Star Wars #81 [Direct]
(March 1984)

Marvel, 1977 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-11-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Eliot R. Brown (credited as Eliot Brown) (sourced) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor in chief); James Galton (credited as James E. Galton) (president); Stan Lee (credited) (publisher); Michael Hobson (credited) (vice-president, publishing); Milton Schiffman (credited) (vice-president, production)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes (Fantagraphics, 1981 series) #36 (December 1983), with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-12-13.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Star Wars / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Palmer (signed as PALMER) (painting)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed as PALMER) (painting)
Colors
Tom Palmer (signed as PALMER) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
C-3PO; Chewbacca; Boba Fett; Princess Leia Organa; R2-D2; Han Solo; Jawas
Reprints
Keywords
bowcaster; Millennium Falcon; Sandcrawler

Jawas of Doom (Table of Contents: 1)

Star Wars / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jo Duffy (credited) (script, plot)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited as Palmer) (finishes); Tom Mandrake (credited as Mandrake) (finishes)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein) (miscredited, see notes); ? (actual)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's me!
Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
C-3PO; Lando Calrissian; Chewbacca; Boba Fett (first full appearance in comics); Princess Leia Organa; R2-D2; Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Ewoks
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The first post-Return of the Jedi issue. Han Solo's first non-flashback appearance since issue 44 of the series.

Glynis Oliver (as "Glynis Wein") is mistakenly credited with coloring this story, correction printed in issue #85.

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

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

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

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

Script
Eliot R. Brown (credited as Eliot Brown) (assistant editor); Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Matthew Graves, CK, Allen Wells, Anthony Padilla, David Riley, Cecilia Garcia, Norman Weathers, Daniel Vander Plaats, and Joe Herndon.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Star Wars
  2. 1. Jawas of Doom
    Star Wars
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Star-Words
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Samuels
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson