Carmine Infantino & Pablo Marcos, Star Wars Splash (Star Wars UK #95)
Artists: Carmine Infantino (Penciller) , Pablo Marcos (Inker)
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DescriptionHere’s a terrific 1979 Star Wars splash page from Carmine Infantino; like a few other stories from the same era, it was originally exclusive to the Star Wars UK weekly.I’ve never seen a definitive answer on this, but I suspect writer Archie Goodwin wrote several stories as “placeholders” until Lucasfilm gave Marvel some indication on the storyline/ direction of Empire Strikes Back. No one at Marvel could have been possibly known when that would be. So, Archie and Carmine kept going with “isolated” storylines, until they were brought into the loop. (The ESB embargo date must have changed a few times too. Marvel advertises the adaptation at the end of #37 for the very next issue — which ends up as a filler story — because Empire doesn’t start till #39.) Lovely brushwork from Pablo Marcos nicely compliments and enhances Carmine’s “loose” pencil work. (As Carmine aged, his styled became looser and looser. Check his 80s return to DC’s original Flash series a few years later.) Another quirk about this story. It ultimately appeared in color (from Marie Severin) in a Marvel US paperback collection of “new” Star Wars stories. Cropping on the panels is inconsistent because the pages had to fit the odd format. Social/Sharing |
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Kavi H 
Member Since 2018
Posted on 5/29/2024
very cool vintage Infantino Marcos Star Wars page from the UK Weekly run - def interesting how the exclusive art to these issues were developed and incorporated.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
Posted on 5/29/2024
Lots of great Infantino-isms int he artwork! The Han faces are very much his own, but the Wookiee art is very universal. The backstory of these placeholders and timing of them are very informative about how Marvel did business with these big properties.
Andrew Allen
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 5/29/2024
I've speculated that the reason behind UK-Weekly exclusive stories was much simpler - a typical US issue was divided into thirds when published in the UK, which left a week every month with content to fill. A few 'inventory' stories were developed to fill the extra schedule.
Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009
Posted on 5/29/2024
There was no shortage of Marvel inventory stories in the '70s and '80s, even more than Star Wars was The Avengers which seemingly had dozens. But inventory takes nothing away from the fabulous fur balls on this page!
Bill J
Member Since 2009
Posted on 6/11/2024
How cool is this page? A 1979 Star Wars page from Carmine Infantino and Pablo Marcos! Wow, that's pretty early! It's a fun page with Han Solo and Chewbacca. I love the expression on Chewie's face in panel two. And the crazy battle scene in panel three between two Wookies is a hoot! Fabulous find, congrats!
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