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After an intriguing and interesting opening issue, Star Wars (2025) started to slide into too much tell and not enough show through issues #2-5. And then it ran into the limits of Marvel’s less than brilliant plan with truncated runs, leaving the final group of issues, #6-10, an unfortunate victim where conveniences, shortcuts, and a rushed ending are all fans were left with. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Star Wars #6-10 (2025)”
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Another year, another set of revelations! Revelations (2023) #1 does what its predecessor did, teasing the future of Marvel’s Star Wars comics output, but unlike last year’s entry, it offers little stories introducing us to new and intriguing characters or series to come in 2024. Does it manage to do a better job than last year’s with the new format? Find out in our review! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Revelations (2023) #1”
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After checking in with Yoda’s plans to figure out the Nameless, Elzar Mann & Avar Kriss’ star-crossed feelings, The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight #3 picks up with Bell Zettifar and his own struggles following the events of Starlight’s fall. Giving us a glimpse at the ways this era of the Jedi Order differs from the prequels and sets the stage for the character’s Phase III mindset, it’s another fantastic issue and makes one anxious for its final, Marchion Ro-focused one. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: The High Republic – Shadows of Starlight #3”
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Life Day #1 lets Marvel in on the festive spirit, arraying a wide variety of writers and artists to bring several stories of Life Day adjacent shenanigans to…well… life. Once you hand-wave away some of the silliness, it’s an issue stacked with great talent and great fun. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Life Day #1”
On its 80th anniversary, Marvel takes us back in time to celebrate the original Star Wars run with Star Wars #50 (facsimile edition) and Star Wars #108 – what happens when the Crimson Fever strikes?
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As Marvel celebrates 80 years, they teamed up with Lucasfilm to bring life back to their original Star Wars comics run from the 70/80’s for one more issue, and it’s a love letter to the wackiness and mythos of that run, as well as to fans who enjoyed it all those years ago. For fans like myself who never imbibed, it’s not as glorious of a return, but it’s still a fun diversion, good remembrance, and a measurement of how much/how little has changed. Continue reading “Legends Comic Review: Star Wars Original Marvel Years #108”
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