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JO DUFFY’S
JO DUFFY’S
FIVE FAVORITE MARVEL

STAR WARS COMICS!
STAR WARS COMICS!
MARVEL STAR WARS WRITER JO DUFFY:
“I frankly loved many, if not most, of my own issues. By and large, excusing the exceedingly rare
uncongenial collaboration or unexpectedly leaden execution, things turned out much as
I envisioned. I loved Star Wars, and those characters were like good friends to me,
if not a weird, extended family. Let’s face it: I was lucky enough to work
with an amazing array of wonderful artists.”

“SILENT DRIFTING” & “ELLIE”
(#24, JUNE 1979) (#80, FEBRUARY 1984)

My Ben Kenobi flashback solo story. I was so thrilled to be doing Much as I love drama, action-adventure, and comedy,
a Star Wars one-off, and even happier to be allowed to focus on sometimes you just want to tear people’s hearts out, throw
the fascinating General Kenobi. And then came the wonderful them on the floor, stomp on them, and just generally make
news that Carmine Infantino, who drew so many gorgeous comics yourself and everyone else cry, if you can manage to do it in
I read as a kid, was the artist. It was just a blast. a fair and un-manipulative way. These both accomplished that

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