)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 60, June 1982 (February 1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editor: Al Milgrom / grand moff (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
pencils: Walt Simonson / inks: Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 253):
Chaos erupts! And the isolated Imperial outpost called
Spindrift is bathed in flame! Long ago, the soldiers here had been warned of
possible attack by the Empire’s arch enemies, the Rebel Alliance. But these
attackers are startlingly, devastatingly – their own kind!
Screams in the Void (22 pages: 277 -
298)
reprints:
--Star Wars # 61, July 1982 (March 1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editor: Al Milgrom / father figure (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
breakdowns: Walt Simonson / finishes: Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 277):
Planet Arbra:
The great hall, where members of the Rebel Alliance have gathered for a ritual
of joy, and of honest thanksgiving...
Pariah! (22 pages:
301 - 322)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 62, August 1982 (April
1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editor: Jim Salicrup / the hut (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
layouts: Walt Simonson / finished art: Tom Palmer
colors: Tom Palmer / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 301):
Normally, in the Arbran caverns that serve as home
base for the outlawed Rebel Alliance, the atmosphere is both warm and cordial.
But here, now, in an auxiliary debriefing room, the air has grown suddenly
close... and cold. Almost as cold as the dagger of disbelief that spikes
through the shaken soul of Commander Luke Skywalker...
The Mind Spider! (22 pages:
325 - 346)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 63, September 1982 (May
25, 1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
script: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editor: Jim Salicrup / Jedi Master (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
storyteller (layouts): Walt Simonson / pencils: Tom Palmer / inks: Tom
Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
Serphidian Eyes (21 pages: 349 -
369)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 64, October 1982 (June
1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
script: David Michelinie / plot: Michael Fleisher
editor: Jim Salicrup / editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter
pencils: Joe Brozowski / inks: Vince Colletta
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 349):
Deep in the bowels of a mountain stronghold on the
planet Arbra, in a room where members of the Rebel Alliance plan their untiring
struggle against the evil Galactic Empire, a meeting continues...
Golrath Never Forgets! (22 pages: 371 -
392)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 65, November 1982 (July
1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
script: David Michelinie / plot: David Michelinie & Walter Simonson
editor: Louise Jones / clone ranger (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
storyteller (layouts): Walt Simonson / pencils: Tom Palmer / inks: Tom
Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 371):
At the rebel base on planet Arbra, an ex-hero watches
a suspended video monitor, keeping his outward appearance calm. But inside, the
young man seethes, knowing that in a few moments a decision will be made, a
decision that could alter his life... or end it!
The Water Bandits! (22 pages: 395 -
416)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 66, December 1982 (August
1982 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
writer: David Michelinie
editor: Louise Jones / vaporator maintenance (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
breakdowns: Walter Simonson / finished art: Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Janice Chiang
comic intro text (page 395):
The raid on Golrath Station had been successful, but
retaliation had been swift. Hordes of Imperial TIE-fighters had chased the
rebel attackers unrelentlessly – until most of the fleeing ships had escaped
into hyperspace. But one X-wing, damaged in the fighting, had been unable to
make the jump. And thus its pilot, Luke Skywalker, leader of the mission, had
guided his fighter into the backwater system of Beheboth, thinking to lose his
pursuers on one of that system’s insignificant and ill-populated worlds.
It had seemed a good idea at the time...
Shadeshine! (38 pages: 419 -
456)
reprints:
- Star Wars Annual # 2, 1982 (July 1982 –
Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
scripter: David Michelinie
editor: Jim Salicrup / word speeder (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
penciler: Carmine Infantino / inker: Rudi Nebres
colorist:
George Roussos / letterers: Joe Rosen & Janice Chiang
comic intro text (page 419):
For Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian and the shuffling
translator droid, C-3PO, all newly-landed on the primitive planet called
Ventooine, things are not going well!
The Darker (22 pages: 459 -
480)
reprints:
- Star Wars # 67, January 1983 (September
19822 – Marvel Comics Group)
credits:
script: David Michelinie
editor: Louise Jones / Hoojib wrangler (editor-in-chief): Jim Shooter
layouts: Ron Frenz / finishes: Tom Palmer
colors: Glynis Wein / letters: Joe Rosen
comic intro text (page 459):
“Hurry up and wait” – the soldier’s lament. A tired
old adage, perhaps, but one that’s held true over dozens of centuries, through
thousands of military conflicts. Though soon, for flight commander Luke
Skywalker and his droid companions, hurriedly taking a shortcut through a
little-used passageway within the rebel stronghold on Arbra – that waiting may
well be over!
back-cover text:
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far
away...
Discover – or rediscover – these stories written
shortly afetr the release of the motion picture The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial officers plot against Darth Vader,
Leia fights alone on a world that has never felt the Empire’s threat, Lando
Calrissian and Lobot battle to save their beloved Cloud City, and many more.
It’s a big galaxy, and these adventures go far beyond what you saw in the
films!
Collected here are issues # 50 through # 67, and the King-Size Annual # 2, of the Marvel Comics Star
Wars series from the 1980s – nearly five hundred pages of action and
adventure!
solicitation copy:
Return to the great
adventures of your youth, or discover a part of the Star Wars saga you never knew existed. From 1977 to 1986, Marvel Comics
produced monthly Star Wars comics. This was when the continuity for that
galaxy far, far away was still brand new, when almost anything could happen -
and often did!
This third volume of Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... collects issues # 50 - # 67 of
the Marvel run - nearly five hundred pages of action and adventure at a bargain
price!
Stories from the classic era of the original Star Wars films!
this omnibus features:
- contents page (1 page: 3)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 50, by Tom Palmer (1 page: 4)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 51, by Walter Simonson (1 page: 44)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 52, by Walter Simonson (1 page: 66)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 53, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 90)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 54, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 112)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 55, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 136)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 56, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 158)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 57, by Walt Simonson & Tom Palmer (1 page: 180)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 58, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 204)
- pin-up: Patrolling the Ice Slopes of Hoth!, by Joe Jusko
(from Marvel’s Star Wars # 44) (1 page: 227)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 59, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 228)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 60, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 252)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 61, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 276)
- pin-up: Danger! Ugnaughts at Work!, by Bob Layton (from
Marvel’s Star Wars # 44) (1 page: 299)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 62, by Walt Simonson (1 page: 300)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 63, by Tom Palmer (1 page: 324)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 64, by Joe Brozowski & Anderson (1 page: 348)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 65, by Tom Palmer (1 page: 370)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 66, by Tom Palmer (1 page: 394)
- pin-up: The Duel Begins!, by Frank Miller (from Marvel’s Star
Wars # 43) (1 page: 417)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars Annual # 2, by Carmine Infantino &
Rudi Nebres (1 page: 418)
- cover-art: Marvel’s Star Wars # 67, by Tom Palmer (1 page: 458)
sales figures (top-selling trade paperbacks January 2011):
- ranking: # 17 of 300 (estimated
sales: 1.917 copies sold)
01-20 Star Wars Galaxy Volume 1, # 4, February 2011
(SW Galaxy # 4)
publisher info:
Titan Magazines (Titan Publishing Group Ltd.)
floppy (72 pages), ISSN 2045-1296 TBN 11566, SRP Ł 2.99
printed in England by Southernprint
main credits:
editor: Andrew James / deputy editor: Ned Hartley / assistant editor:
Den Patrick / senior comics editor: Steve White
designer: Barry Spiers
features:
Blood Ties: Jango and Boba Fett –
Part 1 of 4 (22 pages: 1 - 22)
reprints:
- Star Wars: Blood Ties # 1, August 2010 (August 25, 2010 – Dark Horse Comics)
credits:
script: Tom Taylor
editor: Randy Stradley
art: Chris Scalf
letters: Michael Heisler
intro-text (contents-page): It’s time for
a generation-spanning story of the greatest bounty hunter lineage of all time:
a tale worthy of the Fetts! – First printed as Blood Ties # 1.
intro-text (page 1): Blood will
out. Time and again in that galaxy far, far away, the bonds of family – or the
breaking of those bonds – have affected the course of history. Wars have been
fought, governments have fallen, or tragedy has been averted because of one
character’s blood relation with another.
The Blood Ties series
will explore the familial links between some of Star Wars’s most famous – and
infamous – characters.
Though not actually father and son, Jango Fett and
Boba Fett share the same blood – literally. But even more than blood, Boba will
discover that the decisions made in Jango’s life have an impact on the life of
his clone...
Invasion: Refugees - Part 3 of 5 (intro-page: 24 (
featuring the SW: Invasion # 3 cover-art by Jo
Chen) & 22 pages: 25 - 46)
reprints:
- Star Wars: Invasion # 3, September 2009 (September 2, 2009 – Dark Horse Comics)
credits:
script: Tom Taylor
editor: Randy Stradley
art: Colin Wilson
colours: Wez Dzioba / letters: Michael Heisler
intro-text (contents-page): After
beginning his training on Yavin 4, Finn Galfridian has been deemed ready by
Master Luke Skywalker to face his first test – confronting a Yuuzhan Vong
invasion on the planet of Rychel! Plus, his mother and sister put their escape
plans into effect, aboard a Yuuzhan Vong slave ship! – First printed as Invasion # 3.
intro-text (page 24): Approximately
25 years after the Battle of Yavin, the galaxy has been rid of the evil Empire,
and a New Republic has been formed. Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is rebuilding
the Jedi Order.
The Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the planet of Artorias
has scattered Prince Finn Galfridian’s family. His mother and sister were taken
aboard a Vong slave ship, while his father remained on Artorias to lead
resistance efforts.
Evacuated from his homeworld – along with as much of
the population as the New Republic could save – Finn wants nothing more than to
attempt to rescue his mother and sister and join his father in fighting the
Yuuzhan Vong. But Luke Skywalker transferred Finn to Yavin 4, singling him out
for Jedi training.
When word comes that the Yuuzhan Vong have launched an
attack on the planet Rychel, Luke decides that Finn is ready for his first real
test...
Knight Errant: Aflame – Part 1 of
5 (intro-page: 48 (featuring the SW: Knight Errant # 1 cover-art by Joe Quinones) & 22 pages: 49 -
70)
reprints:
- Star Wars: Knight Errant # 1, October 2010 (October 13, 2010 – Dark Horse Comics)
credits:
script: John Jackson Miller
editor: Dave Marshall
art: Federico Dallocchio
colours: Michael Atiyeh / letters: Michael Heisler
intro-text (contents-page): Reckless young
Jedi Knight Kerra Holt is about to find herself in over her head, when she and
her Master go behind enemy lines in the depths of Sith space! – First printed
as Knight Errant: Aflame # 1.
intro-text (page 48): It is a dark
age for the Republic. A thousand years before Obi-Wan Kenobi met Anakin
Skywalker, their Jedi forebears struggle in vain against a rampaging Sith
menace. The Republic abandons vast swaths of territory, deactivating many of
the communications relays that once bound the galaxy together.
But the Sith have other enemies – themselves. Sith
Lords battle each other for the right to finish off the Republic. Far behind
Sith lines, on Chelloa, Lord Daiman makes a discovery he hopes will help him
rise above the other petty princelings once and for all. The Republic is in
peril.
Learning of the danger, the charismatic Jedi Master
Vannar Treece leads a group of volunteers on what many expect will be a one-way
mission. Treece, a veteran campaigner, is more confident. But he cannot plan
for everything – and, alone in Sith space, that is usually fatal...
intro text (inside-cover):
One of the greatest things about the Star Wars universe is its immense breadth of scope
– there are so many incredible characters, planets, starships and time zones
that there is always something new to discover. This issue, we deliver a
double-dose of new, as two fantastic stories begin! First up, two fan-favourite
bounty hunters, as a decade-spanning adventure featuring Jango and Boba Fett
kicks off – then we have the debut story from Knight Errant – a new era
and a new corner of the universe, where it’s all-Sith, all the time! That’s not
to disregard the widescreen action taking place in Invasion, where Finn
and Luke Skywalker are taking the fight back to the Yuuzhan Vong!
solicitation copy:
Inside this issue:
Blood Ties: Jango and Boba Fett - It’s time for a
generation-spanning story of the greatest bounty hunter lineage of all time: a
tale worthy of the Fetts!
Invasion: Refugees – Part 3 of 5 - After beginning his
training on Yavin 4, Finn Galfridian has been deemed ready by Master Luke
Skywalker to face his first test – confronting a Yuuzhan Vong invasion on the
planet of Rychel! Plus, his mother and sister put their escape plans into
effect, aboard a Yuuzhan Vong slave ship!
Knight Errant: Aflame – Part 1 of 5 - Reckless young
Jedi Knight Kerra Holt is about to find herself in over her head, when she and
her Master go behind enemy lines in the depths of Sith space!
this issue features:
- contents: Welcome to Star Wars Galaxy! (1 page: inside front-cover)
- letters-page: Gateway to the Galaxy! (1 page: 72)
- announcement: Next Issue (1 page: inside back-cover)
01-21 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Valsedian Operation:
Part Eleven
(The Clone Wars Season 3 webcomic # 11 of 15)
publisher info:
Lucas Online
online comic (5 pages), free
published on www.starwars.com/clonewars/comic
features:
The Valsedian Operation: Part
Eleven (5 webpages)
credits:
story: Thomas Hodges / script: Pablo Hidalgo
art: Thomas Hodges
colors:
Grant Gould / letters: Grant Gould
special
thanks to Frank Parisi, Sue Rostoni, Leland Chee & Dave Filoni
story initial timeline placement:
The events in this story occur after The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
01-25 Star Wars: Knight Errant
(Knight Errant novel - featuring a special 16-page Dark Horse Comics
comic inlay section)
publisher info:
Del Rey (imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, division of
Random House, Inc.)
paperback (416 pages), ISBN 0-345-52264-1, SRP $ 7.99
cover illustration: John Van Fleet
printed in the United States of America
features a special Dark Horse Comics comic inlay section:
Knight Errant (16 pages)
reprints comic-pages 1 – 14 of:
- Star Wars: Knight Errant # 1, October 2010 (October 13, 2010)
the first 8 pages of which were previewed in:
- Star Wars: Knight Errant # 0, August 2010 (August 12, 2010)
credits:
script: John Jackson Miller
editor: Dave Marshall / assistant editor: Freddye Lins
art: Federico Dallocchio
colors: Michael Atiyeh / lettering: Michael Heisler
designer: Stephen Reichert
special thanks to Jann Moorhead, David Anderman, Troy Alders, Leland
Chee, Sue Rostoni & Carol Roeder at Lucas Licensing
intro text (inlay):
Welcome to the past... and the unwritten Future of a
fresh, fledging Jedi Knight!
In a time when the Republic is just a small, bright
spot in the galaxy, and multiple Sith lords control the majority of space, the
Jedi Order still sends agents of peace to defend the weak and uphold its values
of justice.
Kerra Holt is a newly knighted Jedi on her very first
mission for the Republic. She is returning to Sith space, in a part of the
galaxy where she was born and originally encountered the evil lords. Although
her Jedi training has prepared her for much, the realities of life in enemy
terriroty are anything but expected.
from the back-cover:
Includes a special, full-color excerpt from the Dark
Horse comic Star Wars: Knight Errant!
01-26 Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1,
January 2011
(Darth Vader # 1 / Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1 of 5 – behind the scenes)
publisher info:
Dark Horse Comics
floppy (32 pages), SRP $ 3.50
cover art: Tsuneo Sanda
printed by Cadmus Communications, Easton, PA, USA
features:
Darth Vader and the Lost Command (22 pages: 1 – 6,
9 – 12, 15 – 18, 21 – 24 & 27 - 30)
simultaneously published as:
- Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1, January 2011 (25th Anniversary variant cover art)
credits:
script: Haden Blackman
editor: Randy Stradley / assistant editor: Freddye Lins
pencils: Rick Leonardi / inks: Daniel Green
colors: Wes Dzioba / lettering: Michael Heisler
designer: Stephen Reichert
special thanks to Jann Moorhead, David Anderman, Troy Alders, Leland
Chee, Sue Rostoni & Carol Roeder at Lucas Licensing
issue initial timeline placement:
The events in this story take place approximately
nineteen years before the Battle of Yavin
intro text (inside cover):
The galaxy has recently fallen under the control of
the evil Emperor Palpatine and his apprentice, former Jedi Knight Anakin
Skywalker, who has now taken the Sith name Darth Vader.
Though Vader has risen to a position of great power,
his ascension has not been without sacrifice. He betrayed his Jedi friends,
lost his limbs in a battle with his former master, and inadvertently killed the
woman he loved.
Now the galaxy’s ostensive second in command is
haunted by thoughts of what he gave up, and of what could have been...
solicitation copy:
Still haunted by the events in Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader must set aside his past and put his
future on hold for a mission to the mysterious Ghost Nebula to locate--and if
possible, rescue--a missing Imperial expeditionary force.
But what seems a perfect opportunity to lose himself in
his duty is complicated by two factors: he is paired with a willful yet highly
competent co-commander, and the officer they are being sent to locate is the
son of Vader’s rising nemesis, Moff Tarkin.
All-new series starring Vader, the darkest lord of the
Sith!
this issue features:
- next issue: The Lost Column cover-page (1 page: 31)
sales figures (top-selling comics, January 2011):
- ranking: # 79 of 300 (estimated
sales: 18.654 copies sold)
reprint history (USA):
- 2011 (November 9) Star
Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command (Dark Horse Books)
reprint history (UK):
- 2011 (April 14) Star Wars Galaxy Volume 1, # 7, May 2011 (Titan Magazines)
digital reprint history (USA):
- 2011 (July 22) Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1 (Dark Horse Digital)
- 2011 (July 22) Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1 – 5 Bundle (Dark Horse Digital)
- 2011 (November 25) Star Wars Universe Megabundle! (Dark Horse Digital)
01-26 Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1,
January 2011
(Darth Vader # 1 / Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1 of 5 – behind the scenes)
publisher info:
Dark Horse Comics
floppy (32 pages), promotional incentive
25th Anniversary variant cover art: Douglas Wheatley
printed by Cadmus Communications, Easton, PA, USA
features:
Darth Vader and the Lost Command (22 pages: 1 – 6,
9 – 12, 15 – 18, 21 – 24 & 27 - 30)
simultaneously published as:
- Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command # 1, January 2011
credits:
script: Haden Blackman
editor: Randy Stradley / assistant editor: Freddye Lins
pencils: Rick Leonardi / inks: Daniel Green
colors: Wes Dzioba / lettering: Michael Heisler
designer: Stephen Reichert
special thanks to Jann Moorhead, David Anderman, Troy Alders, Leland
Chee, Sue Rostoni & Carol Roeder at Lucas Licensing
issue initial timeline placement:
The events in this story take place approximately
nineteen years before the Battle of Yavin
intro text (inside cover):
The galaxy has recently fallen under the control of
the evil Emperor Palpatine and his apprentice, former Jedi Knight Anakin
Skywalker, who has now taken the Sith name Darth Vader.
Though Vader has risen to a position of great power,
his ascension has not been without sacrifice. He betrayed his Jedi friends,
lost his limbs in a battle with his former master, and inadvertently killed the
woman he loved.
Now the galaxy’s ostensive second in command is
haunted by thoughts of what he gave up, and of what could have been...
solicitation copy:
Still haunted by the events in Revenge of the Sith, Darth Vader must set aside his past and put his
future on hold for a mission to the mysterious Ghost Nebula to locate--and if
possible, rescue--a missing Imperial expeditionary force.
But what seems a perfect opportunity to lose himself in
his duty is complicated by two factors: he is paired with a willful yet highly
competent co-commander, and the officer they are being sent to locate is the
son of Vader’s rising nemesis, Moff Tarkin.
All-new series starring Vader, the darkest lord of the
Sith!
this issue features:
- next issue: The Lost Column cover-page (1 page: 31)
reprint history (USA):
- 2011 (November 9) Star
Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command (Dark Horse Books)
reprint history (UK):
- 2011 (April 14) Star Wars Galaxy Volume 1, # 7, May 2011 (Titan Magazines)