Today we continue to unpack an amazing year. The year that was 1980, the year that gave us the sequel to the biggest movie of all time the Empire

Strikes Back but it wasn't all smooth sailing for George Lucas and companies

you're gonna find out we go nitty-gritty into the details these incredibly

dim-witted bankers that almost prevented us from seeing Empire Strikes back in the summer of 1980

We go all the way into those crazy details

What other movies top the charts? What was the music that we were rocking and swinging to? And let me tell you something

We are not done with the comic books of 1980

We go deeper into the storylines.

Remember those?

Remember when a storyline would get us super excited over anything else,

over a variant, over a collectible cover?

And speaking of collectible covers, we have collectors tips.

I'm going all in on collector's tips, collector's corner,

on an all-new edition of Robeservations.

Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations. I am your host, Rob Lefeld, hence the rob of the Rob Observations. I have been making comics for

38 years. I have been writing, creating, drawing, illustrating, inking, printing. Yes,

I've talked about when I went and actually printed the comics. I have sold comics out of the

trunk. In 2000, I wanted to sell them out of my car, really just print to order.

And hey, do you want to buy this new version of Youngblood?

Yes, I have sold comics out of my trunk.

I don't know how I haven't seen every aspect of this comics industry.

And I love to share it with you here on Rob's Observations, which looks at the entirety of the comic book industry from the comic books that are the bedrock

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