Category: Comics
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Star Wars #56 (Feb 1982)
I’m done recounting the original comic adaptation of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and ready to jump into original stories with original characters! For the next few weeks I’m going to focus on a woman named Shira Brie who I personally find fascinating. Why? Spoilers, sweetie, but everything will be explained in…
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Star Wars #6 (Dec 1977)
It’s all led up to this! The final fight of the Rebellion against the (first) Death Star! Will our brave heroes survive? I mean, we all know the ones we care about will since this story has been well documented since 1977, but a little suspense wouldn’t kill ya.
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Star Wars #5 (Nov 1977)
We’re in the penultimate issue of the original Star Wars comic retelling the story of, well, Star Wars. Last time our heroes managed to escape the Death Star, but next issue is when the attack run on the battle station happens, so this particular comic takes something like a 10 minute sequence and stretches it…
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Star Wars #3 (Sep 1977)
I’m not giving up or anything, but I really don’t have much to say about Star Wars #3. It’s a fairly faithful recreation of Luke, Obi-Wan, Han, Chewie, and the droids reaching the Death Star and rescuing Princess Leia. I didn’t notice any exceptional changes or things that obviously didn’t end up in the actual…
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Star Wars #2 (Aug 1977)
The Marvel Comics adaptation of Star Wars continues! Sure, I talked about the film over on my movie blog, Chwineka Watches, earlier in the month, but it is nice to go a little deeper when the story is spread out over six issues. Stuff like Luke getting accosted in a bar by wanted men, forcing…
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Star Wars #1 (Jul 1977)
We are doing this, baybee! Not only am I back, but I’m doing a crossover event between here and my movie blog, Chwineka Watches called 2024: A Star Wars Event! Did you know there are Star Wars comics? Did you know that there are, like, thousands of them? At the very least the Marvel Comics…