Skip to content
June 5, 2025
  • Imperial #1 impresses on scale and ambition, but needs a heart
  • Storm #9 is an overstuffed omelet, but there’s a good reason for that
  • Black Panther’s son is WHAT?! in Marvel Knights: The World to Come #1
  • Hickman rewrites Marvel’s cosmic order, DC kicks off Pride Month and more CXF Staff Picks

COMICSXF

The comics criticism you crave

  • HOME
  • Articles
    • Opinions
    • Issue Overviews
    • Television Overviews
    • Interviews
    • Odds & Ends
    • Redesigning
  • Battle of The Atom
  • TCXFIP
  • BatChat
  • Primer
    • Creator Primers
    • The Pull List
    • Character Primers
    • Team Primers
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Home
  • Raffele Ienco

Raffele Ienco

Darth Vader #28
  • Star Wars

Darth Vader #28 Circles Back to Well-Trod Ground

Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

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…

Read More
Darth Vader #27 Banner
  • Star Wars

Darth Vader Leans Into Its Comic Book-ness, But Not Enough

Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

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…

Read More
Darth Vader #23 Banner
  • Star Wars

Darth Vader #23 Is a Fun But Unclear Story

Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago010 mins

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…

Read More
Darth Vader #21 Banner
  • Star Wars

Darth Vader #21 is a Tale of Secrets and Revelations

Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago09 mins

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…

Read More
Darth Vader #20 Cover Banner
  • Star Wars

Darth Vader #20 Sets the Series Back On Course

Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

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…

Read More
2016-2025, ComicsXF Powered By BlazeThemes.