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Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1 Kindle & comiXology

by Russ Manning (Author, Artist, Contributor), Steve Gerber (Author, Contributor), Russ Helm (Author, Contributor), Format: Kindle Edition
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Collects Star Wars Special: The Constancia Affair, Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures #1-9, Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End #1-3, Classic Star Wars #1-3, material from Classic Star Wars #4 and Star Wars newspaper strips 3/11/1979-7/26/1981.

Classic tales of Star Wars, from the funny pages to your bookshelves! Beginning in 1979, fans got a daily dose of a galaxy far, far away in their newspapers — now, with this volume, you can savor those stories without the 24-hour wait! C-3PO chronicles the adventures of the Rebel heroes! Luke takes his chances on a gambler's world! A sojourn on Tatooine is anything but peaceful! Princess Leia is put to work as an Imperial servant! Han Solo makes another Kessel Run! Han and Chewie get more than they bargained for on a job! And Boba Fett makes his comic debut!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MU9S9CM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (February 7, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 7, 2017
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Thomas Coady
5.0 out of 5 stars An intresting look at what star wars used to be
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018
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An intresting look at what star wars used to be. written right after the first film and done in newspaper comic strips it shows a differen light on the story before it became legendified and disneyified.
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Karl Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars The Ghost of Star Wars Past
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018
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While the early newspaper strips don't come close to meshing with even the old EU canon, this is still a great collection if you want a snapshot of what Star Wars was in the late 70s and early 80s, when the 1977 movie was the only background anyone had, and this material and the ongoing Marvel title were the only places you could find a continuing story. The later Al Williamson strips have a "more Star Wars" look and feel to them, and a little less of the 40s pulp style that George Lucas liked in Manning's work -- but that didn't line up with 70s Star Wars. Still a lot of Flash Gordon in there, of course, but more recognizable ships and characters. I am looking forward to the eventual Volume 2 that should have the rest of them and allow me to let go of my old single-issue Dark Horse versions.
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Zepp SuperFreak
5.0 out of 5 stars ... save in a time capsule from one of the great eras of that industry
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2018
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Enjoyable Star Wars comics all save in a time capsule from one of the great eras of that industry. A must-have for a serious collector.
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Matthew Bracher
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly complete, and recommended for what it is.
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017
Emphasis from the headline: recommended FOR WHAT IT IS.

This book is surprisingly complete. When Dark Horse Comics ran their various Classic Star Wars series, they were all edited collections of the newspaper strips from the seventies and early eighties.

The good was that most of the stories had only been available in an expensive, limited-edition hardcover set, and those that weren't part of that set had never been reprinted at all.

The bad is that they *were* edited to make a more coherent storyline. Given the nature of narrative newspaper strips, there's always the need to catch the reader up so a straight reprinting would contain quite a bit of redundancy. Sunday strips had to do a huge amount of catching readers up because some (like my parents) only purchased the Sunday paper so the story had to seem coherent with Sundays-only. However, the Sundays also allowed more space for the artist to tell the story. I haven't gone back to look, but I can only remember ONE instance of a Sunday panel making it into Classic Star Wars.

And then there were the two stories that were never reprinted at all, and the one that was butchered to fit in a freebie toy-store comic.

The great news is that the one that was butchered, and one of the ones never reprinted, are reprinted COMPLETE in this volume. They're turned sideways, since they were three-tier Sunday strips only, but they're complete. (The other, "Planet of Kadril", I *assume* is here but didn't care enough to remember to look. It's dreadful.) That's why I referred to it as surprisingly complete -- even though I can't remember about "Kadril".

UPDATE: "Kadril" is there. And, since it was never edited to comic book form; it's complete. Impressive! (Even if I don't care about that story at all.)

So for what it is I'd recommend it. If you enjoyed Classic Star Wars, it's definitely a good purchase.

If you want to experience the original strips in a better format, complete, which is what I'm waiting for...

...you'll have to wait until late April of 2017. Search Amazon for "Star Wars Russ Manning". It's more expensive, but it will be a set that reprints ALL strips, without edits, and with Sundays in their original color (where Classic Star Wars took no coloring information from the original presentation).

Second update, with all apologies to Marvel for what really is a good collection:  Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 1 .
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Michael Grabowski
2.0 out of 5 stars Boring sci-fi in the SW galaxy
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2017
I'm not a Star Wars uberfan so you can feel free to discount my opinion on that basis. (I'm far more interested as an Al Williamson fan.) What I can say is that these stories largely fail to build on any of the characteristics that made The One True Star Wars (the first film when there was only one episode) so special. This is just adventures in space starring replicas of the Star Wars characters. So much so that for the first several continuities, the human principles are dressed exactly the same as in the bulk of Star Wars, Leia in buns, Han in his vest, Luke in his desert pj's. I assume this was due to merchandising requirements or a Lucasfilm style guide that wanted to maintain their initial iconic appearances, or perhaps the syndicate insisted so the characters would look familiar on the newspaper page. But character-wise, there's little of what we saw onscreen, especially of any fun or charming attributes, reflected in the depictions here. Luke and Han are interchangeable as people, spacecraft and lightsabre notwithstanding. Leia is still a tough woman. Darth Vader doesn't show up much and doesn't do much besides give orders when he does appear. Some of the environments they visit are imaginative, as are some of the aliens seen (in the lower levels of Chewbacca's planet, for instance) but it doesn't really look great until Al Williamson handles the art duties in the last quarter of the book. (Per my bias when it comes to this book in the first place.) At that point the characters take on a more consistent look, at least, and by that point Empire had come out and either Lucasfilm or the newspaper syndicate could handle the characters dressing appropriately for their adventures.

As pointed out elsewhere the stories have been edited for comic book flow rather than scrupulously reprinting the strips as they first appeared. That flow proves to be rather choppy as if key panels as well as redundant ones have been removed. The IDW book is probably the better one for the sake of completeness. However, I prefer the coloring done for the Williamson stories, which seem to have gotten better care in that editing process than the Manning & Alcala sequences. (For one sequence, I think the Kadril story, Han and Leia have blue hair while Luke's at times is brown.)

Put it this way, this is not some great lost SW artifact if you never encountered these in the original strips or the comic book editions that this volume collects. It doesn't represent the SW very well, at least not 'til the last part, and you probably are far better off with IDW's complete strip volume(s) if you are interested in these early attempts to expand the SW galaxy.
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Joshua J. Heald
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Star Wars adventure as only Marvel could deliver!
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2021
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The continuing adventures of Luke, Han and Leia following the destruction of the Death Star! The heroes of the Rebellion visit new exotic planets and tangle with ruthless bounty hunters, thwart Imperial assassins, and evade the clutches of Darth Vader! This collection of Marvel comic stripes from the late 1970s is epic escapism at it's best! May the Force be with you!
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ACFRESHIII
5.0 out of 5 stars EVERYTHING Star Wars that is not current starwars is just a delight
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2023
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Tired of poorly written new content and NO LUCAS can now rejoice. ANY Legends material would have/and will be FANTASTIC for future Star Wars movies/Streaming. All this classic material is so fun and have full thought out story arcs. Sadly lacking in todays Bantha PooDoo.
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Feetman
5.0 out of 5 stars Listen, Mr. Hot Shoe Space-Jockey ...
Reviewed in Germany on October 31, 2022
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... wir wissen wer gemeint ist, denn wer kann es anderes sein als Han Solo. Und so schaukeln wir in der ersten Story mit dem "Rasenden Falken" in ein buntes Abenteuer. Obwohl die Newspaper Strips nicht übersetzt sind, findet man sich doch sehr schnell in die Geschichten ein. Richtig gute Klolektüre. Mit über 450 Seiten ein fettes Comic Book. Nicht nur für Star Wars Fans. Lohnt sich.
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robert gibbard
4.0 out of 5 stars its Russ Manning art
Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2020
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what else can you say?
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⭐Bubs & Puds⭐
5.0 out of 5 stars Great early newspaper comic strips
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2021
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Do you like old skool Star Wars before all these Rebels and the likes? This is ace.

This is the Marvel Star Wars Epic Collection Legends The Newspaper Strips, 472 glorious pages.

This illustrated novel is a collection of newspaper strips ranging from 1979 up until 1997, you can see the difference in the styles of art throughout the years. All yer faves are here and some decent short stories adding to the meat of the original Star Wars series.

Well recommended.
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⭐Bubs & Puds⭐
5.0 out of 5 stars Great early newspaper comic strips
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2021
Do you like old skool Star Wars before all these Rebels and the likes? This is ace.

This is the Marvel Star Wars Epic Collection Legends The Newspaper Strips, 472 glorious pages.

This illustrated novel is a collection of newspaper strips ranging from 1979 up until 1997, you can see the difference in the styles of art throughout the years. All yer faves are here and some decent short stories adding to the meat of the original Star Wars series.

Well recommended.
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Iain M Banks fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Brought back good memories
Reviewed in Australia on January 7, 2024
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In the period of time between when the original Star Wars movies came out and The Empire Strikes Back came out - the quality of Star Wars product output was extremely variable to say the least.
We got rubbish like 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' and the Star Wars Holiday Special - but we also got great stuff like the double LP soundtrack and the newspaper comics.
So now that Disney and Lucasfilm have almost ruined Star Wars for most of us, I wanted to purchase the Newspaper strip collections so I could recapture some of the initial enthusiasm I had all those years ago for the Star Wars universe when I read the newspaper comics after experiencing the horrific disappointments of 'Splinter in the Mind's Eye' and the Star Wars Holiday Special.
And it worked!
So, while I'm still horrifically disappointed by the Sequels (FYI - I was somewhat disappointed by the Prequels, and some elements of the Special Editions), and by almost all the TV shows (Mando S1 and Andor are the only ones I've enjoyed so far), re-reading the newspaper comics has rekindled my enjoyment for the version of the Star Wars Universe I had in my head before Empire came out (Empire is the only film, after Star Wars itself, that exceeded my expectations - thought ROTJ was pretty good, it's just that wookies would have been more realistic than ewoks).
Anyway, my hope now is that AI will continue to improve over the next few years so that I will eventually just tell an AI the plotpoints I want changed in MY imagination's version of the Star Wars skywalker saga (which would consist of episodes 1 to 12), and then after a few iterations and edits I'll end up with the entire saga exactly match the way I think it should have gone in my imagination.

Oh - you want a book review :) - here it is - the book is exactly as described and expected. Printing etc is excellent to my eyes. And as mentioned above, the real treasure for me was bringing back the sense of hope I had when I read these comics decades ago, that future Star Wars films were going to be as good as the original film.
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Stan FREDO
3.0 out of 5 stars 3***/5 WARS
Reviewed in France on April 15, 2017
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La collection EPIC, créée par Marvel Comics il y a seulement quelques années, propose la réédition d'arcs entiers, pris à divers moments des époques des héros MARVEL, sous forme d'ouvrages numérotés (d'où l'espoir qu'ils constituent un jour des intégrales), de 400 pages environ, en couleurs, avec le cas écéhant des "extras". Cette collection n'est pas à proprement parler "low cost" - le prix du tome de ce commentaire est de 40 euros -, contrairement à la collection ESSENTIAL, réellement "cheap", qui a regrettablement été arrêtée.
En l'occurrence, dans cette "sous-collection" STAR WARS LEGENDS, il s'agit du premier tome de la réédition des strips quotidiens et des "pages du dimanche" consacrées pour la presse quotidienne états-unienne aux personnages de ce qui sont devenus par la suite les épisodes IV, V et VI de STAR WARS. Ces BD sont parues initialement de 1979 à 1984. Cette présentation provient du remastering réalisé par Dark Horse Comics dans les années 1990, lorsque cet éditeur indépendant était détenteur des droits BD de STAR WARS. Avec le rachat de Marvel Comics par Disney fin 2009, puis celui de Lucasfilm par Disney en 2012, Marvel Comics a récupéré depuis 2015 la licence des publications STAR WARS.
Le scénariste et dessinateur angelino Russ MANNING (1929-1981), célèbre depuis déjà 20 ans pour ses comic books chez Gold Key (MAGNUS, TARZAN...), puis pour ses comic strips et Sunday pages du personnage de TARZAN, s'est mis au travail dès la mi 1978 pour adapter en comic strips et Sunday page l'univers créée par George LUCAS. Cet ouvrage reprend les "dailies" et les "Sunday pages" de MANNING (avec pour encreurs le vétéran Mike ROYER et le tout jeune Dave STEVENS), publiées de la fin mars 1979 à l'été 1980. Ce "run" s'étend des pages 6 à 255 de l'ouvrage. Au début, strips quotidiens et pages du dimanche relataient des histoires différentes et ce tome propose d'abord les "Sunday pages", sans recomposition des cases. En revanche, les strips quotidiens non seulement reçoivent des couleurs mais également sont travaillés pour tenir en épisodes d'une 30aine de pages de comic books.
Dans la suite du tome, les histoires remastérisées sont signées Russ HELM (scénario) et Alfredo ALCALA (dessins), puis Archie GOODWIN (adaptation d'un roman de Brian DALEY) et ALCALA (dessins) et enfin GOODWIN et Al WILLIAMSON (dessins). Dans l'ensemble, les histoires sont simples et ciblent à l'évidence un jeune public, en tout cas le jeune public de la toute fin des années 1970 et du début des années 1980.
J'avoue préférer la période MANNING, même s'il fait peu d'efforts pour reproduire les traits respectifs de Carrie FISHER et de Mark HAMILL, qui ressemblent à deux jeunes tels que MANNING les a toujours dessinés. Toutefois, l'ensemble du run de MANNING paraît globalement être plus fidèle à la saga filmique STAR WARS, mais je dois avouer ne pas être une autorité sur ce sujet.
Le philippin ALCALA, si impressionnant en tant qu'encreur de John BUSCEMA pour le comic book noir et blanc THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN dans les années 1970, parait moins à son affaire dans le genre sci-fi colorisé. Quant aux pages de WILLIAMSON, elles sont très jolies bien qu'un peu "old school", et parfois même quasiment photographiquement fidèles aux films, mais le scénario de GOODWIN peine à me retenir...
Enfin, je ne suis pas certain que cette présentation soit la meilleure pour ces oeuvres conçues en tant que feuilleton de presse. Très bientôt, l'éditeur IDW publiera "Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 1", le premier de trois tomes consacrés aux mêmes strips et Sunday pages, et je prends le pari que justice sera rendue tant aux dessinateurs qu'aux scénaristes. Le tout pour à peine 10 euros de pluis que ce tome de la collection EPIC, et avec pour contenu l'intégralité des dessins pi=ublués de mars 1979 à début octobre 1980.
Des interviews ou papiers de Mike ROYER (très intéressant), Heidi McDONALD (sur Alfredo ALCALA) et Archie GOODWIN complètent la présentation, ainsi qu'un article sur le processus de remastering avec des exemples pris sur des planches originales d'Al WILLIAMSON.
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