Thursday, March 26, 2015

Retro Foreign

French Top B.D. Album Relie #3

In 1977, Marvel Comics began publishing a magazine-sized series of one-shots in a title called Marvel Comics Super Special which ran for 41 issues until 1986.  Additionally, in 1982, Marvel kicked off a line of original graphic novels with The Death of Captain Marvel.  French publisher Editions Lug brought several of the one-shots from both series to French audiences in a title called Top B.D.  Like many Editions Lug titles, this title has an accompanying collection or album called Top B.D. Album Relie.  The collections consist of two issues of Top B.D. bound in a new outer cover.  The Return of the Jedi adaptation from Top BD #3 - Le Retour Du Jedi (Marvel Super Special #27) and the 2010 adaptation from Top BD #6 - 2010, L'AnnĂ©e du Premier Contact (Marvel Super Special #37) were combined to make Top B.D. Album Relie #3.

Top B.D. Album Relie #3a - Editions Lug, France (1985)
The cover says The saga of the stars Return of the Jedi and... 2010.

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