Star Wars Weekly
#61
(25 April 1979)
Marvel UK,
1978 Series
- Price
- 0.10 GBP
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- Weekly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Ltd.
- Brand
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Marvel Comics Group
- Editing
- Dez Skinn (editor)
Return of the Hunter!
Star Wars / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Luke Skywalker; C-3PO; Beilert Valance
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art credits from the original artwork, as submitted by Mike Burkey through the GCD Errors list, July 2009.
[no title indexed]
Star Wars / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Win a day at the filming of the new Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- C-3PO; R2-D2
Return of the Hunter
Star Wars / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Archie Goodwin
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Bob Wiacek
- Colors
- Howard Bender (tones)
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin
- Genre
- science fiction; adventure
- Characters
- Beilert Valance; Marko Tyne; Skinner; Luke Skywalker; C-3PO
- Reprints
-
from Star Wars (Marvel, 1977 series) #27 (September 1979) [pages 1-7 only]
-
Meet the Micronauts
Micronauts / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Baron Karza; Bug; Acroyear; Prince Shaitan; Biotron; Microtron; The Shadow Priests; Time Traveler
Indexer Notes
Introduces the cast of Micronauts with panels clipped from previous stories.
[no title indexed]
Micronauts / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo
- Pencils
- Michael Golden (breakdowns); Joe Rubinstein (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Ray Coffin; Steve Coffin; Commander Arcturus Rann; Marionette; Bug; Microtron; Biotron; Acroyear; Prince Shaitan; Muffin; Philip Prometheus; Baron Karza
- Synopsis
- Slug is sent to the Body Banks and begins her search for Prince Argon. While the Micronauts search for Bug at the Coffin residence and the Coffin family, with a stowawayed Bug, bring the remains of a Wing Fighter to Phillip Prometheus at the Human Engineering Life Laboratories (H.E.L.L.).
- Reprints
- from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #4 (April 1979) [11 pages only]
-
- Keywords
- Endeavor; H.E.L.L.; Microverse; Spacewall
Homeworld Microship Endeavor
Micronauts / character profile / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Micronauts (Marvel, 1979 series) #4 (April 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Schematic with notes.
Credits from index of original issue.
The Thing from Planet X
Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Uatu the Watcher
- Synopsis
- Space explorers fall under the mental sway of a sentient plant that they collect. After destroying the ship to save Earth, they say the crash was accidental, since they wouldn’t be believed.
- Reprints
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959)
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Indexer Notes
One panel of the Watcher inserted, identifying him as the story's narrator.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Return of the Hunter!
Star Wars -
1.
["Win a day at the filming of the new Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back"]
Star Wars -
2.
Return of the Hunter
Star Wars -
3.
Meet the Micronauts
Micronauts -
4.
[no title indexed]
Micronauts -
5.
Homeworld Microship Endeavor
Micronauts -
6.
The Thing from Planet X
Tales of the Watcher
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- Peter Croome
- Steve Dasinger
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- Richard Thomson
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