The Empire Strikes Back Weekly #139

(October 22, 1980)

[The Third Law] (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Wars / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Larry Hama

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (breakdowns); Carlos Garzón (finished art)

Inks

Carlos Garzón

Letters

Rick Parker

Editing

Louise Simonson

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Leia Organa; C-3PO; R2-D2; Darth Vader; Viscount Tardi

Synopsis

Leia has a showdown with Darth Vader and springs her trap - attempting to blackmail Vader to keep him from blocking Tardi's loan to the Rebellion. However, Vader has an ace up his sleeve.

Reprints

• in Star Wars (Marvel, 1977 series) #48 (June 1981)
which is reprinted
• in Krieg der Sterne (Egmont Ehapa, 1979 series) #12 - Revolution in der Robot-Welt!
• in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #48 (10 janvier 1983)
• in Star Wars (Semic, 1983 series) #2/1987 (uke 6 1987)
• in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... (Dark Horse, 2002 series) #3 - Resurrection of Evil (November 2002)
• in Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (September 2010)
• in Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #2 (2015)
• in True Believers: Star Wars - Vader vs. Leia (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (February 2020)

Keywords

Aargau; blaster; crown jewels of Alderaan; lightsaber

The War of the Worlds! (Table of Contents: 2)

Killraven; War of the Worlds / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (Plot); Neal Adams (Plot); Gerry Conway (Script)

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Frank Chiaramonte

Letters

John Costanza

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Killraven [Jonathan Raven] (introduction, origin); The Keeper [Dr. Raker]; The Martians (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Keeper tells Killraven how the Martians came to Earth.

Reprints

• from Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #18 (May 1973) [pages 1-4]

Keywords

Mars

Indexer Notes

Series concept by Roy Thomas, original plot and lead character by Neal Adams. Some concepts taken from H.G. Wells's novel.

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

Cosmic Feedback / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Cyril

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Carlos Garzón

Letters

typeset

[Six Against the Galaxy] (Table of Contents: 4)

Star Wars The Original Story / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Howard Chaykin

Inks

Steve Leialoha

Letters

Tom Orzechowski

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Tusken Raiders [Sand People]; Luke Skywalker; C-3PO; R2-D2; Obi-Wan Kenobi; Leia Organa; Darth Vader; Stormtrooper; Grand Moff Tarkin

Synopsis

Obi-Wan saves Luke from the Sand People, Vader tortures Leia and the Empire kills Luke's aunt and uncle.

Reprints

• from Star Wars (Marvel, 1977 series) #2 (August 1977) [pages 1-6]

Keywords

Landspeeder; lightsaber; Sandcrawler; Tatooine

Indexer Notes

Movie adaptation.

I Was a Prisoner of the Martians! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Letters

Marty Epp ?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Darius Wolf; Miss Smyth; Malcolm Avery

Synopsis

A bullying director is kidnapped by Martians using the science fiction movie he's filming as a cover. They're forced to land because of a malfunction, and explain that they'll have to let him go...if one of the actors or crew that he abused tries to rescue him.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #4 (July 1959)