Japan is a bastion of pop culture properties, so it should be no surprise that the Japanese like many other people from around the world embraced Star Wars. In Japan, the 6 part Marvel Comics Star Wars story was published in several issues of a manga anthology as well as a dedicated trade paperback which collects issues #1 - 6.
スターウォーズ - Kosei Ono, Japan (1978) Star Wars #1 - 6
This comic has a mixture of full color, partial color, and black and white pages. What makes this foreign edition of Star Wars truly remarkable are the ads. Most of the ads in this comic are for Star Wars toys and merchandise, many of which were available only in Japan. My best friend growing up was from the Philippines and he had a large C-3PO which fires a missile from the chest which is shown in one of the ads.
Marvel in the U.S. did not publish a trade paperback of Star Wars, which also makes this a unique item. What is surprising is how similar in size to modern U.S. trade paperbacks this book is.
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