For my Christmas Wish List: The Art Of Star Wars Comics 16-Month 2013 Calendar, showcasing covers from the early Marvel Comics tie-ins that tided us over duringthose interminable three-year gaps between Star Wars and Empire and Jedi. Those old issues are still among my favorite Star Wars stories ever.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 18.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 23.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 27.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 32.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 29.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 30.

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics), issue 33.

Is that Doctor Strange unloading some magick whoop-ass on Indy?!

Issue #112 of DC’s Mystery in Space, one of my regular reads when I was a kid. I still have this issue somewhere in the basement…

Cover art by the late Joe Kubert.

comicbookcovers:

Atari Force #1, January 1984, cover by Jose Luis Garica-Lopez

This short-lived series was a spin-off from comics that were given out as premiums in certain Atari game cartridge packages. I only had a couple of those, but I loved this regular monthly title… some great 80s-style space opera!