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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2018 14:43:10 GMT
It is odd. At a time of peak interest in SW I'm sure they would sell!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2018 14:43:52 GMT
Though there were those Specials with new adaptations of the movies which were for UK newsstand. I forget who the publisher was.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 1, 2018 16:01:52 GMT
From memory the SW comic licence for the UK sits with Titan still. They have nothing they could print.
The licence to reprint Marvel sits with Panini who can't reprint SW because of the above.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 13, 2018 15:57:30 GMT
New Republic Epic Collection v3 finally arrived today! In it is the joyous news that the Rogue Squadron Handbook is in a future volume so the undersized Dark Horse Omnibus can go! I must check the loft boxes to see if my floppy copy is up there.
I've been looking on ebay but can't find one in the UK and the US ones are silly postage. Today I put Star Wars Handbook in as a search term and discovered, in addition to the Rogue Squadron & Crimson Empire handbooks that I knew about, that there is a Dark Empire Handbook! One for Andu there!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 26, 2018 20:16:18 GMT
Still waiting on Marvel reprinting Dark Empire... That'll be a future New Republic Epic Collection They've just released v3, completing Rogue Squadron. Is there a Dark Horse SW Timeline anywhere? So the New Republic Volumes have reached 5 ABY (After Battle of Yavin) So New Republic v4, December 2018, will be mainly the Thrawn Trilogy (6 issues per novel = 18 comics = most of an Epic Collection) Which mean New Republic v5, December 2019, will be Dark Empire. Only two years to wait, Andu! -Ralph First Year Waited: |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 26, 2018 21:48:04 GMT
DAMMIT!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2018 7:06:22 GMT
It would be bad of me to once again remind his chum that he told him to get the Dark Horse HC back in the day!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 27, 2018 10:16:00 GMT
Probably. But at least it will help him make better choices the next time we tell him to buy something.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 27, 2018 16:53:27 GMT
He should listen to his chums.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 28, 2018 9:25:43 GMT
Your advice is not always the best...
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 28, 2018 16:59:27 GMT
Nonsense.
-Raĺph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2018 6:10:07 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 22, 2018 9:03:08 GMT
I almost bought that this week but FPE wanted £36 (!) for it so I will wait for Phil science to make it cheaper.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 22, 2018 13:40:59 GMT
Phil is on it. £26 is the best so far, pretty sure I'll see a sub £21 soon
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 23, 2018 14:51:44 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2018 17:29:11 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 23, 2018 18:15:56 GMT
I look forward to acquiring that Ewoks trade!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 10, 2018 12:22:14 GMT
Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 3 was waiting for me when I got home. ESB adaptation (US SW 39-44) plus the 11 issues which follow including the start of the David Michelinie/Walter Simonson run. Also includes Marvel UK stories from Empire Strikes Back Monthly 149, 151, 153-157 & Star Wars Monthly 159, most of which have unfortunately been coloured for a previous collection but one does include a page missed from the original printing!
Fab volume, well worth having along with it's successor due next year
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 10, 2018 15:16:03 GMT
Sticking the third SW Marvel Epic on the shelf made me wonder how many more they'll be. Fortunately the numbers are easy from here: | Epic | Start | End | Annual | Extras | | 1 | 1 | 23 | | Pizzazz 1–16 SWUK #60 | | 2 | 24 | 38 | 1 | SWUK 94–99, 104–115 | | 3 | 39 | 55 | | SWUK 149, 151, 153-157 & 159 | | 4 | 56 | 73 | 2 | | | 5 | 74 | 88 | 3 | ROTJ 1-3 | | 6 | 89 | 107 | | |
17 pages issues to the end of ESB at #44. 22 page issues #45 onwards. 50 & 100 are double sized. 20 issues per remaining volume. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 10, 2018 15:39:49 GMT
Does the ESB version within have the original colouring or the muddy brown recolouring of the current ESB standalone trade?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 10, 2018 15:42:22 GMT
Original colouring throughout for the Marvel US stuff, including ESB
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 10, 2018 23:00:29 GMT
Hooray!
It becomes an essential tome then.
Cannot abide modern recolouring on older comics.
-Ralph
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Post by KnightBeat on Aug 11, 2018 10:28:39 GMT
Also includes Marvel UK stories from Empire Strikes Back Monthly 149, 151, 153-157 & Star Wars Monthly 159, most of which have unfortunately been coloured for a previous collection Unfortunate because it doesn't represent the original intent, hides the line art, the colours are bad, or something else? |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 11, 2018 10:35:10 GMT
Unfortunate because colouring in black and white comics rarely looks right.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 11, 2018 10:58:59 GMT
It's not the worst go I've ever seen, and there's a faded tint to it.....  ..... but the one in the original B&W looks so much better.  And for Ralph, the ESB pages  |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 20, 2018 10:00:25 GMT
Sticking the third SW Marvel Epic on the shelf made me wonder how many more they'll be. Fortunately the numbers are easy from here: | Epic | Start | End | Annual | Extras | | 1 | 1 | 23 | | Pizzazz 1–16 SWUK #60 | | 2 | 24 | 38 | 1 | SWUK 94–99, 104–115 | | 3 | 39 | 55 | | SWUK 149, 151, 153-157 & 159 | | 4 | 56 | 73 | 2 | | | 5 | 74 | 88 | 3 | ROTJ 1-3 | | 6 | 89 | 107 | | |
17 pages issues to the end of ESB at #44. 22 page issues #45 onwards. 50 & 100 are double sized. 20 issues per remaining volume. I got v4 dead on |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2019 13:35:51 GMT
Not previously familiar with the characters in it but really enjoyed DOCTOR APHRA vol 1. At least a modern SW comic with a distinctive identity. Fun characters.
Got it from the library so have reserved vols 2-4.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 16, 2019 13:41:02 GMT
Not previously familiar with the characters in it but really enjoyed DOCTOR APHRA vol 1. At least a modern SW comic with a distinctive identity. Fun characters. Got it from the library so have reserved vols 2-4. -Ralph I thought it was fun but suffered from having to fit in the gap between Star Wars and Empire (in that the main character is a big player but by definition can't have any impact on the overall story) I enjoyed the evil droids a lot. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2019 18:33:41 GMT
SW for me is mostly a films thing for me, with nostalgia for the toys. I'm not hugely fussed about the expanded universe of it as such so most SW tie-ins leave me cold. This is tops though.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 16, 2019 18:40:35 GMT
I shall give it a go.
I did enjoy the EU once upon a time.
Dark Empire is still the absolute business.
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