Comic strip
The Kingdom of Ice
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"The Kingdom of Ice" was originally an incomplete seven-part serialized comic story. It was first published in the Marvel Comics magazine Pizzazz #10–16 from July 1978 to January 1979. There were six pages (two parts) remaining to be published when Pizzazz was canceled. After Marvel UK Star Wars Weekly reprinted the first chapters in issues #57–59, the six final pages of the story, titled Pursuit!, saw print in April 1979 in issue #60. When it was finally released in the US as part of Marvel Illustrated Books' Star Wars in November 1981, Pursuit! was reprinted under the title War on Ice!.
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Facts
- Title
- The Kingdom of Ice
- Writers
- Archie Goodwin
- Penciller
- Walter Simonson
- Dave Cockrum
- Inker
- Klaus Janson
- John Tartaglione
- Letterer
- Jim Novak
- Rick Parker
- Denise Wohl
- Colorist
- Marie Severin
- Nel Yomtov
- Howard Bender (Tonist)
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Released
- July 1978
- Published in
- Pizzazz 10–16
- Star Wars Weekly 60
- Pages
- 27
- Timeline
- 0–0.5 ABY
- Series
- Pizzazz
- Preceded by
- The Keeper's World
Who turns up here
Characters: 9
- C-3PO
- Fafnir (first appearance)
- Odan (first appearance)
- Odan (impostor) (first appearance)
- Leia Organa
- R2-D2
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo (mentioned only)
- Maker (mentioned only)
Species: 4
- Ice worm (first appearance)
- Womp rat (mentioned only)
- Human
- Snow demon (first appearance)
Planets: 4
- Alderaan (mentioned only)
- Akuria II (first appearance)
- Keeper's World (indirect mention)
- Tatooine (mentioned only)
Places: 5
- Polar Wastes (first appearance)
- Akuria Rebel Base (first appearance)
- Geyser Sea (first appearance)
- Polar Base (first appearance)
- Beggar's Canyon (mentioned only)
Starships: 3
Vehicles: 3
- Snow flyer (first appearance)
- T-16 skyhopper (mentioned only)
- War Sled (first appearance)
Organizations: 3
Events: 2
- Galactic Civil War
- Mission to Akuria II (first appearance)
Technology: 16
- R2-series astromech droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- T-3 (first appearance)
- Axe
- Blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- Club
- Explosive charge (mentioned only)
- Ion-blast missile (first appearance)
- Lightsaber
- Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber
- Power ski (first appearance)
- Stormtrooper armor
- Tracking scope (first appearance)
- Thermal suit
- Utility belt
Lore: 1
Everything else: 25
- Astromech droid
- R-series
- Protocol droid
- Colonel
- Farm boy
- Commander
- Senator
- Pilot
- Princess
- Blaster
- Electrobinoculars
- Energy gate (first appearance)
- Engine
- Fire extinguisher
- Force shield
- Heat induction unit (first appearance)
- Homing beacon (mentioned only)
- Integrated logic terminal (mentioned only)
- Laser cannon
- Photoreceptor
- Sensor (mentioned only)
- Bandolier
- Desert (mentioned only)
- Eye patch
- Binary
Not in the archive: 1
- Snowball (mentioned only)
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