Darth Vader certainly brought the chills in his, and Star Wars’ first, Black, White & Red miniseries, though considering how much Vader content we’ve had, it didn’t quite hit as hard. Now Darth Maul enters the ring for his own Black, White & Red miniseries and, given his spooky and bloody publishing history plus his iconic, devilish look, I do believe he’ll make even more of a splash in this format. Out April 25, 2024, the four-issue series will have a different creative team for each entry, with first featuring Benjamin Percy and Stefano Raffaele. Check out a few more details, as well as some wicked cool covers, for the first issue below, otherwise visit the Manor for our reviews starting April!
Darth Maul: Black, White & Red #1 will come to life from writer Benjamin Percy and illustrator Stefano Raffaele, and Percy took to the official site to tease a very horror driven story for their issue. Maul will be investigating a prison ship going offline, per Palpatine’s request so you can tell when this takes place roughly, and he’ll find himself dealing with the spooky Final Occultation cult onboard. They need not say more, I’m very intrigued and love the idea of going full-out horror for Maul’s “silent assassin” days under Palpatine’s thumb! Raffaele’s art on the story “Diplomatic Immunity” for Darth Vader: Black, White & Red was among one of my favorites from the series, so I have high hopes he’ll help deliver some scary panels for this story. I’ll be interested to learn where the remaining three issues plan to take Maul, if it’ll be stories from all over his life or not.
Given Vader’s series had three stories per issue, with one being an on-going tale throughout, I look forward to the format for Maul’s more, with only one creative team per issue, as it’ll really let them dig into Maul and this series’ unique artistic constraints. Though like I talked about in my 2023 Star Wars Comics Year-in-Review, I’m very disappointed we already have an only male creative team to kick off the series, given all the other new series in 2024 are the same, but I’ll cling to a shred of hope they’ll actually bring in some marginalized creatives for Darth Maul: Black, White & Red, though history isn’t on my side.
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