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Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red (2023-) #2
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red (2023) #2
JASON AARON CONTINUES HIS RETURN TO THE GREATEST VILLAIN IN THE GALAXY! Along with artist LEONARD KIRK, these two titans of comics tell a tale of horror and intrigue! PLUS, David Pepose makes his STAR WARS debut!
33 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 24, 2023
About the author
Jason Aaron
2,347 books1,703 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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May 28, 2023
So far this miniseries feels kind of like another, more stylized version of the Vader Dark Visions run from a few years back. It’s interesting, but feels disposable.
June 2, 2026
More Vader horror stories please. And feel free to go as dark and twisted as possible.
April 4, 2025
Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #2
"Hard Shutdown Part 2" by Jason Aaron & Leonard Kirk - Vader's cybernetic suit had been designed by the surgeon Vig Sendvall, though the perfection of Vader's design came at the cost of Sendvall experimenting brutally on his own son, Cyn. Years later, the son has returned to destroy his father's legacy by taking Vader apart piece by piece. He's done the unthinkable - he's captured Vader. But a Sith Lord makes for a poor prisoner, and Cyn Sendvall is learning that the hard way.
"The Endless Mercy" by David Pepose & Alessandro Vitti - A horrific scientific experiment gone wrong has created a vicious new breed of creatures under the thrall of a hive queen, who just so happens to be the scientist in charge of the procedure. As Vader and his stormtroopers investigate the floating husk of a ship known as the Endless Mercy, they are soon ripped through the creatures aboard. Vader nearly succumbs, but the Dark Side of the Force is far too strong to submit to the hive consciousness.
"Power" by Victoria Ying & Marika Cresta - A young boy living on the Outer Rim is relentlessly bullied by some older kids who claim that the only thing that matters is power. The kid learns this first hand when Vader arrives to the planet seeking out a rebel fugitive and makes even his bullies cower before the might of the Empire.
"Hard Shutdown Part 2" by Jason Aaron & Leonard Kirk - Vader's cybernetic suit had been designed by the surgeon Vig Sendvall, though the perfection of Vader's design came at the cost of Sendvall experimenting brutally on his own son, Cyn. Years later, the son has returned to destroy his father's legacy by taking Vader apart piece by piece. He's done the unthinkable - he's captured Vader. But a Sith Lord makes for a poor prisoner, and Cyn Sendvall is learning that the hard way.
"The Endless Mercy" by David Pepose & Alessandro Vitti - A horrific scientific experiment gone wrong has created a vicious new breed of creatures under the thrall of a hive queen, who just so happens to be the scientist in charge of the procedure. As Vader and his stormtroopers investigate the floating husk of a ship known as the Endless Mercy, they are soon ripped through the creatures aboard. Vader nearly succumbs, but the Dark Side of the Force is far too strong to submit to the hive consciousness.
"Power" by Victoria Ying & Marika Cresta - A young boy living on the Outer Rim is relentlessly bullied by some older kids who claim that the only thing that matters is power. The kid learns this first hand when Vader arrives to the planet seeking out a rebel fugitive and makes even his bullies cower before the might of the Empire.
May 9, 2026
Issue #2 seemed to be an upgrade from the first. Part two of “Hard Shutdown” was better than the first and I enjoyed the other two stories in this issue as well. The power of Darth Vader was on full display which is always fun to see. I also liked how this issue showed that some citizens of the galaxy are happy to see the Empire.
January 23, 2025
short form or short stories are cool
I enjoyed these short form stories within, kinda like is there any other stories in the life of Darth Vader? Or characters who are changed by Vader ....
I enjoyed these short form stories within, kinda like is there any other stories in the life of Darth Vader? Or characters who are changed by Vader ....
May 30, 2023
A bit better than the first issue. I was kind of confused about whether or not one of these characters is related to Cylo.
June 30, 2023
This was better than the first issue. The art was good, the stories were good, overall they got Vader's voice.
July 6, 2023
SOLID follow up to the first issue, which I found sub-par.
I see where the A-story is going, and I actually sorta like it.
The one-shots in this issue were brutal…Vader at his best (worst?).
I see where the A-story is going, and I actually sorta like it.
The one-shots in this issue were brutal…Vader at his best (worst?).
December 25, 2023
-Hard Shutdown p. 2:2/5
-The Endless Mercy:3/5
-Power:2/5
-The Endless Mercy:3/5
-Power:2/5
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