From time to time, when I make a back issue comic purchase online, the seller will send one or more freebies with the purchase. Mostly the freebies are other comics, but at times I have received trading cards or even photo copies of original art. A few weeks ago, I purchased Marvel Star Wars #2 - 6 and Annual #1 from a seller in Tucson, Arizona and I received a cool ad for the Star Wars movie clipped from a Tucson newspaper. The clipping is from 1978 (the reverse side of the clipping has a crossword puzzle and several coupons for the Wendy's fast food chain which help date the ad) and seeing this ad for Star Wars rekindles the excitement I have for the Star Wars movies and the Star Wars comics.
Star Wars ad from Tucson newspaperCoupon on reverse side of ad which helps date the ad
To me, the ad is visually appealing. What kid (or adult for that matter) could resist wanting to see this movie? All the main heroes are beautifully rendered, the landspeeder is featured in the foreground and looking splendid, and Darth Vader (sporting a cape Dracula would be proud of) and his cadre of Stormtroopers are ominously presented in the background. Only poor Chewie looks like he was tacked on just to get him into the ad. Peter Cushing is mentioned as a star, but his character, Grand Moff Tarkin, is not shown.
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