Monday, February 5, 2018

Retro Foreign

Indonesian Star Wars: Planet Crowot

This black and white digest-sized comic is from Indonesia.  It has an original Star Wars cover and interior story.

Star Wars: Planet Crowot a - Yayasan Karya Bhakti Bandung, Indonesia (1980s)
original story and cover
The main story is titled Planet Crowot.  The cover shows Luke Skywalker holding a lightsaber and laser rifle.  The bigger ship in the background in the Millennium Falcon and the smaller ship is .  The upper left hand corner shows C-3PO and the upper right hand corner is R2-D2.  Inside the story also shows Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi and is dated 15-10-1980.  The final page of the story shows Luke, Superman, and Thor in the same panel!

There are 3 H.C. Andersen (Hans Christian Andersen?) stories: Telaga Airmata or Telaga Shedding Tears with a date of 21-April-1975, Mangkok Kramat or Bowl of Kramat with a date of 29-9-1980, and Panah Emas or The Arrow of Gold with a date of 29-9-1980.  The three backup stories seem to star the same characters.

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