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Infantino--Star Wars #35 Cover (1980)

Location: Infantino, Carmine
Artists: Carmine Infantino (Penciller) , Bob Wiacek (Inker)

Location: Infantino, Carmine
Title: Infantino--Star Wars #35 Cover (1980)*
Artist: Carmine Infantino (Penciller) , Bob Wiacek (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 845
Likes on CAF: 12
Comments: 20
Added to Site: 8/16/2018

In the 1970s Marvel's Star Wars comic helped turn around the company's fortunes. Somehow, Marvel's writers and artists managed to capture a lot of the magic of the original Star Wars films and the series was a massive success. Unfortunately, cover art to the series is difficult to acquire these days. I was fortunate enough to pick up this beauty after missing out on it in two separate auctions. I managed to track down the winner of the second auction, who was nice enough to let me buy it directly from him (Thanks Brett!). Anyway, I'm delighted to own this cover, especially since it features virtually the entire Star Wars cast. It's got a huge Darth Vader playing a "game of death" using Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2D2, CP3O and Baron Tagge, as game pieces. Certainly it's not the first chessboard cover I've ever seen, but it's pretty awesome nonetheless.

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Stanton Singh Member Since 2012

Posted On 8/16/2018

Love it! Congrats Bill!

Dino Mauricio Member Since 2009

Posted On 8/16/2018

The Force is strong with this magnificent cover!

Andrew Hanna Member Since 2005

Posted On 8/16/2018

Probably my favorite cover from the Marvel series. Congratulations on the score!

Jimmy Cawley Member Since 2015

Posted On 8/16/2018

Congrats. I believe this issue is also first time Luke meets Vader.

James Sharland Member Since 2010

Posted On 8/17/2018

Impressive, most impressive.

Vik V Member Since 2016

Posted On 8/17/2018

This Star Wars cover has it all! Beautiful cover!

West Stephan Member Since 2007

Posted On 8/17/2018

Great pick-up on this one Bill!

Jeremy Radisich Member Since 2004

Posted On 8/17/2018

Maybe my favorite of the Infantino Star Wars covers, this is such a great image--love Infantino's quirky version of Darth, and who doesn't love a chessboard cover?? More jealous congrats on this one!

Mike Gav Member Since 2006

Posted On 8/18/2018

Glad this found a good home. So awesome!!

Marc W Member Since 2014

Posted On 9/13/2018

Legendary.

A N H Member Since 2018

Posted On 9/26/2018

Not to many early Star Wars covers shown out there. This is a really nice one. Thanks for sharing!

Nicolaj Borch Member Since 2012

Posted On 11/1/2018

Wonderful early Star Wars cover. This is magic. Congrats!!!

John C Member Since 2014

Posted On 6/29/2019

"Knock on my door; knock next time!"

"Yes sir."

"Did you see anything?"

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

"Good!"

Fred's CAF Gallery Member Since 2003

Posted On 8/5/2019

Checkmate!

Paul P Spiderversity Member Since 2011

Posted On 11/4/2019

Phenomenal cover !!

David K Member Since 2008

Posted On 2/4/2020

Too cool!

H P Member Since 2006

Posted On 3/11/2020

Love this cover! Congrats Bill!!!

Dean Abraham Member Since 2008

Posted On 5/13/2021

a cover with all the characters. very special

michael Avila Member Since 2004

Posted On 3/8/2022

An all time classic Star Wars cover by Infantino! Your collection is truly bonkers

Michael McIsaac Member Since 2020

Posted On 5/6/2022

Can't beat a Vader cover by Infantino. His take on the ultimate bad guy is a personal favorite.

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