Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Retro Foreign

Indonesian Star Wars (Part 3)

These next two comics from Indonesia were published by Yayasan Karya Bhakti Bandung.  These are digest-sized, black and white comics with the lead story being Star Wars and another non-Star Wars back up story.

Star Wars: Penyelidikan Sang Putri a - Yayasan Karya Bhakti Bandung, Indonesia (1980s)
cover from Star Wars #36
first third of Star Wars #30
Star Wars: Lolos Dari Metalorn a - Yayasan Karya Bhakti Bandung, Indonesia (1980s)
cover from Star Wars #34
last third of Star Wars #30
The first comic is the first third of Marvel Comics Star Wars #30 titled A Princess Alone.  This issue is titled Penyelidikan Sang Putri which translates to Investigation of the Princess.  The story is dated 9-6-1980.  The cover is from Marvel Star Wars #36.  The second comic is the last third of Star Wars #30 and is titled Lolos Dari Metalorn or Escape From Metalorn.  The cover is from Marvel Star Wars #34 and has Luke Skywalker mentioning Princess Leia's confrontation with Baron Tagge from the story inside.

These are Indonesian editions of Marvel Star Wars comics.  The art on the covers and inside are not redrawn from the Marvel issues.  These could be licensed comics.

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