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Howard Chaykin

DC Jul 1972

Young Love #97

Young Love #97
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First professionally published artwork in the comic book industry by Howard Chaykin in a story titled 'Recipe for Romance'
Chaykin previously published work under the pseudonym Eric Pave for fanzines
DC Apr 1973

Sword of Sorcery #2

Sword of Sorcery #2
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First professionally published inks in the comic book industry by Joe Rubinstein, uncredited - Rubinstein provided inks on page 13 according to a description of the original art
Atlas (Paramount) Feb 1975

Scorpion #1

Scorpion #1
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1st appearance of The Scorpion, an immortal who changed his identity to suit the times
Chaykin would later bring the character to Marvel as Dominic Fortune
Marvel Jun 1977

Star Wars #3

Whitman
Star Wars #3
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1st cover appearance of Han Solo and Chewbacca
Whitman edition with UPC in bottom left corner
There is a theory the earliest Whitman 3-pack issues of Star Wars #1 - #3 were printed with UPC codes but they confused the grocery store scanners and were left off later printings
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

Star Wars #1
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Issues #1 - #6 are an adaptation of 'Star Wars: A New Hope'
1st appearance of Darth Vader
1st appearance of Luke Skywalker
1st appearance of Princess Leia
1st appearance of C-3PO and R2-D2
1st appearance of Grand Moff Tarkin
1st appearance of Beru and Owen Lars
1st appearance of General Tagge
Introduction of Stormtroopers
1st cover appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi and Han Solo (not in story)
📖 Reading Order: read Star Wars (1977) #1 - #6, then Princess Leia #1
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

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$0.35 price variant
Estimated to have fewer than 1,000 copies in existence
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

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Star Wars #1
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Reprint of Star Wars #1 identified by the $0.30 cover price in a square box, the word 'REPRINT' below the price and the inclusion of a UPC code
Labeled by CGC as REPRINT
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

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Star Wars #1
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Reprint of Star Wars #1 (1977)
Distributed in $0.99 polybagged multipacks
Indicated as a reprint by interior copyright information
Labeled by CGC as Multi-Pack Edition
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

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Star Wars #1
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$0.30 Whitman edition as identified by the diamond shape in the upper left corner box with UPC barcode in lower left corner
Extremely rare, possibly the earliest printing of issues polybagged in multipacks, distributed by Whitman with a barcode that may have caused confusion at the register resulting in later printings with a blank UPC
Value unknown
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

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Star Wars #1
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$0.35 Whitman edition as identified by the diamond shape in the upper left corner box with UPC barcode in lower left corner
Extremely rare, possibly the earliest printing of issues polybagged in multipacks, distributed by Whitman with a barcode that may have caused confusion at the register resulting in later printings with a blank UPC
Value unknown
Marvel Jul 1977

Star Wars #1

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Star Wars #1
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Filipino edition sold exclusively at Alemar's Bookstore
No price/issue number or bar code, Alemar's branding on back cover
Marvel Aug 1977

Star Wars #2

Star Wars #2
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1st appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi, in story
1st appearance of Han Solo, in story
1st appearance of Chewbacca
1st appearance of Greedo, a bounty hunter
1st appearance of the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star
1st appearance of a character named Jabba the Hutt but visually different from the movie due to a change in the character's design. Later it is explained to have been a different character named Mosep
Marvel Sep 1977

Star Wars #1

Whitman
Star Wars #1
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Reprint of Star Wars #1 (1977), indicated by the word 'REPRINT' in the upper left corner box
Distributed in $0.99 polybagged multipacks
Labeled by CGC as REPRINT/Multi-Pack Edition
Marvel Sep 1977

Star Wars #1

Whitman
Star Wars #1
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$0.35 Whitman edition as identified by the diamond shape in the upper left corner box with UPC barcode in lower left corner
Extremely rare, possibly the earliest printing of issues polybagged in multipacks, distributed by Whitman with a barcode that may have caused confusion at the register resulting in later printings with a blank UPC
Value unknown
Marvel Oct 1977

Pizzazz Magazine #1

Pizzazz Magazine #1
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First original Star Wars comic book story, not an adaptation of the film as is the case for the first arc of Marvel's 1977 Star Wars series
Three-page story that kicked off a nine part serialized story titled The Keepers World
Kosei Ono Jan 1978

Star Wars

International
Star Wars
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Japanese language edition
Softcover collection of Star Wars #1 - #6
Marvel UK Feb 1978

Star Wars Weekly #1

Star Wars Weekly #1
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Partial reprint of Star Wars #1 (1977) distributed in the United Kingdom
Includes an X-Fighter paper cut-out model making this edition harder to find as a complete issue
Includes Star Wars movie character biographies
Partial reprint of Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #1

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