Allen, Andrew :: Key SciFi: STAR WARS (1970's Marvel)

Star Wars 54 pg 18 (1982 SIMONSON)

Artists: Walt Simonson (Penciller) , Al Milgrom (Inker) , Tom Palmer (Inker)

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Star Wars 54 pg 18 (1982 SIMONSON) Comic Art

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Title:	Star Wars 54 pg 18 (1982 SIMONSON)
Artist:	Walt Simonson (Penciller)
Artist:	Al Milgrom (Inker)
Artist:	Tom Palmer (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	356
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	4/30/2025
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Is this a nearly-perfect STAR WARS page, or what?

Of course, this page hails from one of the more notorious STAR WARS issues to ever be published by MARVEL.

Issues 53 & 54 included an unused Carmine Infantio JOHN CARTER OF MARS storyline, retrofitted by writer Chris Claremont into a Princess Leia -centric storyline, and filled out by new content created by Walt Simonson.

To my eye, the difference between the Infantino pages and the Simonson pages, while debated elsewhere, is pretty easy to parse. Determining the inkers is another matter.

This particular example is SUPPOSEDLY identified as an Infantino page. Rubbish. Carmine NEVER drew like that, this is a Walt Simonson page through and through, I'll stake my reputation on it. (Quiet, you in the peanut gallery!)

The inker, though, is hard to guess. This doesn't look as fluid as a Palmer to me, though it still could be. I personally lean a little more to guessing it's Al Milgrom, though he disputes it. >shrug< Anyone else want to guess?

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Danny Hoskins
Member Since 2021

Posted on 4/30/2025

That is awesome! Congrats!

Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 4/30/2025

Sweet page!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 4/30/2025

Pretty cool to tie it in to the ESB era of adventures with Lando taking the place of Han before ROTJ. Millenium Falcon and the Star Destoryer are just as much main characters as the cast.

Lloyd White
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/30/2025

This is a fantastic page--congratulations!

Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009

2 - Posted on 4/30/2025

Simonson did all of the pure Star Wars fill-in transition pages, so no argument there. I also think Milgrom inked most of those, while Palmer focused more on the effort of all the cutting/pasting/Frankensteining of the original Infantino pages to add the revised Star Wars elements. So i too would have guessed Milgrom.

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

Posted on 4/30/2025

yep, practically perfect stuff. so damn awesome, congrats!

Dewey Cassell
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/1/2025

A truly outstanding page all around. Great layout and perspective. You can practically hear the sounds and dialogue. Congrats!

Steve Kro
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 5/2/2025

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