A common theme you see with foreign comics is the bundling of several printed issues into a collection with a new outer cover. Whether or not the issues that are included in the new collection are returns, warehouse stock that did not sell, or are even new printings is unknown. The French publisher Editions Lug did this with the Titans title and sold these collections under the title Titans Album with its own numbering. The la Guerre des Etoiles and the L'Empire Contre-Attaque trade paperbacks were also bundled into a collection or album.
la Guerre des Etoiles/L'Empire Contre-Attaque Album - Editions Lug, France (1981)la Guerre des Etoiles/L'Empire Contre-Attaque Album - Editions Lug, France (1981) spine
The two trade paperbacks had about 1/4" cut off from the sides and were glued into this the new outer cover. On the picture above, you can see the cover for the La Guerre des Etoiles trade paperback sticking out slightly from this outer cover.
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