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Review: Rogue One #4

First things first: shout out to Phil Noto for yet another drop dead gorgeous cover. It’s a damn shame that Noto/Marvel doesn’t sell prints of these. Much like the issues before it, Rogue One #4 does a...

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Review: Star Wars #33

As far as self-contained stories go, Star Wars #33 is actually a really nice one even taking into account a painfully awkward looking panel of Luke Skywalker. The mission is supposed to be a routine...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #9

Forget hello: they had me at the cover. Don’t get me wrong: I love Aphra for being, well, her but seeing her in a fancy dress just makes me smile. (I have a weakness and I will not apologize for it.)...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #3

Darth Vader’s hunt for a Jedi to murder for their lightsaber continues and it’s clear that Master Infil’a won’t go down without a fight… and it might be more than Vader can handle. In a previous...

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Review: Poe Dameron #17

The X-Wing Gods must have heard my prayers because this next arc is another Black Squadron story and not just a Poe thing! Actually, it’s two Black Squadron things which makes it even better. The first...

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Review: Darth Maul #5

Darth Maul #5 ends about how you’d expect any book about the Sith Lord to: with death. All things Maul always seem to come with a heaping side of death. It’s a thing. A theme of this series and...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #10

The good news is that the trouble from the end of the last issue hasn’t showed up yet. The bad news is that different trouble has reared its far more immediate head. Really though: should anyone be...

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Review: Rogue One #5

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to pinpoint which of the little added moments in this Rogue One comic adaptation has been the best. It’s very likely that the ultimate winner will include K-2SO. If...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #4

Anakin Skywalker had no chill and it’s very clear that Darth Vader has no chill either. Are any of us surprised? We shouldn’t be. At the same time though, everything about Vader is a tragedy. (Darth...

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Review: Cassian and K-2SO

At last! The long awaited Cassian and Kaytu comic! It’s… fine? Many of my feelings about the timing of this comic line up with some of my feelings on the Threepio comic from last year. While we don’t...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #11

LISTEN MARVEL. We’re going to get to the talking about the comic in a bit but I have a complaint to register as an Aphra cosplayer. You guys are KILLING ME with these rad outfits you put her in for the...

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Review: Star Wars #34

It’s not a secret that I wasn’t a fan of the Yoda arc because it just draaaaaagged and made me want to take a nap. It made Screaming Citadel a very welcome reprieve. That said, I wasn’t sure what to...

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Review: Poe Dameron #18

The arc with the boys’ trip and the girls’ trip continues and things don’t really go all that well for our favorites in Black Squadron. (Are you surprised? I’m not surprised.) It didn’t take long for...

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Review: Doctor Aphra Annual #1

It’s funny how comics work sometimes. I never knew that I wanted Black Krrsantan’s backstory until I read this issue. The first Doctor Aphra Annual actually takes us back in time not only to a certain...

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Review: Star Wars #35

Every time I remember that Jason Aaron is leaving this book soon, I get majorly bummed out lately even though I’m simultaneously excited to see what Kieron Gillen has in store. The reason? These...

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Review: Mace Windu #1

I’m not entirely sure what I expected for the Mace Windu comic but I’m not sure this was it. Maybe my brain’s not playing entirely fair. For me, the definitive Mace Windu story comes from Legends:...

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Review: Rogue One #6

At this point I think it’s very safe to say that both the novelization and comic adaptation of Rogue One were a step above their The Force Awakens counterparts due in great part to their ability to add...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #5

Listen… it’s been a while since we’ve had a gif review and I had honestly retired the format but sometimes you get a comic issue where words don’t really do it.   Darth Vader #5 was just so good that I...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #12

I usually try and keep these spoiler free but today? Today we’re talking spoilers. You have been warned. Doctor Aphra #12 is trying to low key kill me. No, not just this issue but the entire arc. Why?...

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Review: Star Wars #36

Revenge of the Astromech is a really good title. That should be said right off the bat. Star Wars #36 is the sort of issue that really leans into what Attack of the Clones did with Artoo and shows him...

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Review: Star Wars Annual #3

How are we already to the third Annual of the Star Wars comic? Time has just been flying by! In this latest Annual, Jason Latour tells a Han/Leia story in which they try to find a new Rebel base but...

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Review: Poe Dameron #19

I feel like I’m just repeating myself at this point but it bears saying again: War Stories is a very X-Wingy sort of story. That’s X-Wing with a capital X, by the way. As in the X-Wing series. Why has...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #6

It’s interesting how an issue with a ton of action can also be an issue where not much happens. The series so far has left Vader a little worse for the wear and honestly, he probably needs a few...

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Review: Star Wars #37

It’s an end of an era today as Star Wars #37 is Jason Aaron’s last issue of Star Wars. In honor of the occasion, let’s take a moment to appreciate what a fantastic job he’s done with the book. While I...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #13

Star Wars: Giving more of us excuses to roll up to conventions in comfortable robe costumes one character at a time Oh wait. Was that not the takeaway I was supposed to get from this issue? Oops....

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Review: Poe Dameron #20

Black Squadron: Not actually doing all that great Lor San Tekka: Also not doing all that great Poe Dameron #20 emphasizes that the Resistance is probably lucky that they even have a base and any...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #7

Okay. Now we’re talking. Most of the time, I tend to enjoy the first issue in a new story arc but it often doesn’t quite catch me until the inevitable cliffhanger at the end. Darth Vader #7 had me from...

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Review: Star Wars #38

It’s a brand new day for the main Star Wars book as Kieron Gillen slides in to take the reins and I’m like 99% sure that all of my favorites are going to die because I spent all my Gillen Good Luck on...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #14

Say whaaaaat? (I see what you did with this arc title, Marvel. I see you.) Doctor Aphra #14 kicks off a new “year” for the not so good doctor who is doing considerably worse than she was the last time...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #8

Let’s start off where we really need to: the cover. This comic has been knocking it out of the park with covers but Giuseppe Camuncoli and Francesco Mattina have really outdone themselves this time....

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Review: Captain Phasma

Fall 2017 should probably be known as the Season of Phasma. First the Phasma novel graced our shelves and now the fantastic Captain Phasma comic by Kelly Thompson and Marco Checchetto is here in...

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Review: Star Wars #39

When a Star Wars comic is set on Jedha not too long after Rogue One, you have to expect that there will be references to the film but that doesn’t stop me from grinning from ear to ear when I see Jyn...

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Review: Poe Dameron #21

Congratulations to Charles Soule and Angel Unzueta for creating a comic page that made me audibly gasp really, really loudly. It’s a relatively quiet issue for Black Squadron. They’re present, of...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #9

Jocasta Nu is officially a bad ass. Perhaps she’s not a match for the Grand Inquisitor in a lightsaber duel but she knows how to hold her own. While the Jedi Order seems fine with letting their Knights...

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Review: Star Wars #40

I’ve decided that all I want from Kieron Gillen’s Star Wars is more Skywalker twin interactions. Queen Trios and the Empire continue their efforts to drill all of the kyber out of Jedha and the rebels...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #15

I can’t say I was expecting to yelp “Aphra!” while reading this issue and yet I did. Thankfully, I seem to be getting my wish regarding more Tolvan as she makes Imperial bureaucracy work for her and...

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Review: Poe Dameron #22

Poe Dameron #22 is masterful. When I first started reading it, I figured that perhaps this issue would hit me a little harder after seeing The Last Jedi. After all, much of who Poe Dameron was in the...

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Review: Storms of Crait

Without a doubt, Crait was one of the most visually striking things within The Last Jedi. Fields of salt covering red crystals? Yep, I’m on board. When the movie revealed that The Last Jedi was an old...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #16

Yep. It’s going to be another review where we talk spoilers but you’ve probably already seen this particular one. Y’all. Chelli Lona Aphra is gay and Kieron Gillen and Si Spurrier are not messing...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #10

If Darth Vader #10 tells us anything, it’s that there is still a bit of Anakin Skywalker close to the surface of the man who is now Darth Vader. We all knew how this story arc was going to end for...

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Review: Poe Dameron #23

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Poe Dameron #23 had me flipping each page as anxiously as I might watch a dogfight in one of the films. It feels like a strange thing to say because we know...

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Review: Mace Windu

Mace Windu just might be the first of the Marvel comics that I recommend you skip entirely and that’s a bummer. Mace Windu has been one of my favorite Prequel Era Jedi ever since I read Shatterpoint...

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Review: DJ: Most Wanted

DJ: Most Wanted: It’s fine. Oh wait. You want more of a review than that? Fine. (Did you see what I did there?) Set right before the events of The Last Jedi, DJ: Most Wanted gives us a little more...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #17

Doctor Aphra: Still gay Tolvan: Still doesn’t know her name. Still pretty into her I dig it. “Remastered” has no intent of confining itself to just one location and in Doctor Aphra #17, our favorite...

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Review: Poe Dameron #24

LISTEN AGENT TEREX. I’ve liked you a lot throughout these last two dozen issues of Poe Dameron. You’ve been a very good antagonist and delightfully evil when the occasion required it but this time you...

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Review: Darth Vader (2017) #11+12

After the crazy, brain breaking kyber crystal arc and then the Jocasta Nu Chronicles, Darth Vader #11 and #12 are nice, self-contained story that serve almost as a palette cleanser before Soule and...

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Review: Star Wars #41-43

The interesting thing about accidentally putting off your comic reviews for a few issues is what you notice about how an arc reads. I’m a big fan of Kieron Gillen’s work (just go look at my reviews of...

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Review: Poe Dameron #25

When reading Poe Dameron #25, it feels like this could have very easily been the end of the series. Instead, it’s an end of an era within the comic as we reach the last issue set prior to the Sequel...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #18

Hey Aphra? I hope you understand how lucky you are to be alive right now because holy crap, you should’ve died at least six times in this issue alone. Okay, maybe not six but a lot. At least twice. One...

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Review: Doctor Aphra #19

I love one (1) Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra. So much. She’s not perfect; in fact, she’s a little bit terrible at times but that just makes me love her more. Spoilers for Aphra doing terrible things and...

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