tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post1039171610967108299..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Black and White Wednesday: May the Groovy Age Force Be With You!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-50091513067982576352016-05-06T09:57:04.406-04:002016-05-06T09:57:04.406-04:00Oh, I remember these comics: they created a sort o...Oh, I remember these comics: they created a sort of "alternate" SW universe before the release of "The Empire strikes back".<br /><br />Jabba was not a slug, but an apelike character, Luke still had a crush for Leia (before that "Oh God she's my sister" thing), and nice characters were created, like the lunatic old "Jedi" impostor Don-Wan Kihotay (Don Quijote), or Jaxxon the Green Rabbit (Lepus Carnivorus), both in the story inspired by "The magnificent Seven", set on planet Aduba-3.<br />And Valance, the vengeful Cyborg mercenary who hated all Droids.<br /><br />I had only a few of those, but it was fun while it lasted.J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-89257728628978636352016-05-04T08:25:28.969-04:002016-05-04T08:25:28.969-04:00Wonderful stuff Groove, the Star Wars comic reprin...Wonderful stuff Groove, the Star Wars comic reprints by Marvel UK, that I grabbed as a tiny boy, were all in black and white and came out weekly, which meant we only got five pages of story a week and a lot of back up strips. However, issue one did come with a free gift of a cardboard X-wing fighter, which was much cherished at the time.Jasper Barkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869166352199954744noreply@blogger.com