Star Wars Comic Vol.1 #3

08 Aug 1999. Cover price £1.25.
28 pages. Full colour.
Titan Magazines.

Edited by John Freeman.

Cover photograph (uncredited).

Contents:

 2 Meet C-3PO text introduction (uncredited). / Contents / Indicia

 3 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, part three, w: Henry Gilroy, based on the story by George Lucas; p: Rodolfo Damaggio, i: Al Williamson, lettering by Steve Dutro, colouring by Dave Nestelle.

r: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Dark Horse) #01 (May 1999).

14 UNTITLED poster; photograph (uncredited).

19 Forbidden Planet advertisement.

20 Use the Force advertisement for Lego Star Wars sets.

21 Star Wars: Episode I - Anakin Skywalker, part three, w: Timothy Truman; p: Steve Crespo, i: George Freeman, lettering by Vickie Williams, colouring by Dave Nestelle.

r: Star Wars: Episode I - Anakin Skywalker Dark Horse) nn (May 1999).

25 No Time to Lose! competition to win a Star Wars clock.

26 Coming Next Issue

27 Subscribe & Save

28 See and Read the Film advertisement for graphic novel.

Scratch what I said about photographs not being effective. This is a dramatic cover, with the yellow background allowing the photograph of Darth Maul to really pop from the cover. Visual interest is maintained on the contents page with the wonderful "naked" C-3PO design looking appropriately futuristic and retro at the same time. This is an issue filled with wonderful images, and not exclusively throughout the strips.

The poster in this issue - Darth Maul once more - is a magnificent example of using promotional material inventively. Sure, the photographic element has appeared in a bunch of places, but rarely as impressively as here.

A step up in style, though it is difficult to generate suspense or thrills with the main story, having been driven into the ground with so much supplementary material during the release of the film.

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