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A Guide to Marvel's Star Wars comic book series.

In July 1977 Marvel Comics published their first Star Wars comic book, the first of a six-part comic adaptation of A New Hope (or rather just Star Wars as it was known in 1977). By May 1986, when they published their last issue, Marvel Comics had produced 107 consecutive issues (111 when including the separate four-issue adaptation of Return of the Jedi).
While this is a guide to the major US releases from Marvel Comics, it is not a definitive guide to all of Marvel Comics' Star Wars publications. For example, it does not include the multitude of variant covers that accompanied the release of the first six issues , nor does it include the several Marvel Illustrated Books or non-US titles, e.g. Marvel Comics UK not only reprinted many of the US stories but also published many original stories not published in the US.

Comic issues:



Issue 1 Star Wars (part 1)	Issue 2 Star Wars (part 2)	Issue 3 Star Wars (part 3)	Issue 4 Star Wars (part 4)	Issue 5 Star Wars (part 5)	Issue 6 Star Wars (part 6)
(July 1977)	(August 1977)	(September 1977)	(October 1977)	(November 1977)	(December 1977)



Issue 7 New Planets, New Perils	Issue 8 Eight for Aduba-3	Issue 9 Showdown on a Wasteland World	Issue 10 Behemoth from the World Below	Issue 11 Star Search!	Issue 12 Doomworld
(January 1978)	(February 1978)	(March 1978)	(April 1978)	(May 1978)	(June 1978)



Issue 13 Day of the Dragon Lords	Issue 14 The Sound of Armageddon	Issue 15 Star Duel	Issue 16 *The Hunter*	Issue 17 Crucible	Issue 18 The Empire Strikes
(July 1978)	(August 1978)	(September 1978)	(October 1978)	(November 1978)	(December 1978)



Issue 19 The Ultimate Gamble	Issue 20 Deathgame	Issue 21 Shadow of a Dark Lord	Issue 22 To the Last Gladiator	Issue 23 Flight into Fury	Issue 24 Silent Drifting
(January 1979)	(February 1979)	(March 1979)	(April 1979)	(May 1979)	(June 1979)



Issue 25 Siege at Yavin	Issue 26 Doom Mission	Issue 27 Return of the Hunter	Issue 28 Whatever happened to Jabba the Hut?	Issue 29 Dark Encounter	Issue 30 A Princess Alone
(July 1979)	(August 1979)	(September 1979)	(October 1979)	(November 1979)	(December 1979)



Issue 31 Return to Tatooine	Issue 32 The Jawa Express	Issue 33 Saber Clash	Issue 34 Thunder in the Stars	Issue 35 Dark Lord's Gambit	Issue 36 Red Queen Rising
(January 1980)	(February 1980)	(March 1980)	(April 1980)	(May 1980)	(June 1980)



Issue 37 In Mortal Combat	Issue 38 Riders in the Void	Issue 39 The Empire Strikes Back (part 1)	Issue 40 The Empire Strikes Back (part 2)	Issue 41 The Empire Strikes Back (part 3)	Issue 42 The Empire Strikes Back (part 4)
(July 1980)	(August 1980)	(September 1980)	(October 1980)	(November 1980)	(December 1980)



Issue 43 The Empire Strikes Back (part 5)	Issue 44 The Empire Strikes Back (part 6)	Issue 45 Death Probe	Issue 46 The Dreams of Cody Sun-Childe	Issue 47 Droid World	Issue 48 The Third Law
(January 1981)	(February 1981)	(March 1981)	(April 1981)	(May 1981)	(June 1981)



Issue 49 The Last Jedi	Issue 50 The Crimson Forever / Rage in the Red Nebula / Against the Scarlet Night	Issue 51 Resurrection of Evil	Issue 52 To Take the Tarkin	Issue 53 The Last Gift from Alderaan! / A Stranger Among Us!	Issue 54 Starfire Rising
(July 1981)	(August 1981)	(September 1981)	(October 1981)	(November 1981)	(December 1981)



Issue 55 Plif!	Issue 56 Coffin in the Clouds	Issue 57 Hello, Bespin, Goodbye	Issue 58 Sundown	Issue 59 Bazarre	Issue 60 Shira's Story
(January 1982)	(February 1982)	(March 1982)	(April 1982)	(May 1982)	(June 1982)



Issue 61 Screams in the Void	Issue 62 Pariah	Issue 63 The Mind Spider	Issue 64 Serphidan Eyes	Issue 65 Golrath Never Forgets	Issue 66 The Water Bandits
(July 1982)	(August 1982)	(September 1982)	(October 1982)	(November 1982)	(December 1982)



Issue 67 The Darker	Issue 68 The Search Begins	Issue 69 Death in the City of Bone	Issue 70 The Stenax Shuffle	Issue 71 Return to Stenos	Issue 72 Fool's Bounty
(January 1983)	(February 1983)	(March 1983)	(April 1983)	(May 1983)	(June 1983)



Issue 73 Lahsbane	Issue 74 The Iskalon Effect	Issue 75 Tidal	Issue 76 Artoo-Detoo To The Rescue	Return of the Jedi Issue 1	Issue 77 Chanteuse of the Stars
(July 1983)	(August 1983)	(September 1983)	(October 1983)	(October 1983)	(November 1983)



Return of the Jedi Issue 2	Issue 78 Hoth Stuff	Return of the Jedi Issue 3	Issue 79 The Big Con	Return of the Jedi Issue 4	Issue 80 Ellie
(November 1983)	(December 1983)	(December 1983)	(January 1984)	(January 1984)	(February 1984)



Issue 81 Jawas of Doom	Issue 82 Diplomacy	Issue 83 Sweetheart Contract	Issue 84 Seoul Searching	Issue 85 The Hero	Issue 86 The Alderaan Factor
(March 1984)	(April 1984)	(May 1984)	(June 1984)	(July 1984)	(August 1984)



Issue 87 Still Active After All These Years	Issue 88 Fugurehead	Issue 89 I'll See You In The Throne Room	Issue 90 The Choice	Issue 91 Wookie World	Issue 92 The Dream
(September 1984)	(October 1984)	(November 1984)	(December 1984)	(January 1985)	(February 1985)



Issue 93 Catspaw	Issue 94 Small Wars	Issue 95 No Zeltrons	Issue 96 Duel With A Dark Lady	Issue 97 Escape	Issue 98 Supply And Demand
(March 1985)	(April 1985)	(May 1985)	(June 1985)	(July 1985)	(August 1985)



Issue 99 Touch Of The Goddess	Issue 100 First Strike	Issue 101 Far, Far Away	Issue 102 School Spirit	Issue 103 Tai	Issue 104 Nagais And Dolls
(September 1985)	(October 1985)	(November 1985)	(December 1985)	(January 1986)	(February 1986)



Issue 105 The Party's Over	Issue 106 My Hiromi	Issue 107 All Together Now
(March 1986)	(April 1986)	(May 1986)

Annuals:



Annual 1979 The Long Hunt	Annual 1982 Shadeshine	Annual 1983 The Apprentice
(December 1979)	(December 1982)	(December 1983)

Dark Horse Comics' comic book reprints:
In 1994 Dark Horse Comics reprinted Marvel Comics' adaptations of the Original Trilogy movies, each as two-issue comic books. One year later, as part of their Classic Star Wars reprint series (which included reprinting the comic strips that first appeared in The LA Times, c. 1981-1984), they reprinted Marvel Comics issue #98 Supply and Demand as Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission. In 1999 Dark Horse Comics reprinted selected Marvel Comics stories in a six-issue black and white comic book series, A Long Time Ago...



A New Hope Issue 1 (collating issues #1 thru #3)	A New Hope Issue 2 (collating issues #4 thru #6)	The Empire Strikes Back Issue 1 (collating issues #39 thru #41)	The Empire Strikes Back Issue 2 (collating issues #42 thru #44)	Return of the Jedi Issue 1 (collating Return of the Jedi #1 & #2)	Return of the Jedi Issue 2 (collating Return of the Jedi #3 & #4)
(June 1994)	(July 1994)	(August 1994)	(September 1994)	(October 1994)	(November 1994)



Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission (reprint of issue #98)	A Long Time Ago... Issue 1 (reprinting issues #91, 1979 & 1983 Annuals)	A Long Time Ago... Issue 2 (reprinting issues #2, 28, 38, 49 & 50)	A Long Time Ago... Issue 3 (reprinting issues #3, 51, 52, 60 & 66)	A Long Time Ago... Issue 4 (reprinting issues #4, 68, 69, 79 & 81)	A Long Time Ago... Issue 5 (reprinting issues #5, 58, 59 & 1982 Annual)
(March 1995)	(March 1999)	(April 1999)	(June 1999)	(June 1999)	(July 1999)



A Long Time Ago... Issue 6 (reprinting issues #6, 80, 83, 86 & 103)
(August 1999)

Dark Horse Comics' Graphic Novels (Trade Paperbacks) & Collected Volumes:
In 1995 Dark Horse Comics collated their reprints of Marvel Comics' adaptations of the Original Trilogy movies and published them as collected graphic novels. Then in 2002, Dark Horse Comics reprinted all 107 issues of Marvel's comic book series including their adaptations of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (but not Return of the Jedi) as well as the three Annuals from 1979, 1982 and 1983 in their seven-volume A Long Time Ago... collection.
In 2010, as part of their Omnibus collection, Dark Horse Comics once again began republishing Marvel Comics' comic book series but future volumes promise to include material not previously collected along with the consecutively numbered Marvel run: the comics adaptation of Return of the Jedi, material from Marvel UK, the Droids and Ewoks comic book series, and other rare Star Wars comics.



Star Wars (A New Hope) (collating issues #1 thru #6)	The Empire Strikes Back (collating issues #39 thru #44)	Return of the Jedi (collating Return of the Jedi issues #1 thru #4)	Classic Star Wars box set (collects all three Original Trilogy movie adaptations)	A Long Time Ago... Doomworld (collating issues #1 thru #20)	A Long Time Ago... Dark Encounters (collating issues #21 thru #38 & 1979 Annual)
(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(1995)	(2002)	(2002)



A Long Time Ago... Resurrection of Evil (collating issues #39 thru #53)	A Long Time Ago... Screams in the Void (collating issues #54 thru #67 & 1982 Annual)	A Long Time Ago... Fool's Bounty (collating issues #68 thru #81 & 1983 Annual)	A Long Time Ago... Wookiee World (collating issues #82 thru #95)	A Long Time Ago... Far, Far Away (collating issues #96 thru #107)	Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1 (collating issues #1 thru #27)
(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2010)



Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2 (collating issues #28 thru #49)	Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3 (collating issues #50 thru #67)	Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 4 (collating issues #68 thru #85 plus Return of the Jedi #1 thru #4)	Omnibus: The Complete Saga (includes The Empire Strikes Back (issues #39 thru #44); & Return of the Jedi)	Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 5 (collating issues #86 thru #107)
(2010)	(2011)	(2011)	(2011)	(2012)

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