zombie84 said:
The SE comic was a whole new 1990s adaptation from scratch. It was okay, but the balance was weird since they made close to an entire issue out of the "here they come" sequence IIRC.
The Marvel series was great though, and along with Splinter of the Minds Eye was really the only thing that built upon the universe of Star Wars, rather than the trilogy. As soon as Empire came out, the story changed very radically and it just wasn't quite the same. But those first few years, where there was no additional films or other media to offer constraints, showed the potential directions of Lucas film.
The reprint of the Marvel version preceded the SE comics by a year or two, IIRC.
Marvel did operate under a few constraints from Lucasfilm in the early years. The Han Leia Luke triangle could only run in circles, and they didn't bring Vader back into the thick of things for a long while.
Aren't you forgetting the most excellent Brian Daley Han Solo books? ;)