Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 14:47:43 -0600 From: [0--06--2] at [mantaray.LANL.GOV] (Mark Martinez CIC-2) Subject: Re: Star Wars comics checklist Reply-To: [m l bm] at [lanl.gov] Subject: Star Wars Comics Checklist, Part 3/4 -- This is the third of four articles containing a checklist of Star Wars comics and was last modified 15 July 1995. Please send additions and corrections to Mark Martinez ([m l bm] at [lanl.gov]) USmail: P. O. Box 15065, Santa Fe, NM 87506-5065 The list is posted quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) to rec.arts.sf.starwars.info. Part Three (1991-Present) Dark Horse Comics Dark Empire Dark Empire II Classic Star Wars Classic Star Wars (movie adaptations) Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Insider Tales of the Jedi Tales of the Jedi: Freedon Nadd Uprising Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith, Book I Droids Droids Volume 2 Jabba the Hutt River of Chaos X-Wing: Rogue Squadron Dark Horse International Star Wars Topps Comics Star Wars Galaxy Magazine Capital City Distribution Advance Comics Comic Shop News Comics Debut Diamond Comic Distributors Previews -- Dark Horse Comics ----------------- Dark Empire w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy c:Dave Dorman 1 Dec 91 The destiny of a Jedi (pages 2 and 3 are reversed) 2 Feb 92 Devastator of worlds 3 Apr 92 The battle for Calamari 4 Apr 92 Confrontation on the Smugglers' Moon 5 Aug 92 Emperor reborn 6 Oct 92 The fate of a galaxy For a more comprehensive summary and commentary, see "Dark Empire Summary" posted occasionally to r.a.s.s by Ron Ostrander ([v 088 r 52 m] at [ubrms.cc.bufalo.edu]) and archived at the Star Wars Archive (ftp://wpi.wpi.edu/starwars/Scripts/Dark_Empire_synopsis.Z) Issues 1-3 have second printings. Dark Empire Gold Edition Issues 1-6 were published in a gold embossed set, 5000 copies. Dark Empire Platinum Edition Issues 1-6 were published in a platinum embossed set, 4000 copies. Collected in trade paperback, Apr 93. New painted cover by Dave Dorman, introduction by Kevin J. Anderson, new text from Tom Veitch, and sketchbook pages from Cam Kennedy. Second printing, Jun 94 Collected in a signed and limited hardcover edition, May 93. Full-color tip-in sheet painted by Cam Kennedy and signed by the creators. Smythe-sewn binding, gold-foil embossed faux-leather hardcover, jacketed with slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies. Dark Empire II Six-issue mini-series, a sequel to Dark Empire. w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy c:Dave Dorman Sep 94 Hero Illustrated Special w:Tom Veitch a:Cam Kennedy Dark Empire II ashcan comic 1 Dec 94 Operation Shadow Hand 2 Jan 95 Duel on Nar Shaddaa 3 Feb 95 World of the ancient Sith 4 Mar 95 Battle on Byss 5 Apr 95 The galaxy weapon 6 May 95 Hand of darkness Classic Star Wars Recolored, reformatted reprints of the LA Times Syndicate comic strip by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, circa 1981-84. 1 Aug 92 The bounty hunter of Ord Mantell w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 2 Sep 92 The bounty hunter of Ord Mantell, Darth Vader strikes w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 3 Oct 92 Darth Vader strikes w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 4 Nov 92 Darth Vader strikes, The Serpent masters w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 5 Dec 92 The Serpent masters w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 6 Jan 93 The Serpent masters, Deadly reunion w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson ac:Allen Nunis 7 Feb 93 Deadly reunion, Traitor's gambit w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson a:Allen Nunis 8 Apr 93 Traitor's gambit, The night beast Bagged with Topps Star Wars promotional trading card w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson a:Allen Nunis c:Mark Schultz 9 May 93 The night beast w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson a:Allen Nunis 10 Jul 93 The return of Ben Kenobi w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis 11 Aug 93 The return of Ben Kenobi, The power gem w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 12 Sep 93 The power gem, Iceworld w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Bret Blevins 13 Oct 93 Iceworld w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Tom Yeates 14 Nov 93 w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson 15 Dec 93 w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis 16 Feb 94 w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis 17 Mar 94 w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Mark Schultz 18 Apr 94 w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:Allen Nunis 19 May 94 w:Archie Goodwin a:Al Williamson c:George Evans 20 Jun 94 (double-size, last issue of series) Bagged with Topps Star Wars promotional trading card Jun 94 Classic Star Wars Volume One Collects first seven issues in trade paperback. Introduction by Archie Goodwin; new cover and sketchbook by Al Williamson. The remaining issues will be collected in two additional volumes. Jun 95 Classic Star Wars Volume Two: The Rebel Storm w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson a:Nunis Collection of CSW issues. Trade pb. Classic Star Wars (movie adaptations) Prestige format, recolored reprints of Marvel Star Wars movie adaptations. A New Hope w:Roy Thomas a:Howard Chaykin a:Steve Leialoha c:Art Adams 1 Jun 94 Part 1 2 Jul 94 Part 2 The Empire Strikes Back w:Al Williamson a:Archie Goodwin a:Carlos Garzon 1 Aug 94 Part 1 2 Sep 94 Part 2 (Boba Fett cover by Cam Kennedy) The Return of the Jedi wc:Al Williamson a:Archie Goodwin a:Carlos Garzon c:Adam Hughes c:Matthew Hollingsworth 1 Oct 94 (Bagged with a Topps SW promo card) 2 Nov 94 Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures Recolored, reformatted reprints of the LA Times Syndicate comic strip by Russ Manning, circa Mar 79-Oct 80. Manning's work preceded the Goodwin/Williamson run. Nine issues. 1 Aug 94 Gambler's World wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Michael Allred 2 Sep 94 Gambler's World wa:Russ Manning ac:Rick Hoberg 3 Oct 94 Gambler's World wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Eric Shanower Bagged with a Topps SW promo card. 4 Nov 94 Tatooine Sojourn wa:Russ Manning ac:Rick Hoberg 5 Dec 94 Princess Leia, Imperial Servant wa:Russ Manning ac:Rick Hoberg a:Brian Snoddy 6 Jan 95 The Second Kessel Run wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg a:Brian Snoddy c:Eric Shanower 7 Feb 95 Bring Me the Children wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Nelson 8 Mar 95 As Long as We Live wa:Russ Manning a:Rick Hoberg c:Kilian Plunkett 9 Apr 95 The Frozen World of Ota Boba Fett cover. wa:Russ Manning wa:Rick Hoberg a:Dave Stevens a:Alfredo Alcala c:Kilian Plunkett Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission Mar 95 Originally published as "Supply and Demand", by Marvel Comics, Star Wars #98, Aug 1985. w:Archie Goodwin ac:Al Williamson Dark Horse Comics Color anthology series. Tales of the Jedi: The saga of Nomi Sunrider w:Tom Veitch a:Janine Johnston These issues were collected in Tales of the Jedi #3, re-colored and with a slightly revised script. 7 Feb 93 Part 1 (Jedi cover by Joe Phillips) 8 Mar 93 Part 2 9 Apr 93 Part 3 Droids w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushyusky 17 Jan 94 Part 1 (Droids cover by Hughes) 18 Feb 94 Part 2 19 Mar 94 Part 3 Collected in Droids: Special and Droids trade paperback. Dark Horse Insider Publisher's b&w, comic book format preview series. Tales of the Jedi: Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast-Wars of Onderon w:Tom Veitch a:Chris Gossett Two pages of b&w art in each issue. This twelve-page story is collected in the first twelve pages of Tales of the Jedi #1 with color and slight script revisions. 15 Part 1 16 Part 2 17 Part 3 18 Jun 93 Part 4 19 Part 5 20 Part 6 30 Apr 94 Star Wars feature ? 31 May 94 Star Wars feature ? ? Aug 94? Dark Lords of the Sith preview 37 Dec 94 Star Wars feature ? Tales of the Jedi Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon w:Tom Veitch a:Chris Gossett a:Mike Barreiro c:Dave Dorman 1 Oct 93 Part 1 2 Nov 93 Part 2 The saga of Nomi Sunrider w:Tom Veitch a:Janine Johnston c:Dave Dorman 3 Dec 93 Part 1 a:David Roach 4 Jan 94 Part 2 5 Feb 94 Part 3 Tales of the Jedi Gold Edition Issues 1-5 were published in a gold embossed set, 7500 copies. Sold by QVC. Tales of the Jedi: The Collection Aug 94 Collects issues 1-5 in trade paperback. Cover by Hugh Fleming. ISBN 1-56971-020-1 Second printing, Mar 95 Tales of the Jedi: Freedon Nadd Uprising w:Tom Veitch a:Tony Akins a:Denis Rodier c:Dave Dorman 1 Aug 94 Part 1 of 2 2 Sep 94 Part 2 of 2 Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith Sep 94 Topps Special Ashcan Edition b&w aschcan comic w:Tom Veitch a:Chris Gossett a:Bob Wiacek c:Hugh Fleming Book I 1 Oct 94 Masters and Students of the Force Bagged with a Topps SW promo card. w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Mike Barreiro c:Hugh Fleming 2 Nov 94 The Quest for the Sith w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign c:Hugh Fleming 3 Dev 94 Descent to the Dark Side w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign c:Hugh Fleming 4 Jan 95 Death of a Dark Jedi w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign c:Hugh Fleming 5 Feb 95 w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Chris Gossett a:Jordi Ensign c:Hugh Fleming 6 Mar 95 Jedi Assault w:Tom Veitch w:Kevin Anderson a:Jordi Ensign a:Art Wetherell c:Hugh Fleming Droids 1 Apr 94 Part 1 w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushynsky c:Cam Kennedy 2 May 94 Part 2 w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushynsky c:Kilian Plunkett 3 Jun 94 Part 3 w:Dan Thorsland a:Ian Gibson c:Kilian Plunkett 4 Jul 94 Part 4 w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Mushynsky c:Kilian Plunkett 5 Aug 94 Part 5 w:Ryder Windham a:Ian Gibson c:Kilian Plunkett 6 Sep 94 Part 6, conclusion w:Dan Thorsland a:Bill Hughes a:Andy Mushynsky Droids: Special Jan 95? Reprint of story published in DHC 17-19. w:Thorsland a:B. Hughes a:Mushynsky c:Kilian Plunkett Droids Apr 95 Collection of DHC #17-19, Droids #1-6 and the 8-page story from SWGM #1. Foil-enhanced cover by Kilian Plunkett. ISBN 1-56971-064-3. Trade pb. Droids Volume Two w:Ryder Windham a:Ian Gibson c:Kilian Plunkett 1 Apr 95 Rebellion, Part 1 of 4 2 May 95 Rebellion, Part 2 of 4 3 Jun 95 Rebellion, Part 3 of 4 Jabba the Hutt 1 Mar 95 The Gaar Suppoon Hit w:Jim Woodring a:Art Wetherell a:Monty Sheldon c:Steve Bissette c:Cam Kennedy Jun 95 The hunger of Pricess Nampi w:Jim Woodring a:Art Wetherell a:Monty Sheldon c:Mark Harrison River of Chaos w:Louise Simonson ac:June Brigman ac:Roy Richardson 1 Jun 95 Part 1 of 4 2 Jul 95 Part 2 of 4 X-Wing: Rogue Squadron Monthly series featuring Wedge Antilles. 1 Jul 95 w:Mike Stackpole w:Mike Baron a:Nunis a:Andy Mushynsky c: Dave Dorman Dark Horse International (UK) ----------------------------- Star Wars Magazine format anthology series. 1 Oct 92 Star Wars: Dark Empire, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Two Star Wars trading cards from an exclusive six-card set; album for storing the trading card set. 2 Nov 92 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis Interview with Timothy Zahn; two trading cards. 3 Dec 92 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis Article on Vima da Boda; last two trading cards. 4 Jan 93 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis Interview with Tom Veitch 5 Feb 93 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis Article on the Jedi Holocron; interview with George Lucas. 6 Mar 93 Dark Empire, Fate of Atlantis 7 Apr 93 The bounty hunter of Ord Mantell (from CSW), Tales of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil. Star Wars pin mounted on cover. 8 May 93 Bounty hunter, Tales of the Jedi, Sea Devil 9 Jun 93 Darth Vader strikes (from CSW), Tales of the Jedi, Sea Devil. Profile of Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. 10 Jul 93 Darth Vader strikes, Tales of the Jedi, Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient. Overview of Zahn novels. No issues have been solicited since issue #10 (Sep 93). Topps Comics ------------ Star Wars Galaxy Magazine Newsstand and Direct Market editions. Newsstand editions don't come with the bagged items. 1 Fall 94 Premiere issue is bagged with a Star Wars trading card, a Boba Fett poster, and a Dark Horse Comics ashcan edition of Dark Lords of the Sith #1. Contains "Double your Star Wars pleasure" by Charlie Novinskie, an article on Dark Horse Star Wars comics, pp. 42-45; a checklist of Dark Horse Star Wars comics; Star Wars: Droids (w:Ryder Windham a:Bill Hughes), a comic adventure, pp. 46-53; and an illustrated excerpt from "The Crystal Star" by Vonda McIntyre. Boba Fett cover. 2 Winter 95 Contains "The Saga According to Dave Dorman" by Gary Geran, an interview with the comic artist, pp. 16-21. Cover by Dave Dorman. Also an illustrated excerpt from the NPR adaptation of Star Wars, by Brian Daley, art by Mike Allred; an illustrated role-playing game adventure, art by Chris Moeller; "Star Wars ... on a daily basis", by Charlie Novinskie, an article on Al Williamson, Star Wars newspaper strip creator, pp. 42-45; a comic adventure, "Tales of Mos Eisley" (w:Bruce Jones a:Bret Blevins). Bagged with a Millenium Falcon poster, a Topps promo card, a Topps large format promo card, and an X-Files #1 ashcan comic. 3 Spring 1995 Contains "Marvelously Silly Aliens" by Charlie Novinskie, an article on Marvel's campy comics aliens, pp. 38-41; and a "Tales of Mos Eisley" comic (w:Bruce Jones a:Bret Blevins), pp. 42-49. Also an illustrated excerpt from "Children of the Jedi" by Barbara Hambly with illustrations by Vince Locke. Bagged with a Star Wars aliens poster, two Topps promo cards and a pog. 4 Summer 1995 The Empire Strikes Back 15th Anniversary issue. Contains an excerpt from the NPR dramatization of TESB by Brian Daley with illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie; a "Tales of Mos Eisley" comic (w:Bruce Jones a:Bret Blevins), pp 42-49; and "Illustrating Empire" by Gary Gerani, interviews with Star Wars comics artists Al Williamson, Carmine Infantino, and others. Bagged with a Hoth poster and two Topps promo cards. Capital City Distribution ------------------------- Advance Comics V? #? Aug 94 Dark Lords of the Sith preview (different from above) Comics Shop News ---------------- Comics Debut 4 Sep 93 Tales of the Jedi preview This issue may not have been published ? Diamond Comic Distributors -------------------------- Previews V4 #8 Aug 94 Dark Lords of the Sith preview, pp. 56-59 V5 #5 May 95 X-Wing Rogue Squadron preview, pp. 105-6 Copyright Notice ---------------- This article is Copyright 1995 by Mark L.B. Martinez. It may be freely redistributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. 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