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Issue: Star Wars #40
Publication Date: October 1980
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Issues: #40 of 107 Issues (274 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin (Editor); Danny Fingeroth (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagLa Guerre des Etoiles #[nn] published January 1980 as La Bataille [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Battleground Hoth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Williamson; Carlos Garzon
Inker(s): Al Williamson; Carlos Garzon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Wars
Character(s): Luke Skywalker
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Williamson and Garzon both pencil and ink.
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Battleground Hoth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archie Goodwin
Penciller(s): Al Williamson; Carlos Garzan; Rick Veitch (walkers)
Inker(s): Al Williamson; Carlos Garzon
Colorist(s): Glynis Wein
Letterer(s): Rick Veitch
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Star Wars
Character(s): Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Chewbacca; Princess Leia; C-3PO; R2D2; General Dodonna; Dack (death); Darth Vader; Stormtroopers
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagO Incrível Hulk #25 published July 1985
as Batalha em Hoth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagClassic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back #1 published August 1994
as The Empire Strikes Back part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Super Special #16 published January 1980
was The Empire Strikes Back [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of movie adaptation; based on the movie script. Williamson and Garzon both pencil and ink. Veitch credit per 2009 interview.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Star-Words
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Mighty Marvel Checklist
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33

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