Okay, two blogs on 1 day... I am really on a roll now!!!!

Over at the Dark Horse fourms, we are having a little discussion about Star Wars 30th Anniversary, which led us to the question which of the following two publications was the first, real piece of Expanded Universe:

Star Wars # 7, Jan. 1978
Pizzazz # 1, Oct. 1977

Now, we all know that one does not have to rely on the issue-dating, as publications often are published before the month-date on the cover. So I decided to do a little research which leads me to the assumption that the 3-page comic by Roy Thomas (1st in a series) in Pizzazz # 1 was the first, real EU-story we had...

Here's my evidence:

- Star Wars # 9 (cover-dated March 1978) states in the Marvel Bullpen Bulletins that 'It's December and another holiday season' This means that # 8 is from November, thus # 7 is from October 1977...
- Star Wars # 5 (cover-dated Nov. 1977, but appearing in August 1977) has a full-page add for the all-new magazine Pizzazz
- In Star Wars # 5's Stan Lee's Soapbox, Stan Lee has some sort of a quiz: he asks what Pizzazz might be (and who's publishing it, unaware, as he later admits in # 8, that a full-page add in the same issue already revealed the new mag). He also states that everything will be revealed next mont (i.e. September 1977)
- Pizzazz # 1, cover-dated October 1977, states in it's last column Up & Out that # 2, the November Pizzazz will be on sale on Thursday, October 20 1977, thus # 1 has to be from late September... (probably Thursday, September 22, 1977)

my conclusion: Pizzazz # 1 is from late September 1977, while Star Wars # 7 is from October 1977...


Anybody feels to object to this?

Greetz,
Eddie

edit: might as well promote my timeline in this blog as well...