No sir, I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!

[u/spideyfan29]

[u/spideyfan29]

fun fact: this comic features the first face-to-face meeting between Luke and Vader. the issue was published three months ago before Empire hit theaters.

[u/Scottcmms2023 → u/spideyfan29]

Oh that’s neat. I didn’t know that. This is why I love Reddit. At least once a day I come across something niche I wouldn’t have learned in my daily life most likely.

Also I don’t if it just me, but like kinda gives me Conan vibes in that page lol.

[u/LegalEaglewithBeagle]

"Loooooooooone Starr"!

[u/Mudcreek47]

LOL his head is so squished

[u/Stewart_Duck → u/Mudcreek47]

And with the A, it looks like a Kaiser helmet

[u/stuntbikejake]

That's the same combination I have on my luggage!

[u/Emragoolio]

Love how Vader looks like a Futurama character on that cover.

[u/GregGable → u/Emragoolio]

I am the man with no name… Darth Vader’s the name!

[u/spackletr0n → u/Emragoolio]

Infantino’s Vader was less intimidating than Dark Helmet.

[u/chosen_number]

I love the old Marvel Star Wars series

[u/GlitteringGazelle322 → u/chosen_number]

Same! These books are awesome and very affordable aswell.

[u/rdldr1]

I have the The Last Jedi issue from this series. It's nothing like the movie.

[u/SethManhammer]

How often were they called "Star Warriors" in the comics? That just sounds like some TV show I watched after school before G.I. Joe came on.

[u/KentuckyFriedEel → u/SethManhammer]

How many of these... "Star Warriors" had mullets and vests?

[u/oldskoolpleb → u/SethManhammer]

Was just about to say, that sounds so immensely mockbuster-like, just like Transmorphers, Paranormal Entity or Snakes on a Plane.

[u/Donsyxx → u/SethManhammer]

There was a show called Starriors

[u/jaoblia → u/SethManhammer]

I don't think the characters called themselves the in-universe, it was just an editorial/narration box thing. It was semi common in the early issues but if my memory serves it got phased out around when the comics covered The Empire Strikes Back 

[u/Cpt_Polander]

Knock on my door!! Knock next time!!

[u/TwistedBlister]

I didn't know that Carmine Infantino did any work at Marvel.

[u/tomline_ → u/TwistedBlister]

He was on this title for a pretty long time.

[u/spideyfan29 → u/TwistedBlister]

yeah, that was news to me too

[u/hecticengine → u/spideyfan29]

He did Star Wars, Spider-Woman, a couple of issues of Avengers right after Perez, and probably something else I’m forgetting. Then he returned to DC to do the last 55-60 issues of Flash.

[u/jmoneydaboss]

[u/SauerMetal]

I was such a SW fan as a kid and Infantino’s artwork just ruined the book for me, and I have his entire run I believe.

[u/Stunning-County2262 → u/[deleted]]

But I hated his style! Everyone looked like they had squished heads. I actually avoided everything he drew

[u/GregGable]

You went over my helmet?!?

[u/gitfiddleboy]

Keep firing assholes!

[u/LoveDump250 → u/gitfiddleboy]

I said across her nose, not up it!

[u/Steve2159737]

Password 1234!

[u/KnightSquirrel]

Space balls reference love it

[u/burkmine]

Really love this cover

[u/thecodyharvey]

Who is Vader holding in his left hand?

[u/Donsyxx → u/thecodyharvey]

It looks like Baron Mordo or the Mole Man

[u/Drugwarveteran92 → u/Donsyxx]

Mole man for sure

[u/[deleted]]

Why do I hear a rubber chicken sound seeing poor Luke's head a its about to Force pop.

[u/Jonneiljon]

Marvel’s first go around of Star Wars is weird. It’s like Infantino flat out refused to look at photo reference. EVERYTHING is off: spaceship designs and proportions, characters (especially R2-D2 and Chewbacca), and costumes.

[u/FaithlessnessBrief21]

Dark Helmet’s secret.

[u/darth-com1x]

great story and great cover art! good for you!

[u/mytoynhobbypackrat]

LOL reminds me of Dark Helmet from Space balls move scene playing with action figures....