Russ Helm

Russel "Buddy" Helm was a writer for the Star Wars comic strip. He was hired by Lucasfilm's Lindsay Smith after artist Russ Manning could no longer script it due to illness.

A fan "urban myth" previously held that Russ Helm was a pseudonym for comic book writer Archie Goodwin when he wrote for the Star Wars newspaper strip, and that he later dropped the penname in favor of his real name starting with the story Han Solo at Stars' End. This was proven wrong in Star Wars Insider 141.

Star Wars bibliography

Star Wars newspaper strips

• Princess Leia, Imperial Servant
• The Second Kessel Run
• Planet of Kadril

Sources

• "The Passing of a Legend: Archie Goodwin" – Star Wars Insider 38
• "Authors of the Expanded Universe: Russ Manning" – Star Wars Insider 140
• "The Early Days of the Expanded Universe" – Star Wars Insider 141

External links

• Retrospective on Star Wars comic strip at BuddyHelm.com