<P> Star Wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars . An eponymous series by Marvel Comics began in 1977 with a six - issue comic adaptation of the film and ran for 107 issues until 1986 . Blackthorne Publishing released a three - issue run of 3 - D comics from 1987 to 1988 . Dark Horse published the limited series Star Wars : Dark Empire in 1991 , and ultimately produced over 100 Star Wars titles until 2014 , including manga adaptations of the original trilogy of films and the 1999 prequel The Phantom Menace . The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012 , and the Star Wars comics license returned to Marvel in 2015 . In 2017 , IDW Publishing launched the anthology series Star Wars Adventures . </P>
<P> Star Wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars . An eponymous series by Marvel Comics began in 1977 with a six - issue comic adaptation of the film and ran for 107 issues until 1986 . Blackthorne Publishing released a three - issue run of 3 - D comics from 1987 to 1988 . Dark Horse published the limited series Star Wars : Dark Empire in 1991 , and ultimately produced over 100 Star Wars titles until 2014 , including manga adaptations of the original trilogy of films and the 1999 prequel The Phantom Menace . The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012 , and the Star Wars comics license returned to Marvel in 2015 . In 2017 , IDW Publishing launched the anthology series Star Wars Adventures . </P>
when did the first star wars comic come out
when did the first star wars comic come out
1977
1977