内容简介
ThissecondofthreevolumesreprintsforthefirsttimetheclassicStarWarsnewspaperstripinitscompleteformat.NoothereditionincludeseachSundaypagetitleheaderand“bonus”panelsintheirmeticulouslyrestoredoriginalcolor.Theepicseven-days-a-weeksagasbeginwith"HanSoloatStars'End,”basedonnovelbyBrianDaley,adaptedbyArchieGoodwinandAlfredoAlcala,followedbysevencompleteadventuresbythestoriedteamofArchieGoodwinandartistAlWilliamson.ThepairhadpreviouslyworkedtogetheronCreepy,Eerie,andBlazingCombatcomicsmagazines,theFlashGordoncomicbook,and13yearsontheSecretAgentCorrigannewspaperstrip.Theyseamlesslyshiftedgearstotakeover,atGeorgeLucas’srequest,theStarWarsnewspaperstrip.IncludedareallstripsfromOctober6,1980toJuly25,1982.
作者简介
ArchieGoodwinwasborninKansasCity,Missouri,in1937.In1964,hewenttoworkforWarrenPublishing,wherehebecametheheadscriptwriterandeventuallyrosetothepositionofEditor-in-Chief.Fromthelate1960suntilthelate1980sGoodwinmovedbackandforthbetweenMarvel,DCComics,andWarren,withoccasionalsojournselsewhere.HehelmedthelaunchofEpicIllustratedandwastheEditor-in-ChiefatMarvelfrom1976until1978.HewasinductedintotheEisnerHallofFamein1998.AlWilliamsonwasborninNewYorkCityin1931andraisedinBogota,Colombia.AfterreturningtoNewYork,hestudiedattheCartoonistsandIllustratorsSchool(latertobecometheSchoolofVisualArts),andin1948,atthetenderageofseventeen,embarkedonacareerincomics.Heworkedforseveralpublishers,mostnotablyECComics,thepremierpublisheroftheearly-to-mid-1950s.In1966,WilliamsonrealizedalifelongdreamwhenhewaschosentoillustrateacomicbookversionofAlexRaymond’sFlashGordon.Inthemid-1980shewouldgoontowinnumerousHarveyandEisnerAwards.