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
Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
A single treasury-sized volume carrying the complete Empire Strikes Back adaptation, published as issue 2 because there never was an issue 1.
The numbering continues from the three 1977–78 Star Wars treasuries rather than starting again. It contains the same story as Marvel Super Special 16 and shipped at about the same time, which is why no source will tell you confidently which of the two is the first edition.
Every issue
Issue list — 1 of 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | The Empire Strikes Back | May 1980 | Archie Goodwin | Al Williamson & Carlos Garzon | — | — | The complete Empire Strikes Back adaptation at treasury size, later serialised as Star Wars (1977) 39–44. There is no issue 1: the title began at 2 so the numbering would follow on from the three Star Wars treasuries of 1977–78. |
In print
Collected editions
No collected edition of this run has been catalogued here yet.
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.
Darth Vader
Two characters in one suit, and the publishing programme has spent fifty years arguing about the seam.
