The Star Wars Literature Compendium: Comic Book Adaptations of ROJ

Comic Book Adaptations of
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Issues #1-4 originally published as the mass paperback The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Marvel Comics Group, 1983) and as Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Marvel Super Special Magazine #27, Marvel Comics Group, 1983)
Issues #1-4: monthly, October 1983 - January 1984

ISSUE	TITLE	SCRIPTER	ILLUSTRATORS
1	"Chapter One: In the Hands of Jabba the Hutt!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon
2	"Chapter Two: The Emperor Commands"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon
3	"Chapter Three: Mission to Endor!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon
4	"Chapter Four: The Final Duel!"	Archie Goodwin	Al Williamson Carlos Garzon Ron Frenz Tom Palmer

Issues #1-4 reprinted in the 2-issue series Classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Dark Horse Comics, 1994)

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

Children's "Comics to Color" (Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., February 1997)
A six-page combination comic and coloring book illustrating the Ewoks' introduction to the Rebels in ROJ

Collected with the story-based Star Wars: A New Hope ("Golden Book & Tattoos") and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ("Golden Book & Tattoos"), as well as the non-story-basedStar Wars: Heroes & Villians ("My Coloring Book") and Star Wars: The Rebel Alliance vs. Imperial Forces ("Puzzles & Mazes") in Star Wars: Jedi Pack (children's books, Golden Book Publishing Company, Inc., 1997)

4-issue Manga-style comic adaptation (Dark Horse Comics, 1999)
NOTE: this is an entirely different comic adaptation of Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi 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

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