Star Wars #2 [30¢]
(August 1977)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977-05-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By The Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860281708
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Luke Skywalker Strikes Back! (Table of Contents)

Star Wars / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rick Hoberg (sourced)
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Tom Palmer ?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Swing that lightsabre, Ben-- or we're finished!
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Obi-Wan Kenobi; Luke Skywalker
Reprints
Keywords
Cantina

Indexer Notes

Cover pencil credit was originally credited to "Howard Chaykin ?".

Six Against the Galaxy (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Wars / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited); George Lucas (credited) (original story)
Pencils
Howard Chaykin (credited)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Colors
Steve Leialoha (credited); Carl Gafford (uncredited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Luke Skywalker, youthful farmer on the yellow planet Tatooine, has been overcome by the sinister Sandpeople.
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
C-3PO; Chewbacca; Greedo; Obi-Wan Kenobi; Princess Leia Organa; R2-D2; Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Moff Wilhuff Tarkin; Darth Vader [Anakin Skywalker]; Stormtroopers [1047; Davin Felth; unnamed ones]; Garindan; Ponda Baba; Moradmin Bast; Doctor Cornelius; Kabe; Garouf Lafoe; Nabrun Leids; Zi Motti; Tzizvvt; Urorrur'r'r; Wioslea; Wuher; Mosep Binneed [as Jabba the Hut]
Reprints
Keywords
Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina; Death Star I; Docking Bay 94; Imperial-class Star Destroyer; Jundland Wastes; lightsaber; Millennium Falcon; Mos Eisley; RA-7 protocol droid; Sandcrawler; Star Destroyer; Tatooine; The Force; X-34 landspeeder

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of the George Lucas' Star Wars (1977) movie adaptation.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Obituary for Bob Brown. Between pages 16 and 17 of this issue’s story.

Spider-Man and Madam Web! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everyone thinks I'm to blame.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Madame Web [Cassandra Webb]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Between pages 16 and 17 of this issue’s story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Luke Skywalker Strikes Back!
    Star Wars
  2. 1. Six Against the Galaxy
    Star Wars
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Spider-Man and Madam Web!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore