The Star Wars Literature Compendium -- ESB Comic Adaptations

Comic Book Adaptations of
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

6-issue adaptation within the Star Wars comic series (issues #39-45, Marvel Comics Group, September 1980 - February 1981)

Issues #39-44 originally published in a black & white mass paperback format titled The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Marvel Comics Group, 1980)

Issues #39-44 published in color mass paperback format titled The Marvel Illustrated Comics Version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Marvel Comics Group, 1980); the original pressing of this version featured a purple and more-elvin Yoda

ISSUE	TITLE	AUTHOR	ILLUSTRATORS
39	"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)
40	"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back— Chapter Two: Battleground Hoth!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)
41	"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back— Chapter Three: Imperial Pursuit!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)
42	"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back— Chapter Four: To Be a Jedi!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)
43	"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back— Chapter Five: Betrayal at Bespin"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)
44	"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back— Chapter Six: Duel a Dark Lord!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)

Issues #39-44 collected in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Marvel Super Special Magazine #16, Marvel Comics Group, 1980)

Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (2-issue Marvel Comics reprints, Dark Horse Comics, 1994)

Issues #1-2 collected in the trade paperback Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Dark Horse Comics, 1995) and available with the trade paperbacks Classic Star Wars: A New Hope and Classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in the limited-edition boxed set Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi: The Comic-Book Adaptations (Dark Horse Comics, 1995)
Issues #1-2 collected in the tradepaperback The Empire Strikes Back: The Comic-Book Adaptation; this is the same as the original Dark Horse Comics tradepaperback version but with a different cover to celebrate the release of the Special Edition of Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back; also available with the Special Edition trade paperbacks Star Wars: The Comic-Book Adaptation and Return of the Jedi: The Comic-Book Adaptation in the limited-edition boxed set The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (Dark Horse Comics, August 1997)
Tradepaperback also released on 21 February 1997 with a Special Edition ingot on the cover and exclusive to Seattle, Washington, ACT III Theaters

ISSUE	TITLE	AUTHOR	ILLUSTRATOR
1	[untitled]	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)
2	[untitled]	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon (w/ Rick Veitch)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (4-issue Manga-style adaptation, Dark Horse Comics, monthly: January - April 1999)

NOTE: this is an entirely different comic adaptation of Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Srikes Back than the version Marvel Comics Group released; in addition this Manga version has been specifically commissioned by Dark Horse Comics due to the popularity of the original Manga adaptation of Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope
Issues #1-4 to be collected in the trade paperback Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (June 2001)

ISSUE	TITLE	AUTHOR	ILLUSTRATOR
1	[NA]	Timaki Hisao	Timaki Hisao
2	[NA]	Timaki Hisao	Timaki Hisao
3	[NA]	Timaki Hisao	Timaki Hisao
4	[NA]	Timaki Hisao	Timaki Hisao

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