Not yet reviewed
This run is in the catalogue but has not been written up. Everything above is verified publication data; there is no opinion here yet, and a placeholder review would be worse than none.
Original generated cover art — not a reproduction of any published cover
Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures
The Russ Manning newspaper strips of 1979 and 1980, coloured and reformatted — the earliest post-A New Hope adventures anyone published, back when nobody knew what the sequel would be.
Nine issues from August 1994 to April 1995 reprinting Manning’s black-and-white dailies with new colour, plus material completed by Rick Hoberg. Collected as a 240-page trade paperback in May 1997.
Every issue
Issue list — 9 of 9 catalogued
Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.
| # | Title | Cover date | Writer | Artist | Cover artist | Arc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | August 1994 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg | Michael Allred | — | |
| 2 | — | September 1994 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg | Mike Grell and Rick Hoberg | — | |
| 3 | — | October 1994 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg | Eric Shanower | — | |
| 4 | — | November 1994 | Steve Gerber | Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg | Rick Hoberg | — | |
| 5 | — | December 1994 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning, Brian Snoddy, and Rick Hoberg | Rick Hoberg | — | |
| 6 | — | January 1995 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning, Brian Snoddy, Rick Hoberg | Eric Shanower | — | |
| 7 | — | February 1995 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning, Brian Snoddy, and Rick Hoberg | Mischa McDowell and Rick Hoberg | — | |
| 8 | — | March 1995 | Russ Manning | Russ Manning | Kilian Plunkett | — | |
| 9 | — | April 1995 | Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg | Russ Manning and Rick Hoberg | Kilian Plunkett | — |
In print
Collected editions — 1
Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.
| Edition | Format | Publisher | Year | Collects | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures | TPB | Dark Horse Comics | 1997 | Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #1-9 | 9781569711781 |
- Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures — 240 pages, May 1997.
Dossiers
Who is in it
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
Luke Skywalker
The farm boy the whole shelf is built around — and the character the two continuities disagree about most.
Leia Organa
A politician first, a fighter by necessity, and the character the novels have served best.
Han Solo
The genre’s most durable scoundrel, and a surprisingly hard character to write well in prose.
