Star Wars #27 [Direct]
(September 1979)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-06-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited as J. Shooter) (editor-in-chief); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Return of the Hunter! (Table of Contents)

Star Wars / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Luke Skywalker; C-3PO; Valance
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Return of the Hunter (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Wars / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (credited)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as P. Goldberg)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
C-3PO; General Dodonna; Princess Leia Organa; Luke Skywalker; Marko Tyne; Valance; Skinker; Polyp
Synopsis
Valance finally locates Luke Skywalker but the droid-hating bounty hunter isn't prepared to see C-3PO's genuine concern for Luke.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Star-Words / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Star-Words

Indexer Notes

Located between story pages 11 and 12.

Letters from: Peter Sanderson, L. Stephen Borer, and Kevin Cichoski.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Return of the Hunter!
    Star Wars
  2. 1. Return of the Hunter
    Star Wars
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Star-Words
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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