Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics #23: "Flight Into Fury!"
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Release Date: 07/02/2020
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info_outlineIssue #23 “Flight into Fury” is the final comic in a 6-part story arc featuring our favorite Star Wars heroes, and villains you’ve never heard of. But, like the cover, it does feature a terrifying appearance of Darth Vader! (Not quite as terrifying as Rogue One, but for an 8-year-old it’s scary).
Title:"FLIGHT INTO FURY!"
Release Date: February 20, 1979
Writer:Archie Goodwin
Artwork:Carmine Infantino, Bob Wiacek and Carl Gafford
Cover Art:Carmine Infantino / Bob Wiacek
Synopsis:As Simon Greyshadeand Princess Leia prepare to leave The Wheel, CommanderStrom, realizes he has been betrayed by Greyshade and sends his stormtroopers to stop them.
In the meantime, Chewbacca is leaving the main event of The Big Game with Han Solo, who was believed to have been killed in the event, now reveals he is alive. The two make their way to the Millennium Falcon and leave The Wheel just in time to confront Darth Vader's Star Destroyer. Who lives? Who dies? And who has the Flight into Fury?
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