Darth Vader - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:36:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Darth Vader - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 A New Bad-@$$ War Reports With Mace Windu #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/12/a-new-bad-war-reports-with-mace-windu-1/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48174 In a tale set before the downfall of the Jedi and the rise of the Empire, Jedi Mace Windu plunges into the criminal underworld to safely retrieve a secret formula that risks upending the galactic status quo in Mace Windu #1 written by Marc Bernadin, pencils by Georges Jeanty, inks by Dexter Vines, colors by...

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]]> 48174 War Reports is back with Vader and the Schism Imperial (Best Band Name Ever?) https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/11/war-reports-is-back-with-vader-and-the-schism-imperial-best-band-name-ever/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47675 The Schism Imperial rises as Vader deals with the fallout of “Dark Droids” in Darth Vader #42, written by Greg Pak, drawn by Adam Gorham, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Joe Caramanga. With “Dark Droids” behind us and the title character past the weird “my Force powers are broken so I’m going to...

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]]> 47675 Fall of the House of X kicks off the new year and our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/staff-picks-jan-3/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47564 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Rasmus’ pick: Fall of the House of X #1: Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. Outlawed, hunted, killed, most of their kind missing or dead, and now, one of their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is...

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]]> 47564 Ahsoka Reaches Its Conclusion in This Week’s War Reports https://comicsxf.com/2023/10/10/ahsoka-reaches-its-conclusion-in-this-weeks-war-reports/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46777 Ahsoka, Sabine, and Ezra march on Thrawn as the season concludes in Ahsoka part eight, “The Jedi, the Witch and the Warlord” written by Dave Filoni and directed by Rick Famuyiwa. Austin Gorton: Sean! Welcome to the Ahsoka finale review. I assume you’ve watched all the previous episodes and are deeply versed in all the...

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]]> 46777 Fan Service Isn’t A Bad Thing in This Week’s War Reports https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/19/fan-service-isnt-a-bad-thing-in-this-weeks-war-reports/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46601 Ahsoka goes on a journey through her past and emerges with a new outlook (and new color scheme) in Ahsoka episode five, “Shadow Warrior”, written and directed by Dave Filoni.  Austin Gorton: Adam! I see you’ve followed the map I left in an orb buried in a temple activated by a stone plinth, and found...

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]]> 46601 Ahsoka lives somewhere on the spectrum between Boba Fett and Andor: War Reports https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/28/war-reports-2/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46407 The titular star of LucasFilm’s latest streaming series, Ahsoka, has a rich cross-media history in Star Wars. She debuted in The Clone Wars animated series (the canonical Dave Filoni one, not the earlier Genndy Tartakovsky one), made a smattering of appearances in the animated followup Rebels, starred in a few novels and comic book stories,...

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]]> 46407 J@me$ Tyn1on’s W0rldTr33 1e@d$ Th1$ W33k’$ $t@ff P1ck$ https://comicsxf.com/2023/04/26/jme-tyn1ons-w0rldtr33-1ed-th1-w33k-tff-p1ck/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45316 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zack’s pick: W0rldtr33 #1: In 1999, Gabriel and his friends discovered the Undernet, a secret architecture to the Internet. They charted their exploration on a message board called W0RLDTR33. Then they lost control. Someone broke...

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]]> 45316 Darth Vader #30 Adds a Twist or Two https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/17/darth-vader-30-adds-a-twist-or-two/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44534 There’s twists and turns aplenty as Sabé finds herself in a pickle while her fellow handmaidens make a deal with the devil in Star Wars: Darth Vader #30 written by Greg Pak, art by Luke Ross, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Generally speaking, Darth Vader isn’t a series which relies too...

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]]> 44534 Darth Vader #29 is a Good Example of Vader Without Vader https://comicsxf.com/2022/12/07/darth-vader-29-is-a-good-example-of-vader-without-vader/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44121 Ochi helps Dormé investigate Sabé while Sabé makes a fateful decision. Darth Vader is also there, in Star Wars: Darth Vader #29 written by Greg Pak, art by Luke Ross, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Who is the main character of this series? Darth Vader is the title character, of course,...

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]]> 44121 Darth Vader #28 Circles Back to Well-Trod Ground https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/21/darth-vader-28/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43541 Darth Vader doesn’t fight the Emperor, then gets assigned another new mission in Star Wars: Darth Vader #28 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Darth Vader #28 is repetitious to its detriment. In following up on the reveal that the Emperor was secretly behind...

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]]> 43541 Darth Vader Leans Into Its Comic Book-ness, But Not Enough https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/29/darth-vader-leans-into-its-comic-book-ness-but-not-enough/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43170 A few fun moments highlight another issue in which the Governor Tauntaza plotline lumbers along in Star Wars: Darth Vader #27 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Any issue following in the immediate footsteps of last issue’s near-camp ode to Darth Vader’s intolerance of...

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]]> 43170 It’s Vader Vs. Sand in Star Wars: Darth Vader #26 https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/26/its-vader-vs-sand-in-star-wars-darth-vader-26/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42636 Darth Vader comes face-to-face once more with his coarsest, roughest, most irritating foe, one which gets everywhere in Star Wars: Darth Vader #26 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. It’s the one where Vader fights sand.  That may sound glib and/or reductive, but that’s...

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]]> 42636 It Hasn’t All Been Leading to Darth Vader #25 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/21/it-hasnt-all-been-leading-to-darth-vader-25/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42154 “Crimson Reign” continues to hum along, apparently, as Darth Vader finds a sandstorm in Star Wars: Darth Vader #25 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Welp, it turns out this was the conclusion to nothing.  Last issue, it seemed like the series was building...

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]]> 42154 Darth Vader #24 Sets the Table, But Lacks a Meal https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/29/41786/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41786 With Sabé in tow, Darth Vader pursues a rogue Imperial governor and encounters a new weapon with some strange aftereffects in Star Wars: Darth Vader #24 written by Greg Pak, art by  Marco Castiello, colored by Carlos Lopez and lettered by Joe Caramagna. While the days of slapping them with a foil-enhanced embossed chromium cover...

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]]> 41786 Darth Vader #23 Is a Fun But Unclear Story https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/01/darth-vader-23-is-a-fun-but-unclear-story/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41242 Darth Vader puts the honesty of his newest ally to the test in Star Wars: Darth Vader #23 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. At this point, the series is six issues removed from the “War of the Bounty Hunters” crossover and deep in...

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]]> 41242 Darth Vader #22 Asks Who Can You Trust https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/14/darth-vader-22-asks-who-can-you-trust/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40099 Darth Vader sets about feeding the monsters to the other monsters as “Crimson Reign” continues in Star Wars: Darth Vader #22 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. If last issue was all about secrets and who knows what, when, then Darth Vader #22 is...

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]]> 40099 Darth Vader #21 is a Tale of Secrets and Revelations https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/24/darth-vader-21-is-a-tale-of-secrets-and-revelations/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39185 Several people learn the hard way there’s no keeping secrets from Darth Vader in Star Wars: Darth Vader #21 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Not surprisingly in a story built around the idea of rooting out Crimson Dawn double agents working against the...

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]]> 39185 Darth Vader #20 Sets the Series Back On Course https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/09/darth-vader-20-sets-the-series-back-on-course/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37884 Plots spin within plots as Sabe return and plays Vader like a fiddle (or does she?!?) in Star Wars: Darth Vader #20 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Two things help set this issue – in which Darth Vader, after retrieving a list of...

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]]> 37884 Darth Vader #19 Has Too Many Characters For Any One to Stand Out https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/22/darth-vader-19-has-too-many-characters-for-any-one-to-stand-out/ Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=36459 Vader gets lost in the influx of new characters and an uninspiring plot in Star Wars: Darth Vader #19 written by Greg Pak, art by Guiu Vilanova, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Two issues into the “Crimson Dawn” era of this series, things are already starting to feel repetitive. After last...

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]]> 36459 Darth Vader #17 Reveals a Traitor in Vader’s Midst https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/27/darth-vader-17-reveals-a-traitor-in-vaders-midst/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34883 Vader deals with one betrayal while another is revealed in Star Wars: Darth Vader #17 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Alex Sinclair and lettered by Joe Caramagna. The series’ involvement in the “War of the Bounty Hunters” comes to a close this issue, and while that conclusion may feel a...

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]]> 34883 Dr. Polaris Tops Our First Panels of the Week Feature https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/21/dr-polaris-tops-our-first-panels-of-the-week-feature/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33895 Introducing Panels of the Week, where our writing staff lets us know what one comic book moment stuck with them most from the past week’s offerings.  Dr. Lorna Dane Our first moment is one that’s LONG overdue. Cori McCreery chooses this panel from X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #2 “because she finally got her Ph.D.,...

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]]> 33895 Darth Vader #16 Has Fun Moments, But Leaves Unanswered Questions https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/15/darth-vader-16-has-fun-moments-but-leaves-unanswered-questions/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33777 Luke Skywalker runs scared as Darth Vader runs roughshod over him in Star Wars: Darth Vader #16 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Jason Keith and Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Synching back up with the “War of the Bounty Hunters” crossover after last issue’s Ochi of Bestoon sidequest,...

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]]> 33777 Vader’s Sidekick Gets the Spotlight in Darth Vader #15 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/25/vaders-sidekick-gets-the-spotlight-in-darth-vader-15/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33023 Ochi of Bestoon is in the spotlight, and he’s not looking for a whole colloquium in Star Wars: Darth Vader #15 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Jason Keith and lettered by Joe Caramagna. One of the fun side projects throughout Greg Pak’s run on this volume of Darth Vader has...

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]]> 33023 Darth Vader #14 Takes an Odd Turn or Two https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/21/darth-vader-14-takes-an-odd-turn-or-two/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31377 Darth Vader takes a more personal interest in the “War of the Bounty Hunters” in Star Wars: Darth Vader #14 written by Greg Pak, art by Raffele Ienco, colored by Jason Keith and lettered by Joe Caramagna. As the “War of the Bounty Hunters” crossover churns on, the series doubles back on itself a bit...

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]]> 31377 Darth Vader Vs. a Murder Droid in Star Wars: Darth Vader #13 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/23/star-wars-darth-vader-13/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30004 Darth Vader battles IG-88 as the hunt for Han Solo continues in Star Wars: Darth Vader #13 written by Greg Pak, art by Guiu Vilanova, colored by Dean White with Giada Marchisio, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Between serving as a necessary moment of calm following the operatic conclusion of “Into the Fire” while also...

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