Star Wars #4 [30¢ Reprint Edition]

(October 1977)

In Battle with Darth Vader (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited); George Lucas (credited) (original story)

Pencils

Howard Chaykin (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

Carl Gafford (credited in the book to Steve Leialoha)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never mind the complaints, Chewie-- just keeping firing!

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

C-3PO; Chewbacca; Obi-Wan Kenobi; Princess Leia Organa; R2-D2; Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Darth Vader [Anakin Skywalker]; Stormtroopers

Synopsis

Luke, Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca are trapped in the garbage chute. Obi-Wan turns off the tractor beam and has a final confrontation with Darth Vader as the group reaches the Millenium Falcon.

Reprints

• in Krieg der Sterne (BSV - Williams, 1978 series) #2
• in Ο Πόλεμος των Άστρων [Star Wars] (Kabanas Hellas, 1977 ? series) #2
• in Stjärnornas krig (Semic, 1977 series) #1 (1977)
• in Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars (Marvel, 1977 series) #2 (1977)
• in The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars (Random House, 1977 series) (November 1977)
• in La Guerre des Etoiles (Editions Lug, 1977 series) #[nn] (4e trimestre 1977)
• in Star Wars Weekly (Marvel UK, 1978 series) #7 (22 March 1978) [Pages 1-8], #8 (29 March 1978) [pages 8-17]
• in Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars (Marvel, 1977 series) #3 (1978)
• in Clásicos del Cine (Editorial Novaro, 1956 series) #301 (13 de agosto de 1978)
• in Marvel Movie Showcase (Marvel, 1982 series) #2 (December 1982)
• in Classic Star Wars: A New Hope (Dark Horse, 1994 series) #2 (July 1994)
• in Classic Star Wars: A New Hope (Dark Horse, 1995 series) (1995)
• in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... (Dark Horse, 2002 series) #1 - Doomworld (June 2002)
• in Star Wars (Dark Horse, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Star Wars Comic Pack (Dark Horse, 2006 series) #5 (May 2006)
• in Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (June 2010)
• in Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2015 series) #1 (2015)
• in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Marvel, 2015 series) (2015) [recolored]
which is reprinted
• in Star Wars : un nouvel espoir (Panini France, 2016 series) (août 2016)
• in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Star Wars (Marvel, 2017 series) #[4] - Episode IV - A New Hope (2017)
• in Komiksy Star Wars kolekcja (De Agostini Deutschland, 2018 series) #1 - Klasyczne opowieści 1 ([styczeń] 2018)

Keywords

Death Star; Galactic Civil War; lightsaber; Millennium Falcon; The Force

Indexer Notes

Part 4 of the George Lucas' Star Wars (1977) movie adaptation.

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

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Special Note: 'Twas no surprise to Roy and Howie...

Feature Logo

Star-Words

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Ann Nichols, Vincent McCallion, Mark Morpy, Tom Trent, Abraham Rodriguez Jr., Michael Biegel, and Ken Sem. Editorial note also acknowledges new letters page title was suggested by Mark Ernst. Located between story pages 11 and 12.

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

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

Script

Stan Lee; ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items. Located between story pages 15 and 16.