Lit Rare foreign Star Wars comic editions!

Ok, how about some rare foreign edition SW stuff you don't see often? Now this post is issue #1 heavy but I do have some other rare stuff.... Lets travel around the world, starting in Russia. The (Darkhorse)Star Wars New hope books look good in Russian! Tough to find even in Russia from what my sources say.













One of the supercool Indonesain bootlegs re-drawn by Indo artist Jan Mitaraga!



Comparison images of the interior art.....




A later Star Wars printing in Japan. This one comes with the cool ad flap on the cover…..







A super rare book you can barely find scans on the web much less a buying opportunity. The killer Star Wars #1 Alemar bookstore from the Philippines.

 

The used to be tough Columbian #1, recently a bunch have come out of the woodwork….



The altered Columbian cover turning Obi Wan into an alien.



The UK isn't rare, but can be tough when you are looking for a un-punched x-wing cutout insert.





The beautiful Greek!



The Arabic! This one pulled from a Ma qara al koun binding…..







Former Yugoslavia Strip art issue!



The extremly rare, 1st Star Wars in Japan, Weekly Shounen Magazine #18!











And last but not least, probably one of the rarest SW#1 editions on the planet! The South African Supercomix #1

 

I couldn't help but notice that there was Yularen on a cover.

 

He's also on the US version. Or, the character is- depending on when exactly the CCG Yularen card was released, the comic cover depiction might actually predate the identification of the Conference Room white-short as Yularen.

 

Don't know if it helps but the American (A New Hope-Special edition) issue #3, came out on March 1st 1997.