Thursday, 8 February 2018

STAR WARS WEEKLY REVIEW - ISSUE 2

The saga continues… Welcome to the STARLOGGED retrospective of STAR WARS WEEKLY issue 2, published by Marvel UK 40 years ago today.  



ON-SALE: 8 February 1978

Cover Date: 15 February 1978

28 pages (colour cover and b&w interiors)

10p




CONTENTS:

  • Cover
  • Full-page pin-up (art)
  • Who’s Who in Star Wars
  • STAR WARS movie adaptation PT2: Attack of the Tuskan Raiders (10 pages) <<Reprinted from US STAR WARS issue 1)
  • TALES OF THE GALAXY: The Forest for the Trees chapter II: Planet of Death (4 pages) <<Reprinted from UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION issue 1>>
  • TALES OF THE GALAXY: HEY BUDDY, CAN YOU LEND ME A… PT1 (2 pages) <<Reprinted from UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION issue 1>>
  • Advert for Bridgeworth Stamp Co. (½ page)
  • Preview of upcoming competitions (½ page)
  • HOW TO BUILD YOUR STAR WARS T.I.E FIGHTER free gift instructions (½ page)
  • MARVEL UK WEEKLIES house ad for RAMPAGE, SUPER SPIDER-MAN and THE COMPLETE FANTASTIC FOUR (½ page)
  • BEHIND THE SCENES feature on Mark Hamill (2 pages)
  • Adverts for the STAR WARS COLLECTORS EDITION magazine (1 page), THE OFFICIAL STAR WARS FAN CLUB (1 page), MICRONAUTS TOYS (colour back cover)
  • NEXT ISSUE preview
  • DARTH VADER FOTO FEATURE (Yup, that is the ‘correct’ spelling).  





WATCH OUT FOR:

  • The first original cover created specifically for the UK edition and not used on the American book.
  • Darth Vader enjoying a nice cup of coffee.  


  • The Build Your Own T.I.E FIGHTER cardboard insert.
  • THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL once again being omitted from the House Ad for Marvel’s other weeklies.  Oops.  
  • Three strips this issue… albeit one running to only a couple of pages… and continued next week.  





MEANWHILE… A LONG TIME AGO:
  • Also published by MARVEL UK this week: SUPER SPIDER-MAN issue 262, THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL 281, RAMPAGE 18 and THE COMPLETE FANTASTIC FOUR 21.
  • Published by Tharg this week: 2000AD prog 52 (On sale: 11 February.  Cover dated: 18 February) with ‘New Thrill COLONY EARTH and a memorable FUTURE SHOCK amongst the usual suspects.  




  • The seventh episode of BLAKE’S SEVEN, ‘Mission to Destiny’ aired on Monday 13 February.  9.6 million people tuned in.  Location filming, at the BBC’s Ealing Film Studios had taken place on Thursday 5 January ‘78 followed by studio recording, in Television Centre’s studio 6 on Wednesday 19 January. Transmission was interrupted for several minutes by a technical breakdown, covered by a presentation slide, music and apologetic voiceover by the continuity announcer.  The first time UK viewers saw the episode in an - ahem - uninterrupted form was when it was released on VHS in the early 1990s.  
  • Meanwhile, TC3 played host to ‘Breakdown’, the show’s tenth episode on Friday 10  and Saturday 11 February.  The episode aired less than a month later on Monday 6 March.  Rehearsals for episode 11 - ‘Bounty’ started on Monday 13 February.
  • Episode two of the DOCTOR WHO’s ‘The Invasion of Time’ aired on Saturday 11 February, watched by 11.4 million viewers.  
  • WONDER WOMAN’s second season continued stateside with ‘Death in Disguise’ aired on 10 February.  
  • The first episode of BBC ONE's GRANGE HILL aired on 8 February.  Happy 40th!


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6 comments:

  1. ed8 February 2018 at 18:49

    Ouch, I bet Luke felt that.


    And its Sand People ( or Sand Persons ) , not Sand Creatures.


    The Vader having a cup of coffee gag was sent up something rotten in SPACEBALLS. ( 1987 )


    Out today - the new issue of DR WHO with a nice article on vintage Dalek strips.


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    1. SLOW ROBOT8 February 2018 at 19:34

      I took that cover splash as meaning "creatures from the sand" rather than being intended as an (incorrect) species name. But they got X-Fighter wrong last week.

      The new DWM is a curious mix of the excellent (the 1960s Dalek features) and A Guide to Cosplay.

      The old 2000AD/ EAGLE strip 'Ant Wars' is now out in book form. Ideal for anyone who has never found a copy of the old EXTREME EDITION in a 50p box.

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  2. ed9 February 2018 at 10:47

    You beat Jedi News to the punch by a week.


    They also have an article on STAR WARS WEEKLY no 1 :


    http://www.jedinews.co.uk/literature/articles/40th-anniversary-sw-weekly-uk-1/



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  3. ed14 February 2018 at 19:19

    Still on a star wars theme, volume 2 of the IDW news-strip collection was out today and it includes a fascinating look at an adaptation of A NEW HOPE that was never published.



    I also came across an issue of VWORP ! VWORP !

    Probably the best ' fanzine ' I've ever seen and one that puts the official DR WHO mag to shame. Although maybe that's unfair since the fanzine has more pages and can therefore cover any subject in depth. A very impressive publication to be sure.


    Sadly ,another fine publication has shuttered, namely SCI-FI AND FANTASY MODELLER. I noticed that my FP upped the price of the final issue.


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  4. SLOW ROBOT15 February 2018 at 08:26

    vworp! vworp! is indeed great. I got a mail order copy (with the vinal single, TV CENTURY 21 cover and CD) when it was published but still decided to double-dip when I spotted a copy in FP last year. Issues 1 & 2 are well worth getting as well. Roll on issue 4.

    I grabbed a copy of the SW NEWSPAPER STRIPS book yesterday. Along with the new issue of the STAR TREK MAGAZINE with coverage of the end of STD's first season. The new edition of the 2000AD hardback collection has a bonus: they've reprinted one of the previous books (because of an error in the spine printing... so I'm told) and bundled it as a freebie. Which must cost them a fortune in printing and shipping. But it does mean you get two chunky books for a tenner.

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  5. Unknown28 June 2018 at 13:24

    Wow , What a great story sound so cool. The comic is awesome and I love to watch the movie. I already watch many star war movies. The film is really so cool and amazing. Recently I Watch Ant man and the Wasp 2018 Online video trailer. In which Superhero Ant-man fight with the Ghost. I am waiting for this movie.

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