Tag: Lockdown (comic arc)

Canon Comic Retrospective: Poe Dameron Series

Poe Dameron Complete Series Retrospective

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If there’s anybody who can write Star Wars comics well, it is Charles Soule. The man has an incredible range of gifts: from the Master-Padawan relationship of Obi-Wan & Anakin to the tortured mind of a Sith Lord in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith. If anyone was going to lead the charge into the New Republic era of comic books, I wouldn’t trust anybody more than I would Soule. Poe Dameron, at least at its conception, took us on the search for Lor San Tekka, the occasion shown at the beginning of The Force Awakens. Instead of showing us a straightforward search and rescue mission, the series took some mighty fun pit stops: a cult that worshiped a kaiju-bearing egg, Mr. Bones against the First Order, revisiting Cato Nemoidia, and more. I mean, a lot more. Continue reading “Canon Comic Retrospective: Poe Dameron Series”

Canon Comic Review: Poe Dameron #5

Poe Dameron #5

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The exciting, adventurous series Poe Dameron returns with issue #5, written by Charles Soule with art by Phil Noto, and things really get off to the races in an action-packed, fun issue that ends with cliffhangers that’ll make the wait for #6 that much longer. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Poe Dameron #5”

Canon Comic Review: Poe Dameron #4

Poe Dameron #4

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Poe Dameron #4 slows the series down a bit, letting readers and Poe’s Black Squadron take a break before the action begins anew. This issue starts a new arc, “Lockdown,” where Poe and crew find themselves in even more hot water than their last mission as they continue their attempt to track down Lor San Tekka by visiting a Jedi-artifact collecting Hutt in a very dangerous prison. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Poe Dameron #4”