Raffele Ienco - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Raffele Ienco - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 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 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 #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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