Star Wars #6 (December 1977) – MCC030
Cover date December of ’77 begins with the FINAL installment of Marvel’s adaptation of the first movie!
Cover date December of ’77 begins with the FINAL installment of Marvel’s adaptation of the first movie!
Rounding out our coverage of cover date November 1977 is John Carter #6, continuing the excellent original story “Air Pirates of Mars”!
Peter Benchley, mastermind behind the novel Jaws, rode a wave of popularity that caused studios to go after more from him. In their deep dive for blockbuster treasure, they made The Deep, based on his novel of the same name, and Marvel comics was right there to help them promote the movie with a comic book adaptation!
Marvel’s new Star Wars comic has started, and we read it! Luke, Han, Leia, Chewie, R2-D2, and C-3PO are together again for the first time! This is our shortest trip back in time! Was it worth it? Find out here!
For the third issue, does The Human Fly get better? Or is it a nose dive off a cliff riding a mechanical bird?
Marvel’s Godzilla finally takes on a conflict that feels like an actual Toho movie!
The penultimate chapter of the story from the first Star Wars movie!
Ben talks about a comic series that hits three of his comic book reading loves: 1. The Ultraverse! 2. Steve Gerber! 3. Swamp Monsters! This episode, covering the first three issues of Malibu’s Ultraverse series SLUDGEm is part of a crossover with The Ultraverse Podcast — http://ultraversenetwork.com
As part of our coverage of John Carter: Warlord of Mars Annual #1, we interview Marv Wolfman!
The comic book adaptation of the movie adaptation of the book. H.G. Wells meets ’70’s cinema in comic form!
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