Star Wars #8 [Regular Edition]
(February 1978)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860281702
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited as Roy T.) (editor); Archie Goodwin (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

Some issues have the Pizzaz magazine centerfold subscription offer.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Eight Against a World! (Table of Contents)

Star Wars / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Han Solo; Chewbacca; Jaxxon; Amaiza Foxtrain; Don-Wan Kihotay
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Eight for Aduba-3 (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Howard Chaykin (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Tom Palmer (credited as T. Palmer)
Letters
John Costanza (credited as J. Costanza)
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Han Solo; Chewbacca; Serji-X Arrogantus; Hedji; Jaxxon; Amaiza Foxtrain; Don-Wan Kihotay; Jimm Doshun "Starkiller Kid"; FE-9Q "Effie"; Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; C-3PO; R2-D2; Obi-Wan Kenobi (flashback); Darth Vader (flashback)
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Indexer Notes

The name and appearance of Serji-X Arrogantus was based on Sergio Aragonés (Groo the Wanderer, Bat-Lash, Mad Magazine)

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Star-Words

Indexer Notes

Letters from Don DeContreras, Richard J. Bakowski, Steve Pipe, Elbert B. Franklin, Burt Glass. Located between story pages 11 and 12.

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

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

The Ding-a-Ling Family (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Eight Against a World!
    Star Wars
  2. 1. Eight for Aduba-3
    Star Wars
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Star-Words
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. The Ding-a-Ling Family
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor
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