(20 February 1980)

Marvel UK, 1978 Series
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Price
0.12 GBP
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
Weekly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Star Wars / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Wiacek ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Stormtroopers; C-3PO; R2-D2; Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa
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The Weapons Master! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Steve Mitchell
Colors
Howard Bender (tonist)
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; C-3PO; R2-D2; Giles Durane; Gimlet; Torgas; Emir; Stormtroopers
Synopsis
Leia helps save Luke and the droids during a mission which causes them to wonder why she's such a great combatant despite her planet Alderaan having no weapons. Leia recounts the story of how Giles Durane was hired to teach her how to fight while the Imperials' agent Emir hired Torgas to have Leia killed.
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Keywords
blasters; Challon

Star Profile No 4: Harrison Ford (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Luke Skywalker (photo of Mark Hamill); Leia Organa (photo of Carrie Fisher); Han Solo (photo of Harrison Ford); Chewbacca (photo of Peter Mayhew); C-3PO (photo of Anthony Daniels)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Star Wars / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Chaykin
Inks
Tony DeZuniga

Genre
science fiction; adventure
Characters
Darth Vader; Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia
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Indexer Notes

Full page illustration.

[The Man Who Sold the World!] (Table of Contents: 4)

Deathlok / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Rich Buckler (layouts); Keith Pollard; Bob McLeod
Inks
Rich Buckler; Keith Pollard; Bob McLeod; Al Milgrom
Letters
Charlotte Jetter

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Deathlok [Luther Manning]; Major Simon Ryker; Mike Travers; Nina Ferry
Synopsis
Deathlok trails the mobster who knows which doctor turned him into a cyborg but is unable to get to him before he is killed. Deathlok vows to follow the money trail to the doctor if possible. Mike Travers thinks he has rescued Nina Ferry but she is still plugged into the Omni-Computer and their progress is being tracked by Major Ryker.
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Indexer Notes

Inks credit for Al Milgrom from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (2 January 2008), Gaspar Saladino Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index #7B.

Beware of the...Robots! (Table of Contents: 5)

Tales of the Watcher / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
Pencils
Al Williamson (signed)
Inks
Al Williamson (signed)
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
T-275
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Joe Hughes
Synopsis
A man writes anti-robot articles about his replacement at a factory by a robot. He becomes a famous writer, and realizes that the robot actually freed him to pursue his true calling.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Star Wars
  2. 1. The Weapons Master!
    Star Wars
  3. 2. Star Profile No 4: Harrison Ford
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Star Wars
  5. 4. [The Man Who Sold the World!]
    Deathlok
  6. 5. Beware of the...Robots!
    Tales of the Watcher
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