Comic strip
The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell
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"The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell" is a comic strip written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson, originally published in February 1981 by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
The first reprint was in Amazing Heroes magazine #1–5.
It was then transfored into comic book format by Dark Horse Comics, reprinted in Classic Star Wars 1 and continued through Classic Star Wars 2 until page 15. The Dark Horse version was not in its orignal format, being colourised and having panels added and/or altered in artistic collaboration with Al Williamson, who also designed specfic covers.
It was first published online within StarWars.com's webstrips section of Hyperspace and made available to the public after penciller Al Williamson passed away on June 14, 2010.
In February 2018, the original black & white newspaper strip was reprinted in its complete original format by IDW Publishing.
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Facts
- Title
- The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell
- Writers
- Archie Goodwin
- Penciller
- Al Williamson
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate
- Released
- February 9 – April 19, 1981
- Published in
- February
- Reprinted in
- Classic Star Wars 1
- Classic Star Wars 2
- Classic Star Wars Volume 1: In Deadly Pursuit
- Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1
- Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2
- Timeline
- c. 0.5 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars comic strip
- Preceded by
- Han Solo at Stars' End (comic strip)
- Followed by
- "Darth Vader Strikes"
Who turns up here
Characters: 12
- C-3PO
- Chewbacca
- Jan Dodonna
- Gribbet (first appearance)
- Beru Whitesun Lars (mentioned only)
- Owen Lars (mentioned only)
- Leia Organa
- R2-D2
- Skorr (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure (mentioned only)
Planets: 5
- Jarnollen (first appearance)
- Kessel (mentioned only)
- Ord Mantell (first appearance)
- Tatooine (mentioned only)
- Yavin 4
Places: 5
- Stellar-energy station (first appearance)
- Ten Mile Plateau (first appearance)
- Worlport (first appearance)
- Mos Eisley (mentioned only)
- Great Temple
Galaxy: 1
- Bright Jewel system (first appearance)
Starships: 8
Vehicles: 2
- All Terrain Advance Raider (first appearance)
- T-16 skyhopper
Organizations: 5
Events: 6
- Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Endor (mentioned only)
- Battle of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Blockade of Yavin
- Mission to Jarnollen (first appearance)
- Mission to Ord Mantell (first appearance)
Technology: 11
Everything else: 12
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