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Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020)
Star Wars: Docteur Aphra, Tome 3
Aphra et Sana Starros découvrent un étrange vaisseau abandonné avec, à son bord, des invités terrifiants que nul n'avait vus dans la galaxie depuis des siècles. Et pour ne rien arranger, elles croisent également la route du terrible chasseur de primes Durge. Leurs péripéties les conduisent ensuite à une fête aux invités triés sur le volet... qui appartiennent tous à la pègre.
Contient : Star Wars :Doctor Aphra (2020) #11-15
Contient : Star Wars :Doctor Aphra (2020) #11-15
112 pages, Hardcover
First published December 14, 2021
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Alyssa Wong
425 books411 followersAlyssa Wong studies fiction in Raleigh, NC, and really, really likes crows. She was a finalist for the 2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her story, “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers,” won the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize, the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her work has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, and Tor.com, among others.
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February 4, 2022
A good book. In this book someone refers to Aphra as a hurricane. I think that is a perfect description she is a agent of chaos, yet through a combination of brilliance, luck and her (at the time to be betrayed later) allies, seems to come out on top.
A good action packed book, very fast paced (in some cases rushed), and will lead into something big in the next story arc.
I do also lie that the usually unflappable Aphra is scared of something or someone. I think there is definitely another confrontation that will happen in the future.
A good action packed book, very fast paced (in some cases rushed), and will lead into something big in the next story arc.
I do also lie that the usually unflappable Aphra is scared of something or someone. I think there is definitely another confrontation that will happen in the future.
October 2, 2023
Primer cómic que leo sobre Doctor Aphra y lo hice para seguir el evento "War of the Bounty Hunters" (Guerra de los Cazarecompensas). Lady Domina contrata a Aphra y Sana Starros para conseguir datos que le permitan crecer en su organización criminal. Allí tienen que enfrentar a la general Vukorah.
Pero posterior a su última misión Lady Domina la obliga a ir junto con su amiga Sana al Vermillion, la nave fotaleza del Alba Escarlata, donde se subastará a Han Solo. De hecho, este evento es lo principal en la Guerra de los Cazarecompensas. Allí están todos reunidos Q'ira, Vader, Etc. Pero también llegan Just Lucky y Ariole Yu. Lucky es archienemigo de Aphra y los cuatro tienen una aventura mientras los pesos pesados tienen sus diferencias.
Me gustó el ritmo que tiene la serie y es episódico continuo lo que facilita la lectura.
Pero posterior a su última misión Lady Domina la obliga a ir junto con su amiga Sana al Vermillion, la nave fotaleza del Alba Escarlata, donde se subastará a Han Solo. De hecho, este evento es lo principal en la Guerra de los Cazarecompensas. Allí están todos reunidos Q'ira, Vader, Etc. Pero también llegan Just Lucky y Ariole Yu. Lucky es archienemigo de Aphra y los cuatro tienen una aventura mientras los pesos pesados tienen sus diferencias.
Me gustó el ritmo que tiene la serie y es episódico continuo lo que facilita la lectura.
December 13, 2021
Doctor Aphra is by far on of the most interesting original Star Wars characters in the new line of comics. This collection has classic Aphra, trying to get herself out of a previous bad situation only to find herself in a new mess. Her connections to Darth Vader and how she is affected by his presence shows an interesting count of PTSD. Her LGBTQ identity is a flavorful addition to the series, and her agenda always brings her back to herself. When Domina Tagge asks her to attend the Crimson Dawn auction party with Sana Starros, she certainly can't refuse. She can make up for killing a Tagge member, get intel, and perhaps see the infamous internals of the Crimson Dawn flagship, appearing after many years of quiet disappearance. I absolutely love the involvement in this issue with Boba (you might not know unless you read War of the Bounty Hunters first) as well as her reaction to Darth Vader's appearance. The only thing I don't really like are Lucky and Yu. Aphra's ties with Lucky bring about a never-ending back-and-forth of betrayal. I am trying to be interested in his character, as well as his companion, Yu, but they just don't drive the story the same way leading characters like Aphra and Sana do. Perhaps as the Aphra comics continue, I'll find an appreciation for Lucky and Yu, but at present...meh. I love the art and the way the story intertwines with the other War of the Bounty Hunters stories. The writers did a great job bringing everything together. This must have been quite the feat to accomplish, and it is certainly a project well-done.
May 28, 2025
This was my least favorite of the "War of the Bounty Hunters" crossover event. It was integral to the bigger picture, but not quite a much as the other volumes. This was more a continuation of the Aphra story, but it did have some ties to the larger story as well.
One thing I will note. I read every issue in this crossover, and there were a lot. However, unlike most Marvel crossovers, these issues didn't feel like throwaways. The continuity was tight, and it did mostly read like one long story rather than a main story with a bunch of "cash grab" tie ins. Probably the tightest continuity on a comic crossover this size Ive read in years.
One thing I will note. I read every issue in this crossover, and there were a lot. However, unlike most Marvel crossovers, these issues didn't feel like throwaways. The continuity was tight, and it did mostly read like one long story rather than a main story with a bunch of "cash grab" tie ins. Probably the tightest continuity on a comic crossover this size Ive read in years.
July 1, 2024
oj no, słabiutka jest ta aphra. Od bohaterów po relacje plot i samo co wnosi ona do całej serii jak i do wojny łowców nagórd. A nie wnosi literalnie nic, gdy reszta serii przeplata sie na poziomie pisarstwa sandersona tak Aphra to taka mid książeczka jakiegoś chop piszącego hobbistycznie. Przeczytaj ktoś te komiksy błagam na kolanach
April 30, 2023
Fun read. Takes place between Empire Strikes back and Return of the Jedi Dr. Aphra is like Han Solo and Indiana Jones had a chaotic neutral daughter. Hopefully they'll bring her to live action.
September 29, 2024
Doctor Aphra is one of my favorite new Star Wars characters. Frozen Han Solo makes a brief appearance but so does a brief Darth Vader sighting. But you get a lot of Doctor Aphra trying to get some sellable goods plus snag a bounty or two. Loads of fun,
October 1, 2022
Chegamos no terceiro volume das aventuras dessa Doutora Aphra que tem uma moral muuuito questionável mas que é incrivelmente divertido acompanhar as historias dela. A escritora de ficção científica Alyssa Wong tem dado um tratamento diferente das outras versões da personagem, mas não menos legal. Embora achei que neste volume as aventuras dão uma esfriada em relação aos dois anteriores. A trama aqui está interligada com uma saga maior, A Guerra dos Caçadores de Recompensas, mas não é imprescindível ler o resto da saga para entender o que se passa na trama de Doutora Aphra. Não acompanhei o resto dessa saga de Star Wars e consegui entender tudinho da história de Aphra. Aliás, este é o único título da linha Star wars que continuo acompanhando. Para quem não conhece a personagem recomendo que vá atrás dos encadernados anteriores. Sâo em capa dura, com mais páginas, mais caros, mas o custo-beneficio acaba pagando o investimento. A Doutora Chelli Aphra é uma personagem bastante atraente e cativante mesmo na sua imoralidade moral.
February 4, 2022
Doctor Aphra Vol. 3 War of the Bounty Hunters collects issues 11-15 of the Marvel Comics series written by Alyssa Wong with art by Minkyu Jung and Federico Sabbatini.
Doctor Aphra and Sana Staros recieve an invitation from the reborn Crimson Empire for the auction of Han Solo. The duo will use the opportunity to scope the major players and maybe steal a few artifacts while they are at it.
A boring crossover event that didn't need to involve Aphra at all. The only thing established is Aphra meeting the Crimson Dawn and gaining another party who would rather see her dead. I love the Aphra character but Marvel is struggling to find a place for her post ESB. I would recommend that they do NOT need to continue to tie her in to the Skywalker storylines and have her do her own archeology thing.
Doctor Aphra and Sana Staros recieve an invitation from the reborn Crimson Empire for the auction of Han Solo. The duo will use the opportunity to scope the major players and maybe steal a few artifacts while they are at it.
A boring crossover event that didn't need to involve Aphra at all. The only thing established is Aphra meeting the Crimson Dawn and gaining another party who would rather see her dead. I love the Aphra character but Marvel is struggling to find a place for her post ESB. I would recommend that they do NOT need to continue to tie her in to the Skywalker storylines and have her do her own archeology thing.
February 23, 2022
I wrote this as one giant review for War Of The Bounty Hunters as a whole, so feel free to jump to the relevant section(s).
Han Solo, trapped in carbonite, is still somehow the most wanted man in the galaxy. Boba Fett has a mission - to transfer the captive Han to Jabba's palace. But the mysterious Crimson Dawn has other plans, and a shady figure from Solo's past is out to make her mark on the galaxy once again, even if she has to involve literally everyone in Star Wars comic-dom to do it.
War Of The Bounty Hunters - 3 stars
First off, War Of The Bounty Hunters is a bit of a misnomer. Aside from maybe one or two fights, this is less of a War Of The Bounty Hunters and more of a fight for Han Solo, and even that's not really a fight. But I digress.
The problem with stories like this is that we know how they're going to end. I've said it before, but telling stories in this era of Star Wars is so difficult, because we already know where all of the characters are going to end up. So when Boba Fett loses Han Solo's body at the beginning of the series, we know for a fact that he's going to get it back again, because otherwise Han won't be at Jabba's palace for Return Of The Jedi. And sure enough, that's how it all goes.
The stuff in the middle is interesting, I'll give it that. The return of Crimson Dawn is well executed, and a good way to salvage some usable story material from Star Wars' only box office flop (Wikipedia's words, not mine), but I don't think we really needed a massive vehicle like a 34 part crossover to facilitate said return.
War Of The Bounty Hunters Companion - 2 stars
This collection of four one-shots is almost entirely unnecessary. The Jabba The Hutt one-shot actually features Boba Fett, but it's all flashback stuff that has no bearing on WotBH at all. The 4-LOM & Zuckuss one-shot is nice, but hardly essential, while the Boussh one-shot is more of a set-up for Doctor Aphra's next adventure and has literally nothing to do with the rest of WotBH since Boussh doesn't even appear in that story. IG-88 fits in neatly at the end and was the one I wanted to see more of, but I guess he's being mothballed again for later.
Despite being a 'companion', you'll be fine not reading this at all, to be honest.
Star Wars - 4 stars
In terms of tie-ins, there's always one book that's more necessary than the others, and it's no surprise that it's the one also written by Charles Soule. Star Wars' WotBH arc fills in some gaps, gives us some more motivations for the mysterious Crimson Dawn leader, and has an epilogue issue that looks like it's setting up the next big crossover right away.
There's definitely an echo of 'we've done this before', with a lot of scenes replicated almost word-for-word with the main WotBH book, but it's not too distracting. They're there for context, but I feel like if you're reading any Star Wars book alongside WotBH, it's the main one.
Doctor Aphra & Bounty Hunters - 4 stars
These two books probably do the best of running with WotBH without derailing their own stories. Whether WotBH was planned earlier or not I'm not sure, but both Aphra and Valance's adventures dovetail nicely into the main story without losing any of the momentum that their own books have been building. Even the side stuff (Lucky & Ariole's story in Doctor Aphra, and T'Onga's story in Bounty Hunters) come into their own here, despite feeling a bit separate early on in the tie-ins.
Bounty Hunters especially has a really good final page hook that has me really excited to see where we're going, and I enjoyed Doctor Aphra's use of continuity by throwing her up against Darth Vader midway through and having to cope with some PTSD from their last meeting.
Darth Vader - 3 stars
Vader's story is hamstrung by the fact that all of his important plot points are covered in the main WotBH book, so the tie-ins are left to flit around the outside. We get some additional insight into Vader's thought processes, but the interesting stuff is over in Ochi Of Bestoon and Administrator Moore's court. It must be hard when your main character is essentially unable to do anything he hasn't already done, but the strength of these supporting characters makes up for it.
Like Bounty Hunters, there's a good final page hook here as well that has me intrigued about what Vader's going to be facing next.
Artwork
Almost every issue here is pencilled by the usual suspects from each series, which is nice - too often during crossovers do regular artists dip out in favour of fill-ins, but that's not the case here. Ramon Rosanas on Star Wars, Minkyu Jung on Doctor Aphra, Rafaelle Ienco on Darth Vader, and Paolo Villanelli on Bounty Hunters are all present and correct, while Luke Ross handles the main War Of The Bounty Hunters book (and the legendary Steve McNiven pencils the Alpha).
The one-shots are a bit more of a mess, though none of them are particularly bad. David Baldeon's Boussh one-shot lines him up as a good successor on Doctor Aphra if he wants, but the others are all kind of forgettable.
Overall
War Of The Bounty Hunters didn't need to be this big. It manages to maintain itself across the six trades without falling over under its own weight, but it's telling that I'm more intrigued by what's coming next than what's already gone. Each of the individual Star Wars ongoings manage to keep their own stories flowing with various degrees of success, but when the main event book is kind of the weakest of the bunch, I'd say something went a little wrong.
Han Solo, trapped in carbonite, is still somehow the most wanted man in the galaxy. Boba Fett has a mission - to transfer the captive Han to Jabba's palace. But the mysterious Crimson Dawn has other plans, and a shady figure from Solo's past is out to make her mark on the galaxy once again, even if she has to involve literally everyone in Star Wars comic-dom to do it.
War Of The Bounty Hunters - 3 stars
First off, War Of The Bounty Hunters is a bit of a misnomer. Aside from maybe one or two fights, this is less of a War Of The Bounty Hunters and more of a fight for Han Solo, and even that's not really a fight. But I digress.
The problem with stories like this is that we know how they're going to end. I've said it before, but telling stories in this era of Star Wars is so difficult, because we already know where all of the characters are going to end up. So when Boba Fett loses Han Solo's body at the beginning of the series, we know for a fact that he's going to get it back again, because otherwise Han won't be at Jabba's palace for Return Of The Jedi. And sure enough, that's how it all goes.
The stuff in the middle is interesting, I'll give it that. The return of Crimson Dawn is well executed, and a good way to salvage some usable story material from Star Wars' only box office flop (Wikipedia's words, not mine), but I don't think we really needed a massive vehicle like a 34 part crossover to facilitate said return.
War Of The Bounty Hunters Companion - 2 stars
This collection of four one-shots is almost entirely unnecessary. The Jabba The Hutt one-shot actually features Boba Fett, but it's all flashback stuff that has no bearing on WotBH at all. The 4-LOM & Zuckuss one-shot is nice, but hardly essential, while the Boussh one-shot is more of a set-up for Doctor Aphra's next adventure and has literally nothing to do with the rest of WotBH since Boussh doesn't even appear in that story. IG-88 fits in neatly at the end and was the one I wanted to see more of, but I guess he's being mothballed again for later.
Despite being a 'companion', you'll be fine not reading this at all, to be honest.
Star Wars - 4 stars
In terms of tie-ins, there's always one book that's more necessary than the others, and it's no surprise that it's the one also written by Charles Soule. Star Wars' WotBH arc fills in some gaps, gives us some more motivations for the mysterious Crimson Dawn leader, and has an epilogue issue that looks like it's setting up the next big crossover right away.
There's definitely an echo of 'we've done this before', with a lot of scenes replicated almost word-for-word with the main WotBH book, but it's not too distracting. They're there for context, but I feel like if you're reading any Star Wars book alongside WotBH, it's the main one.
Doctor Aphra & Bounty Hunters - 4 stars
These two books probably do the best of running with WotBH without derailing their own stories. Whether WotBH was planned earlier or not I'm not sure, but both Aphra and Valance's adventures dovetail nicely into the main story without losing any of the momentum that their own books have been building. Even the side stuff (Lucky & Ariole's story in Doctor Aphra, and T'Onga's story in Bounty Hunters) come into their own here, despite feeling a bit separate early on in the tie-ins.
Bounty Hunters especially has a really good final page hook that has me really excited to see where we're going, and I enjoyed Doctor Aphra's use of continuity by throwing her up against Darth Vader midway through and having to cope with some PTSD from their last meeting.
Darth Vader - 3 stars
Vader's story is hamstrung by the fact that all of his important plot points are covered in the main WotBH book, so the tie-ins are left to flit around the outside. We get some additional insight into Vader's thought processes, but the interesting stuff is over in Ochi Of Bestoon and Administrator Moore's court. It must be hard when your main character is essentially unable to do anything he hasn't already done, but the strength of these supporting characters makes up for it.
Like Bounty Hunters, there's a good final page hook here as well that has me intrigued about what Vader's going to be facing next.
Artwork
Almost every issue here is pencilled by the usual suspects from each series, which is nice - too often during crossovers do regular artists dip out in favour of fill-ins, but that's not the case here. Ramon Rosanas on Star Wars, Minkyu Jung on Doctor Aphra, Rafaelle Ienco on Darth Vader, and Paolo Villanelli on Bounty Hunters are all present and correct, while Luke Ross handles the main War Of The Bounty Hunters book (and the legendary Steve McNiven pencils the Alpha).
The one-shots are a bit more of a mess, though none of them are particularly bad. David Baldeon's Boussh one-shot lines him up as a good successor on Doctor Aphra if he wants, but the others are all kind of forgettable.
Overall
War Of The Bounty Hunters didn't need to be this big. It manages to maintain itself across the six trades without falling over under its own weight, but it's telling that I'm more intrigued by what's coming next than what's already gone. Each of the individual Star Wars ongoings manage to keep their own stories flowing with various degrees of success, but when the main event book is kind of the weakest of the bunch, I'd say something went a little wrong.
August 26, 2024
You know what, it takes a lot of work to convincingly write a character like Aphra to have enough charm that I'd believe anyone would willingly follow her anywhere, but this pulls it off.
April 7, 2025
Still a solid reading and it has all that you love about Aphra. Although being part of a bigger saga, this volume works by itself. And even prepare the story for the next Aphra move.
April 4, 2022
Und weiter geht es beim Krieg der Kopfgeldjäger. Wie geht es Han Solo, dem immer noch in Carbonit eingeschlossenen Schmuggler?
Die Versteigerung unseres Helden steht kurz bevor, auf dem Festung-Flaggschiff der Vermillion von Crimson Dawn. Dieses Verbrechersyndikat ist stärker als jemals zuvor. Geführt wird sie von Qi'Ra der Frau, die einst sehr eng mit Han Solo verbunden war.
In diesem dritten Band dominieren die beiden Frauen Aphra und Sana. Die beiden stehen im Dienste von Domina Tagge welche aus einem einflussreichen Adelshaus stammende Persönlichkeit möchte weitere Informationen über die Veranstaltung einholen, bei welcher es um Versteigerung von Han Solo geht, auch weil gerade dort es zu einer Ansammlung sämtlicher bekannten Verbrecher Organisation kommen wird. Also werden Aphra und Sana beauftragt sich auf diese Veranstaltung einschleichen, um so viele Informationen wie möglich zu sammeln. Ob es den beiden gelingt und auf wen sie noch so alles treffen, solltet ihr unbedingt selber herausfinden. Nicht nur, wenn ihr diese Serie sowieso schon sammelt, sondern auch weil es sich um eine spannende Story handelt, die mit vielen Überraschungen aufwarten kann.
Die Versteigerung unseres Helden steht kurz bevor, auf dem Festung-Flaggschiff der Vermillion von Crimson Dawn. Dieses Verbrechersyndikat ist stärker als jemals zuvor. Geführt wird sie von Qi'Ra der Frau, die einst sehr eng mit Han Solo verbunden war.
In diesem dritten Band dominieren die beiden Frauen Aphra und Sana. Die beiden stehen im Dienste von Domina Tagge welche aus einem einflussreichen Adelshaus stammende Persönlichkeit möchte weitere Informationen über die Veranstaltung einholen, bei welcher es um Versteigerung von Han Solo geht, auch weil gerade dort es zu einer Ansammlung sämtlicher bekannten Verbrecher Organisation kommen wird. Also werden Aphra und Sana beauftragt sich auf diese Veranstaltung einschleichen, um so viele Informationen wie möglich zu sammeln. Ob es den beiden gelingt und auf wen sie noch so alles treffen, solltet ihr unbedingt selber herausfinden. Nicht nur, wenn ihr diese Serie sowieso schon sammelt, sondern auch weil es sich um eine spannende Story handelt, die mit vielen Überraschungen aufwarten kann.
December 8, 2021
Absolutely meaningless in the War of the Bounty Hunters
December 9, 2021
**Review is for all six volumes (34 collected issues across 6 titles)
A jumbo-sized crossover that fulfils its promise and brings four line together, tells a cohesive story, and leaves each thread set to go off in it's own direction again. And yet, and yet... Whether it's a little too big, or a little too repetitive (several times half an issue is a near repeat of an earlier one from a different title) or a little too predictably predestined (the plot can hold no real surprise since we all know the events of Return of The Jedi are coming). Because of that, the most interesting and entertaining bits were the side-quests and filler one-shots, places where character could be developed without the burdens of the plodding plot.
A jumbo-sized crossover that fulfils its promise and brings four line together, tells a cohesive story, and leaves each thread set to go off in it's own direction again. And yet, and yet... Whether it's a little too big, or a little too repetitive (several times half an issue is a near repeat of an earlier one from a different title) or a little too predictably predestined (the plot can hold no real surprise since we all know the events of Return of The Jedi are coming). Because of that, the most interesting and entertaining bits were the side-quests and filler one-shots, places where character could be developed without the burdens of the plodding plot.
January 16, 2022
Since the reset of all Star wars series I've had mixed feelings on the titles as a whole. Especially the Doctor Aphra which has been a very hectic run and gun series that I find sort of pointless and hard to follow. Wong dials things back a little while keeping things quite fun.
With a few more volumes for me to dive into I'm enjoying this War of the Bounty hunters event more than I've enjoyed a marvel event in quite some time.
With a few more volumes for me to dive into I'm enjoying this War of the Bounty hunters event more than I've enjoyed a marvel event in quite some time.
September 17, 2022
A pretty "meh?" storyline all in all. The artwork is serviceable, though it completely changes style in one issue, becoming all angular and cartoony. I'm not sure this new series is worthwhile--Kieron Gillen and Si Spurrier were much better writers for this character.
May 30, 2022
The anime style artwork really tilted this for me.
September 14, 2022
This was a really fast paced comic and I wizzed my way through it. I really enjoyed it.
April 4, 2022
Doctor Aphra follows Domina Tagge's instructions to join the War of the Bounty Hunters crossover, leading to a fairly enjoyable caper that just barely grazes the edge of the main event. I'd say that's a good thing - the less time spent sucked into the morass, the better.
The majority of this volume is spent watching Aphra, Sana Starros, and two other forgettable characters run through the Crimson Dawn starship, one step ahead of security droids. It's fine, except for the issue with terrible fill-in artwork. Aphra's interaction with the "thought dowser" is highly intriguing (particularly in a series that's supposed to be full of strange artifacts), as is the final page reveal that Aphra and Sana Starros now have . What will they do with that?
I suppose the highest praise I have for Doctor Aphra's time in the War of the Bounty Hunters is that her series wasn't entirely derailed. Oh, and showed up for an issue! Weird, but cool!
The majority of this volume is spent watching Aphra, Sana Starros, and two other forgettable characters run through the Crimson Dawn starship, one step ahead of security droids. It's fine, except for the issue with terrible fill-in artwork. Aphra's interaction with the "thought dowser" is highly intriguing (particularly in a series that's supposed to be full of strange artifacts), as is the final page reveal that Aphra and Sana Starros now have . What will they do with that?
I suppose the highest praise I have for Doctor Aphra's time in the War of the Bounty Hunters is that her series wasn't entirely derailed. Oh, and showed up for an issue! Weird, but cool!
November 29, 2023
Man, Aphra rocks so much. I guess it was inevitable but now I'm kinda rooting for Aphra and Sana to hook up -- which I'm sure they'll end up doing just as Magna enters the picture again.
Wasn't expecting DURGE the armored miniboss from the Tartakovsky Clone Wars miniseries to make a reintroduction into canon but I suppose he was too cool a concept to lie unused (wad of tentacles stuffed in a suit of armor).
I love how Vader gives Aphra panic attacks and he basically lives rent free in her head; that's the way to deal with a magic bad guy dealing with a non-magic protagonist without nullifying his magic.
Wasn't expecting DURGE the armored miniboss from the Tartakovsky Clone Wars miniseries to make a reintroduction into canon but I suppose he was too cool a concept to lie unused (wad of tentacles stuffed in a suit of armor).
I love how Vader gives Aphra panic attacks and he basically lives rent free in her head; that's the way to deal with a magic bad guy dealing with a non-magic protagonist without nullifying his magic.
April 5, 2022
aphra so sexy
May 28, 2023
man i fucking LOVE galactic lesbians
January 23, 2022
4 stars
This was a big improvement from the last volume. I loved the story in this one and I like to see Aphra picking a partner that seems to stick around. I liked the addition with Crimson Dawn as I was a big fan of the Solo movie. There was a lot more intrigued with this and I hope the series continues this way.
Doctor Aphra and Sana are still partners as they are tasked with another mission from Domina Tagge. This time, it's to intercept her other cousin. When Aphra and Sana get there, they find he's been murdered, but seemingly was invited to an auction hosted by Crimson Dawn. As Aphra and Sana show up at the party, Aphra is up to her trickster ways and wants to steal several artifacts before making her escape.
As mentioned, I thought the story was way more interesting Crimson Dawn is everywhere with spies in various criminal sects across the Outer Rim.
Besides Aphra, there's a side story of Just Lucky and his colleague Arioce Yu. I did like how Aphra and Just Lucky finally re-connected. I think there's more to Just Lucky and I would be interested in seeing him team up with Aphra again.
This volume was definitely more fun to read than the previous.
This was a big improvement from the last volume. I loved the story in this one and I like to see Aphra picking a partner that seems to stick around. I liked the addition with Crimson Dawn as I was a big fan of the Solo movie. There was a lot more intrigued with this and I hope the series continues this way.
Doctor Aphra and Sana are still partners as they are tasked with another mission from Domina Tagge. This time, it's to intercept her other cousin. When Aphra and Sana get there, they find he's been murdered, but seemingly was invited to an auction hosted by Crimson Dawn. As Aphra and Sana show up at the party, Aphra is up to her trickster ways and wants to steal several artifacts before making her escape.
As mentioned, I thought the story was way more interesting Crimson Dawn is everywhere with spies in various criminal sects across the Outer Rim.
Besides Aphra, there's a side story of Just Lucky and his colleague Arioce Yu. I did like how Aphra and Just Lucky finally re-connected. I think there's more to Just Lucky and I would be interested in seeing him team up with Aphra again.
This volume was definitely more fun to read than the previous.
May 5, 2022
I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. Aphra and Sana infiltrate a Crimson Dawn swaree that’s also a live auction for Han Solo in carbonite, which sounds awesome. But for most of the story I felt like I was reading a tie-in without any understanding of larger events - if Han’s in carbonite, are we between Episodes 5 and 6? But that can’t be true because Boba, and therefore Jabba, had him - so what’s going on there? What was Qi’ra’s role in all that? I never felt fully grounded, and maybe that’s on me for only reading Aphra and no other SW books (we quickly leave Solo and the auction without returning back to it). But regardless, there’s little to no development between our two leading women; if anything, the hints that Sana has feelings for Aphra is a huge backwards step. The bounty hunter Durge was fun to see for an issue, and that kind of reckless personality to match Aphra was desperately needed for the rest of this arc, whether in the form of Durge, Krrsantan, or god forbid we reunite with Triple Zero. Instead it fell flat.
The art was also frustrating. I’m not Jung’s biggest fan, and he was inconsistent in this volume. Along with a heavy-handed inker Olazaba, the book was less sleek and polished that I like to expect from Star Wars books. And then Sabbatini guest illustrated one issue and I was this close to putting it down, the lines were so rudimentary and disproportionate it was almost insulting. Master colorist Rosenberg saved some of it, but it was still awful.
The ending was not the cliffhanger Wong may have thought it was, and I’m noticeably less excited to continue this series.
The art was also frustrating. I’m not Jung’s biggest fan, and he was inconsistent in this volume. Along with a heavy-handed inker Olazaba, the book was less sleek and polished that I like to expect from Star Wars books. And then Sabbatini guest illustrated one issue and I was this close to putting it down, the lines were so rudimentary and disproportionate it was almost insulting. Master colorist Rosenberg saved some of it, but it was still awful.
The ending was not the cliffhanger Wong may have thought it was, and I’m noticeably less excited to continue this series.
March 18, 2022
Book 3, tying-in to the War of the Bounty Hunters crossover event.
Now in the employ of Lady Domina Tagge, Aphra and Sana are sent to attend a gathering hosted by the powerful underworld organisation Crimson Dawn. The event brings them perilously close to the Rebels, Boba Fett and Darth Vader himself, but Aphra is determined to recover an invaluable necklace of data crystals.
This book started well, with Aphra and Sana boarding a ghost ship and there encountering the bounty hunter Durge.
I've liked Durge since he was first introduced back in the Expanded Universe ('Legends') stories set in the Clone Wars, so it was cool to see him introduced to the new canon. I also liked the in-joke that he's notoriously hard to kill (he was last seen being sent into a sun by Anakin).
The ending of the book was good too, with Aphra tapping into the power of a powerful and dangerous dark side artefact in order to escape from Crimson Dawn. It's a suitably dark moment and is a nice example of Aphra biting off more than she can chew when dealing with the ancient items she covets.
Unfortunately everything between the beginning and the end was really very dull. The War of the Bounty Hunters crossover has been singularly uninspiring in general, but Aphra's tie-in in particular was just boring and, ultimately, inconsequential.
Honestly, if it weren't for the strong start and finish, I'd only give this book two out of five.
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Now in the employ of Lady Domina Tagge, Aphra and Sana are sent to attend a gathering hosted by the powerful underworld organisation Crimson Dawn. The event brings them perilously close to the Rebels, Boba Fett and Darth Vader himself, but Aphra is determined to recover an invaluable necklace of data crystals.
This book started well, with Aphra and Sana boarding a ghost ship and there encountering the bounty hunter Durge.
I've liked Durge since he was first introduced back in the Expanded Universe ('Legends') stories set in the Clone Wars, so it was cool to see him introduced to the new canon. I also liked the in-joke that he's notoriously hard to kill (he was last seen being sent into a sun by Anakin).
The ending of the book was good too, with Aphra tapping into the power of a powerful and dangerous dark side artefact in order to escape from Crimson Dawn. It's a suitably dark moment and is a nice example of Aphra biting off more than she can chew when dealing with the ancient items she covets.
Unfortunately everything between the beginning and the end was really very dull. The War of the Bounty Hunters crossover has been singularly uninspiring in general, but Aphra's tie-in in particular was just boring and, ultimately, inconsequential.
Honestly, if it weren't for the strong start and finish, I'd only give this book two out of five.
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October 3, 2022
Album zawiera zeszyty z serii Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) #11-15.
Przeczytałem już kilka zeszytów, których akcja jest umiejscowiona około wydarzenia ze świata Gwiezdnych Wojen o pt. "Wojna łowców nagród" i to jest zdecydowanie najfajnieszy tie-in, jaki można nabyć na ten moment na polskim rynku.
Aphra wraz z Saną napotyka opustoszały statek kosmiczny, na pokładzie którego jest pewien jegomość do którego dziewczęta mają sprawę. Na miejscu okazuje się, że cel nie żyje, a obok pojawia się łowca głów. Tyle, że na statku jest jeszcze coś więcej. Nawiązania do obcego są jak najbardziej pod stawne. Nie ukrywam, że świetny pierwszy zeszyt ustawia mnie względem tego tytułu.
Potem lądujemy na "małym" spotkaniu organizowanym przez Crimson Dawn, organizację, która ma zmienić układ sił w Galaktyce. To na tyle poważny pionek, że oprócz takich Huttów i innej ferajny, na miejscu pojawia się śmietanka Imperium. A wraz z nimi Darth Vader... Dla Aphry to będzie niemałe wyzwanie, gdyż nie ma ona za dobrych wspomnień z tym typem.
A to nie koniec atrakcji, bowiem w ręce bohaterek trafi specyficzny artefakt, a także napotkają dwójkę innych łobuzów, który mają tutaj odrębną linię przygód, która zgrabnie połączy się z historią naszej archeolożki. A wszystko to w całkiem ładniej oprawie, gdzie cieszą zgrabnie nakreślone twarze bohaterek, jak i efekty walk.
Trzeci tom podbija poprzeczkę, na tyle mocno, że nie mogę się doczekać kontynuacji przygód Indiany Jonesa z kosmosu.
Przeczytałem już kilka zeszytów, których akcja jest umiejscowiona około wydarzenia ze świata Gwiezdnych Wojen o pt. "Wojna łowców nagród" i to jest zdecydowanie najfajnieszy tie-in, jaki można nabyć na ten moment na polskim rynku.
Aphra wraz z Saną napotyka opustoszały statek kosmiczny, na pokładzie którego jest pewien jegomość do którego dziewczęta mają sprawę. Na miejscu okazuje się, że cel nie żyje, a obok pojawia się łowca głów. Tyle, że na statku jest jeszcze coś więcej. Nawiązania do obcego są jak najbardziej pod stawne. Nie ukrywam, że świetny pierwszy zeszyt ustawia mnie względem tego tytułu.
Potem lądujemy na "małym" spotkaniu organizowanym przez Crimson Dawn, organizację, która ma zmienić układ sił w Galaktyce. To na tyle poważny pionek, że oprócz takich Huttów i innej ferajny, na miejscu pojawia się śmietanka Imperium. A wraz z nimi Darth Vader... Dla Aphry to będzie niemałe wyzwanie, gdyż nie ma ona za dobrych wspomnień z tym typem.
A to nie koniec atrakcji, bowiem w ręce bohaterek trafi specyficzny artefakt, a także napotkają dwójkę innych łobuzów, który mają tutaj odrębną linię przygód, która zgrabnie połączy się z historią naszej archeolożki. A wszystko to w całkiem ładniej oprawie, gdzie cieszą zgrabnie nakreślone twarze bohaterek, jak i efekty walk.
Trzeci tom podbija poprzeczkę, na tyle mocno, że nie mogę się doczekać kontynuacji przygód Indiany Jonesa z kosmosu.
April 19, 2022
This is Doctor Aphra's inclusion in The War of the Bounty Hunters maxi-arc and unlike the Star Wars Ongoing entry (Star Wars Vol. 3: War of the Bounty Hunters) that felt choppy and like you'd missed something, this at least feels like a complete chapter in the ongoing adventures of one Doctor Aphra. Essentially, while working for Domina Tagge, Aphra and Sana Starros get their hands on an invitation to the auction were Qi'ra and Crimson Dawn are selling the carbonite-frozen Han Solo, at the same time Just Lucky (yes, that is the character's name) and his old partner Ariole Yu arrive chasing down their former master. The Auction is just a setting and backdrop for the story and thus it works a lot better for me. Plus, the ending helps set up the next maxi-arc event Crimson Reign. The art is great, except for issue #14 which becomes much more cartoony, and the story is a lot of fun. I do think that Doctor Aphra is my favorite character to be introduced in amongst all the new Marvel Star Wars comic runs.
January 8, 2022
Crossover comics always sound great in concept, but I feel like this series is picking up where Dark Horse last left off (I don’t remember a true crossover event in the new Marvel canon but I’ve read so much of it in the past two years now that I might be forgetting) with the Vector event. Here too, Aphra seems like a likely weak link doing little to really forward Aphra and mostly serving to set up cameos, the appearance of Boba Fett (who appears most visibly in the cover of the issue but remains incognito in the actual comic), an update to the criminal underworld, and a few action sequences with payoffs that I hope arrive elsewhere. I was left wanting more, since this issue spends far too long with Lucky and Ariole (his name sound like a nipple, my friends!), who I just can’t fathom a reason to care about.
My other shoulder shrug at this issue is the very YA-feeling, nearly anime-adjacent art style they crops up apparently. I don’t need my Aphra comics to be hardcore realistic or grimdark, but if you’re dropping in a mind control artifact from a faction WORSE THAN THE SITH, maybe don’t also go full cartoon-mode with the art?
My other shoulder shrug at this issue is the very YA-feeling, nearly anime-adjacent art style they crops up apparently. I don’t need my Aphra comics to be hardcore realistic or grimdark, but if you’re dropping in a mind control artifact from a faction WORSE THAN THE SITH, maybe don’t also go full cartoon-mode with the art?
November 27, 2022
Don’t be misled by Boba Fett’s presence on the cover. If he was anywhere in this particular volume. I didn’t spot him, but he’s connected with the Crimson Dawn. A lot of people are. They’re everywhere. In this story, they were auctioning off a frozen Han Solo. Lots of people were there, including familiar faces. Aphra, Sana, Lucky, and Auole made sure they were among them, if not trying to draw attention to themselves. Lucky and Auole were hunting someone they had a history with. A lot of people in this book have history with each other, including Aphra and Darth Vader. Yes, he was in this book at the auction. Fortunately for Aphra, he had more pressing enemies to confront than her. Not that Aphra didn’t have plenty of enemies more than willing to confront her, enemies she had to fight, outwit, and escape. It was another spectacular mad dash with an entertaining sprinle of sleight of hand, masked as high society fumbling, lots of character interaction, and lively banter tossed into the action to season the story. In short, it’s just the sort of adventure Dr. Aphra and Sana Starros would have.
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