Comic Books

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jedi Council: Acts of War’ (2000) (Comic book review)

“Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999) introduced us to Jedi at the height of their powers sitting around in a circle and being philosophical. That’s

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan’ (2000-02) (Comic book reviews)

One of the best parts of the prequel era opened up by 1999’s “Episode I: The Phantom Menace” was the opportunity to see the Jedi

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Blackthorne’s ‘Star Wars 3-D’ (1987-88) (Comic book reviews)

Between Marvel’s original run on “Star Wars” and Dark Horse’s run, as die-hard fans know, there was the oh-so-brief Blackthorne Comics run in honor of

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Death-Masque’ and stories in ‘Devilworlds’ (1981-82) (Comic book reviews)

The earliest Marvel U.K. “Star Wars Weekly” exclusives — while holding a cachet as “lost” stories due to not being part of the Marvel U.S.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Stories in Pizzazz magazine and Marvel Illustrated Books (1977-82) (Comic book reviews)

When Marvel reclaims the “Star Wars” license from Dark Horse next year, one thing is certain: It’ll start off with better original stories than the

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire’ and other ‘Boba Fett’ issues (1995-2006) (Comic book reviews)

Dark Horse’s various “Boba Fett” comics from 1995-2006, although heavy on style more so than character development, nicely illustrate the mysterious and dispassionate Boba Fett we knew

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: Dark Horse’s ‘Droids’ (1994-97) (Comic book reviews)

While Lucas Books and Dark Horse Comics generally separated their “Star Wars” products into kid and adult categories, sometimes the marketing was a bit off.

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Jabba the Hutt,’ ‘The Jabba Tape’ and ‘This Crumb for Hire’ (1995-98) (Comic book reviews)

In its nearly quarter-century as the home of “Star Wars,” Dark Horse often gave fans what they clamored for (see “Boba Fett” or “Darth Maul”

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood’ (1998-99) (Comic book review)

The main thing I remembered from my first reading of “Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood”(1998-99) was that it was really hard to follow. And I

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Crimson Empire’ (1997-98) (Comic book review)

“Crimson Empire” (1997-98) is one of the most popular Dark Horse “Star Wars” titles, and I suspect it gets a ton of mileage out of the

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