The subsequent huge Star Wars comics crossover, Dark Droids, is a mere few weeks away, however until you’re staying updated with solicitations and different previews, you’d have nary an concept from studying Marvel’s present choices. That modifications this week with Marvel’s Bounty Hunters #36.
Last month, a “new” period of the collection began when T’onga and Beilert Valance welcomed a handful of recent recruits to search out Boba Fett for a mission. The plight proved profitable, however now Fett has a job for our ragtag bunch if he’s to assist Valance retain what’s left of his fading humanity.
This subject is your normal one-off facet quest, solely forwarding the bigger story ever so barely in favor of a single gratifying set piece earlier than diving full steam forward. Throughout this tangent, there’s impending dread accentuated by the ultimate pages that provide quite a bit to dig into.
Spoilers forward…
Truth be informed, there isn’t an entire lot to interrupt down with Boba Fett’s process. T’onga and her crew are to show Boba, who has a hefty bounty on his head, in to a splinter group of the Black Sun, led by a possible usurper. Then it could be on Fett, who was secretly employed by the present ruler of the Black Sun, to show the tables and take them out. So typical underworld, double-cross stuff.
Hidden inside this bare-bones plot is a web page the place Fett and Valance share one other interplay about what Valance remembers. All the cyborg is aware of is that they teamed as much as save a mutual social gathering (Lan Medina’s artwork of the reminiscence of Han Solo fading away is stellar). Thankfully for Fett, Valance doesn’t recall the betrayal throughout War of the Bounty Hunters, a selection that satirically ended up being the catalyst that acquired us right here. Naturally, Boba isn’t eager on sharing that with the category. Time will inform if that turns into important. Maybe Fett feels guilt, which is why he’s serving to, however that may doubtless by no means be stated out loud.
Another not-forgotten-about element is that of Losha. The final time we noticed her, T’onga had left her behind after Inferno Squad. Now within the preventing pits, Losha appears to be forging a brand new path. With this reintroduction, Sacks now has three characters (Losha, Vukorah, and Cadeliah) at his disposal that, if and after they discover themselves folded again into the primary narrative, have the potential so as to add a number of taste to the later phases of the collection.
Before we get to the finale, the struggle towards the Black Sun itself was a number of enjoyable. Medina’s softer artwork model lends itself to taking a web page in and acknowledging the burden of what’s being put earlier than you. Arif Prianto’s colours additionally felt sharper, as bullets flew all over the place in distinction to the blood purple of the junk moon the place this battle occurred. They are most distinct when Valance casually incinerates a couple of people. He could also be dropping his reminiscence, however you may’t unlearn the utility of a hand blaster. Boba Fett very often jumped off the web page too.
The spotlight of the struggle was Durge. The Gen’dai comes throughout because the cranky man who simply desires slightly peace and quiet as he sits on his rocker, however then hears children taking part in exterior. He’s not a personality that wants a number of urgency, however it’s cool to have him round. His techniques are in contrast to everybody else, which makes him a useful asset for a storyteller making an attempt so as to add a little bit of levity.
Complain as T’onga may in regards to the firefight, Boba Fett is a person of his phrase. After the mud settles, Fett offers her coordinates to a cyborg fixer named Tarr Kligson, a supposed previous good friend of his father. Boba might go away them behind, however now T’onga’s group has some hope of their plight to save lots of considered one of their very own.
Before we wrap up, if the title Tarr Kligson rings any bells, you recognize this is likely to be fairly dangerous. Not as a result of the person himself is evil however due to the place he’s most likely positioned. In the Revelations one-shot, the place Darth Vader noticed visions of the long run, Kligson’s Moon was revealed to be one of many first locations the harmful Ajax Sigma first re-emerges. Ajax was created on the moon for the unaware, and he went on to steer a murderous droid revolution through the High Republic period. The Jedi Order shut him down, however his core survived. It would ultimately find yourself within the possession of Han Solo and Chewbacca, who buried it on the finish of Han Solo & Chewbacca.
How Ajax figures into Dark Droids stays to be seen, but when Kligson’s Moon is the place our bounty hunters are headed to trace down Tarr, they could possibly be in for any variety of surprises. In Legends, Tarr (identified solely as Kligson) secluded himself on the moon, dubbed “droid world,” the place his story principally ended. We will know much more by the point the subsequent subject rolls round late subsequent month.
Bounty Hunters #36 might not push the general narrative leaps and bounds forward, however it’s a good tour that should occur occasionally. As Dark Droids nears, these lead-in points would by no means give a ton of solutions, however after how heavy issues acquired for Beilert Valance and the remainder of the collection’ essential gamers, a pleasant mini-arc like this was wanted.
RATING: 7/10
Nate makes use of his love for Star Wars and flicks generally as a means to deal with the ache of being a Minnesota sports activities fan. When he is not on the theater, you may often discover Nate studying a comic book, listening to an audiobook, or taking part in a Mario online game for the 1,000th time.
