Blackthorne Publishing was started by Steve Schanes and Ann Feras in 1985 and at one time was the 5th largest U.S. comic publisher. Previously, Steve Schanes was a co-founder, with his brother Bill Schanes, of Pacific Comics which had gone bankrupt a year earlier. While at Pacific Comics, Schanes created a 3-D comics, Alien Worlds 3D, but Pacific did not publish any more 3-D comics due to poor sales. Steve Schanes brought the 3-D comic idea to Blackthorne Publishing however, which published 80 different 3-D comics, including 3 Star Wars 3-D comics.
Star Wars 3-D #1a - Blackthorne Publishing, U.S. (December 1987)Star Wars 3-D #2a - Blackthorne Publishing, U.S. (July 1988)Star Wars 3-D #3a - Blackthorne Publishing, U.S. (October 1988)
Ironically, a 3-D comic led to Blackthorne Publishings downfall. In 1989, they licensed Michael Jackson's Moonwalker movie as a 3-D comic which proved to be a costly mistake. By 1991, Blackthorne Publishing was out of business.
As far as I can tell, only the first issue came polybagged with 3-D glasses. Prices vary widely for these issues. Issue #1 is the most common, and issue #2 and 3 are a bit harder to find in high grade.
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