1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The Jetpack Stormtroopers have landed, and the Star Destroyers are back. Back—hoovering up more stuff with their tractor beams! (Maybe they missed a bit last time?) I should probably remind you, readers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Han and Chewie check out of the operation room (?) after the R-Bomb detonates, and prepare to meet a new Imperial threat from the skies: Jetpack Stormtroopers! More Prescience! Similar to The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Han and Chewie pull through after Hawkeye Pierce & Co. do their stuff! Art Notes, etc I like this page a lot. It’s cute and it also has a bit of tension[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 The young me is going for shock value as a budding comic writer. Who’s going to ‘get it’ next? It appears that I was getting a bit experimental with this page. There’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1978 or ’79 | age 10 or 11 Luke goes in, X-Wing Fighter guns blazing, and seems to scare away all of the Star Destroyers. What gives? Genuine Suspense! What do you think the ‘r’ in R-Bomb stands for? Answers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? Han complains about the lousy dream he’s in—and spoils my fun. And so, a young boy’s Star Wars dream ends. As does the nightmare of reading this comic. But I was clearly enjoying it at the time.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? Solo flees—after murdering the dancing Stormtroopers—via a pane of glass. Still no Gun Control in Mos Eisley? 3 innocent Imperials now lie dead after putting their differences aside and calling a truce, for the greater cause of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? Han bursts into the Cantina discoteque, sees the Stormtroopers, who’ve called a truce—for the shared love of disco—and then murders them. Stormtroopers Lettin’ Their Hair Down! I couldn’t imagine working in the blazing Tatooine heat, in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 10/11, 1979/1980? The hot hits blasting from Mos Eisley Cantina Disco have attracted Imperial attention… and Han Solo prefers punk rock? Yep, it’s Wuher’s cantina like you’ve never ever seen it before! I wonder why? Jabba’s latest hit, “Does[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age 14/15? | 1982/83? Oh wow… a Who’s Who Page! I have very fond memories of poring over the Who’s Who page on the inside cover of Marvel’s British Star Wars Weekly comic when I was 9 years old. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…