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Return, the Clone Wars, do…from a certain point of view! The Clone Wars – Battle Tales’ latest issue once again remains truthful to its roots. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales #3”
Over at the official site, ahead of April 2020 Star Wars comics’ solicitations, Dan Brooks interviewed the scribe of the upcoming relaunch of Doctor Aphra, Alyssa Wong, revealing new details like a heavy Indiana Jones-esque plot and a whole host of new and intriguing characters. And at THR, IDW announced a 5-issue anthology miniseries, Star Wars Adventures: The Clone Wars – Battle Tales, where clones share war stories (UPDATE: Check out our interview with the series’ writer, Michael Moreci). Head below for more details on each!
UPDATE: Due to the growing pandemic, comic distributor Diamond Comics has halted shipping starting in April. Marvel won’t be releasing issues digitally and IDW certainly won’t unless it’s on a store shelf, so it’s very much up in the air when these comics will end up seeing the light of day. It’s an unfortunate, but understandable move. Battle Tales has a new tentative release for June, but no word on what Marvel is thinking for Aphra’s relaunch. I’ll update as soon as we learn! UPDATE 5/2/20: Battle Tales‘ first issue will hit May 20 and Aphra #1 will hit May 27! Continue reading “Comic News: Doctor Aphra Vol. 2 Details Revealed, The Clone Wars Comic from IDW Announced”
I haven’t been reviewing much of IDW’s Star Wars Adventures because they aren’t really for me, thus I feel like I’d not have anything worthwhile to add to the conversation. I read them and enjoy them, don’t get me wrong, and stuff like the Forces of Destiny miniseries or the recanonization of Jaxxon has been too intriguing not to cover. But the most exciting miniseries yet was announced back at SDCC, Tales from Vader’s Castle, a five issue miniseries releasing in the month of October, bringing the Halloween spirit, and frights, to Star Wars comics. a little preview on my feelings Continue reading “Canon Comic Miniseries Review: Tales From Vader’s Castle (#1-5)”
When it was first announced the younger marketed Star Wars Adventures comics from IDW would have a Forces of Destiny tie-in miniseries, a show itself great for the same audience the comic reached, it felt like a match made in Cloud City. Now that all five issues of the female-centric miniseries have released, all written by female creatives, I can honestly say it belongs among the clouds, despite a few minor missteps that won’t really matter to core readers of the event series. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Star Wars Adventures – Forces of Destiny (#1-5)”
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