Star Wars #39 (1980) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Empire Strikes Back	cover	1	pencils: Al Williamson, Carlos Garzón; inks: Al Williamson, Carlos Garzón	Darth Vader
1	The Empire Strikes Back	comic story	17	script: Archie Goodwin; pencils: Al Williamson, Carlos Garzón; inks: Al Williamson, Carlos Garzón; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Jim Novak; editing: Jo Duffy, James Shooter, Archie Goodwin	Luke Skywalker; Han Solo; Chewbacca; Princess Leia Organa; Darth Vader; C-3PO; R2D2
3	-	letters page	0.67	script: Archie Goodwin
4	-	in-house column	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860281709

Collection	Year
Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back #1	1994	On eBay ›
Resurrection of Evil ISBN 1-56971-786-9	2002	On eBay ›
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The Special Edition #[nn]	1997	On eBay ›
Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... #2 ISBN 9781595825544	2010	On eBay ›
Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9106-3	2015	On eBay ›
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-9367-8	2015	On eBay ›

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