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Star Wars #1

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$300

Key Facts

Issues #1 - #6 are an adaptation of 'Star Wars: A New Hope'

1st appearance of Darth Vader

1st appearance of Luke Skywalker

1st appearance of Princess Leia

1st appearance of C-3PO and R2-D2

1st appearance of Grand Moff Tarkin

1st appearance of Beru and Owen Lars

Introduction of Stormtroopers

1st cover appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi and Han Solo (not in story)

📖 Reading Order: read Star Wars (1977) #1 - #6, then Princess Leia #1

Star Wars #1

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$1.1k
Mid
$4.2k
High
$14.5k

Key Facts

$0.35 price variant

Estimated to have fewer than 1,000 copies in existence

As of April 2024 the CGC census shows a total of 292 copies of this variant including 24 in 9.0, 10 in 9.2, 14 in 9.4, 2 in 9.6 with none higher

Star Wars #1

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$60

Key Facts

Reprint of Star Wars #1 identified by the $0.30 cover price in a square box and the word 'REPRINT' below the price

Labeled by CGC as REPRINT

Star Wars #1

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$30
Mid
$90
High
$300

Key Facts

Reprint of Star Wars #1 (1977)

Distributed in $0.99 polybagged multipacks

Indicated as a reprint by interior copyright information

Labeled by CGC as Multi-Pack Edition

Star Wars #1

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$0
Mid
$0
High
$0

Key Facts

$0.30 Whitman edition as identified by the diamond shape in the upper left corner box with UPC barcode in lower left corner

Extremely rare, possibly the earliest printing of issues polybagged in multipacks, distributed by Whitman with a barcode that may have caused confusion at the register resulting in later printings with a blank UPC

Value unknown

Star Wars #1

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$0
Mid
$0
High
$0

Key Facts

$0.35 Whitman edition as identified by the diamond shape in the upper left corner box with UPC barcode in lower left corner

Extremely rare, possibly the earliest printing of issues polybagged in multipacks, distributed by Whitman with a barcode that may have caused confusion at the register resulting in later printings with a blank UPC

Value unknown

Star Wars #1

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$45

Key Facts

Reprint of Star Wars #1 (1977), indicated by the word 'REPRINT' in the upper left corner box

Distributed in $0.99 polybagged multipacks

Labeled by CGC as REPRINT/Multi-Pack Edition

Star Wars #1

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$0
Mid
$0
High
$0

Key Facts

$0.35 Whitman edition as identified by the diamond shape in the upper left corner box with UPC barcode in lower left corner

Extremely rare, possibly the earliest printing of issues polybagged in multipacks, distributed by Whitman with a barcode that may have caused confusion at the register resulting in later printings with a blank UPC

Value unknown

Star Wars #1

International ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #1
 
Low
$420
Mid
$1.4k
High
$4.2k

Key Facts

Filipino edition sold exclusively at Alemar's Bookstore

No price/issue number or bar code, Alemar's branding on back cover

Star Wars #1
Non-Key

International ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Star Wars #1
 
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

Star Wars #2

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #2
 
Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$100

Key Facts

1st appearance of Obi Wan Kenobi, in story

1st appearance of Han Solo, in story

1st appearance of Chewbacca

1st appearance of Greedo, a bounty hunter

1st appearance of the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star

1st appearance of a character named Jabba the Hutt but visually different from the movie due to a change in the character's design. Later it is explained to have been a different character named Mosep

Star Wars #2

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #2
 
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.2k

Key Facts

$0.35 price variant

Star Wars #2

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #2
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$100

Key Facts

Reprint, as indicated in the upper-left corner box

Star Wars #3

Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #3
 
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$60

Key Facts

1st cover appearance of Han Solo and Chewbacca

Star Wars #3

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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Star Wars #3
 
Low
$10
Mid
$30
High
$100

Key Facts

1st cover appearance of Han Solo and Chewbacca

Whitman edition with UPC in bottom left corner

There is a theory the earliest Whitman 3-pack issues of Star Wars #1 - #3 were printed with UPC codes but they confused the grocery store scanners and were left off later printings

Star Wars #8

Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Star Wars #8
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40

Key Facts

1st appearance of Jaxxon

Star Wars #8
Non-Key

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1978

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Star Wars #8
 
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Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

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