Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Retro Foreign

Spanish Guerras Estelares/la Guerra de las Galaxias (Ediciones Vértice)

The second publisher of Star Wars comics in Spain, Ediciones Vértice, published nine magazine sized issues in 1981 and 1982.  These comics reprinted the material that was originally published by Editorial Bruguera and are considered foreign reprints.  Each issue consists of two U.S. Marvel Star Wars issues.  The first two issues are titled Guerras Estelares and the remaining issues are titled la Guerra de las Galaxias.

Guerras Estelares #1a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (October 1981)
Star Wars #1 and 2
Guerras Estelares #2a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (October 1981)
Star Wars #3 and 4
la Guerra de las Galaxias #3a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (December 1981)
Star Wars #5 and 6
la Guerra de las Galaxias #4a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (December 1981)
Star Wars #7 and 8
la Guerra de las Galaxias #5a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (January 1982)
Star Wars #9 and 10
la Guerra de las Galaxias #6a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (February 1982)
Star Wars #11 and 12
la Guerra de las Galaxias #7a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (March 1982)
Star Wars #13 and 14
la Guerra de las Galaxias #8a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (April 1982)
Star Wars #15 and 16
la Guerra de las Galaxias #9a - Ediciones Vértice, Spain (May 1982)
Star Wars #17 and 18
All of the covers are redrawn from U.S. covers.  The artwork is very close in many cases, but upon closer inspection, it is easy to see where the artist for these magazine covers took liberties with the original art.

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