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8February 1978
$0.35

Star Wars #8

Marvel · February 1978 · on sale 1977-11-08

First appearance: JaxxonFirst appearance: Amaiza Foxtrain1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Star Wars (Marvel, 1977 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
February 1978
Key date
1978-02-00
On-sale date
1977-11-08
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860281702
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jaxxon - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Amaiza Foxtrain - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Eight Against a World!cover1pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Tony DeZuniga; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Irving WatanabeChewbacca, Jaxxon First, Han Solo, Amaiza Foxtrain First
1Eight for Aduba-3comic story17script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Howard Chaykin; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: J. CostanzaC-3PO, Chewbacca, Jaxxon First, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Leia Organa, R2-D2, Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Darth Vader, Amaiza Foxtrain First
2-letters page1letters: typeset
3-in-house column1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Doomworld
ISBN 1-56971-754-0		2002On eBay ›
Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... #1
ISBN 9781595824868		2010On eBay ›
Comic Reader #1501977On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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