Tag: Jason Aaron

Comic News: Aphra, Valance, Krrsantan & More Return in Marvel’s A New Legacy One-shot!

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I get it, there’s quite the list of talent in Marvel’s upcoming 2025 one-shot, A New Legacy, and we’ll talk about them in a moment, but for me the excitement for this news centers on the comic-created characters returning in it! Doctor Aphra, Sana Starros, Krrsantan, Triple-Zero, BT-1, Darth Momin, and more will star in three different stories from the all-star talent list as a way to celebrate 10 years of canon comics!! A New Legacy arrives January 29, 2025, but you can read all about its stories, the creatives, and see the covers below! Continue reading “Comic News: Aphra, Valance, Krrsantan & More Return in Marvel’s A New Legacy One-shot!” →

Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #3 & #4

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After not quite proving itself necessary or distinct, with stories often feeling much the same to showcase the titular Sith Lord’s might, I took a break and decided to review the final two issues of Darth Vader: Black, White & Red together, as one thing was clear after it ended: while the art was often great and outstanding, more Vader was not what we or this series needed. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #3 & #4” →

Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #2

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Two new stories join Jason Aaron’s recurring tale in Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #2, one with a creepy story and another with good art and an important message, though my feeling the series hasn’t made itself entirely distinct from being just more Vader remain. Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #2” →

Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #1

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Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1 kicks off the experimental miniseries with a bunch of little stories about everyone’s favorite nightmare, the titular Sith Lord himself. Within its opening issue, there’s the beginning of Jason Aaron’s return to Star Wars comics, a surrealistic story like only Peach Momoko could deliver, and Toruun Grønbekk’s debut, all presenting Vader in different ways. However, are they different enough from what’s all come before? Find out in my review! Continue reading “Canon Comic Review: Darth Vader – Black, White & Red #1” →

Star Wars Comics July 2023 Solicitations

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With July 2023’s Star Wars comics solicitations, fans witness the relative calm before the incoming Dark Droids crossover storm (advanced solicited below). Boba Fett deals with a death mark from Black Sun with some new friends, Aphra and Luke deal with the very strange and intriguing Starweird (and Shaak Ti has something to do with it!), Poe Dameron’s parents are protecting who from an assassination attempt (!!?), and more! Head below to see what the July 2023 solicitations have in store for Star Wars comics! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics July 2023 Solicitations” →

Star Wars Comics June 2023 Solicitations

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Summer is in the air, flowers are in full bloom, and you are probably just like me, trying to avoid allergies and get to your local comic shop to pick up the latest Star Wars comics! June 2023’s Star Wars comic solicitations foretell quite the month, from Anakin and Yoda going toe-to-toe with Megadroids (a name as Star Wars as it gets), the excellent Sana Starros miniseries takes its final bow, Aphra’s hanging out with Luke, Vader’s hanging out with….Aphra, and Luke is hanging out with…..a different doctor? Wait…what? I try to make sense of it all in solicitations of June 2023’s Star Wars Comics below!

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Star Wars Comics May 2023 Solicitations

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This year’s Star Wars Month already has a bounty of delights on screen, like Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 and Young Jedi Adventures, and it seems like the comics will bring the party as well. There’s everything from Luke Skywalker searching for kyber…while also spending some time with Doctor Aphra again, Sana Starros squaring off with her brother, Inferno Squad shaking up the Bounty Hunters series, and the finale to The High Republic’s Phase II!! So get ready for another memorable May the Fourth…all month long with these May 2023 Star Wars comic solicitations. Continue reading “Star Wars Comics May 2023 Solicitations” →

Star Wars Comics April 2023 Solicitations

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I wish this was an April Fool’s joke, but April 2023’s Star Wars comics bring another Darth Vader focused comic, but fear not, there’s plenty of other comics goodness to enjoy! In fact, there’s the big, grand finale to Qi’ra’s momentous return trilogy in Hidden Empire, The High Republic’s Phase II comic finds Jedi trying to save their own, Sana Starros rides a rancor (!!!), Inferno Squad blazes up Bounty Hunters, Ewoks take center stage in a one-shot, and so much more! Head below for April 2023’s Star Wars comics solicitations! Continue reading “Star Wars Comics April 2023 Solicitations” →

Comic News: Black History Month Covers, Darth Vader: Black, White & Red Announced

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After two years of special Pride Month covers, Marvel is expanding its selection of celebratory covers and now has ones coming up for Black History Month (and even Women’s History Month later)! Artist Mateus Manhanini goes hard on the incredible covers, which you can glimpse below the cut alongside which comic issue they’ll be releasing with, 10 total to enjoy and collect. Elsewhere, Marvel just can’t let Darth Vader die so they’ve announced a new miniseries with the Black, White & Red moniker, based off a series they do for Marvel comics proper, set to launch this April with the return of Jason Aaron, first interior art by Peach Momoko (!!), and more. All the details and covers below! Continue reading “Comic News: Black History Month Covers, Darth Vader: Black, White & Red Announced” →

Mynock Manor Suggests: Sana Starros Expanded Content

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Mynock Manor Suggests Sana Starros Expanded Content

Staying at hotels, B&Bs, and even Airbnb’s there are often concierge services available about what to see and do in the area you’re visiting, so we’ve opened the concierge desk at the Manor to offer suggestions on what to read, watch, and enjoy when wanting to find out more about your favorite Star Wars characters now that you have the free time to do so! One of the most popular characters to come out of the Marvel comics line is Sana Starros: bounty hunter, smuggler, con-woman, and potentially, an ex-wife?? Creating an extra wrinkle for our heroes very early in the canon reset, Sana Starros took a starring role in the comics as her backstory was fleshed out, and we’re happy to share with you the best places to get acquainted with her!

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