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Star Wars: Bounty Hunters
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, Vol. 3: War of the Bounty Hunters
The War of the Bounty Hunters rages across the galaxy! As Valance and his reluctant partner Dengar race to intercept Boba Fett and his precious cargo, deadly pursuers are after them. A dark secret from Valance’s past with Han Solo is about to emerge — and it may get him killed all these years later! But who is the mysterious leader of an assassination squad that is driving Valance into a life-and-death confrontation with an old friend? Meanwhile, T’onga is outgunned and outnumbered…but she does have one last surprise up her sleeve! And as the shadowy mastermind behind everything makes its move, Valance and Dengar try their luck at the Canto Bight casino, and T’onga puts a crew together — with faces both fearsome and familiar!
COLLECTING: Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) 12-17
COLLECTING: Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) 12-17
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 11, 2022
About the author
Ethan Sacks
283 books35 followersEthan Sacks is a writer and journalist from New York, who is currently writing the ongoing series Star Wars- Bounty Hunters for Marvel as well as other various Star Wars titles. He is also know for his Marvel works that take place in the iconic Old Man Logan wasteland, Old Man Hawkeye and Old Man Quill.
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March 21, 2022
This is a great companion book. I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. The artwork is awesome, in fact it is my favorite of all the Star Wars books.
I have to agree with Boba Fett, Valance should definitely get a new line of work. Being a loyal cyborg with a heart, does mix well with the backstabbing life of a mercenary/bounty hunter. Also he could probobly could use some upgrades. If you are going to be a punch first strategise later person, you need to be better pincher or you end up getting beaten up a lot.
Meaning well Valance is doing all he can to repay his debt by saving Han Solo. The trouble is he need the help of the underworld where double crossing, following their own agenda, shifting alliances, danger and death are an ever hour occurance. Find out the fate of Valance after the Bounty Hunter War main story.
The book moves the story along of the Star Wars underworld (in the Bounty Hunters series), the Bounty Hunter War story arc and towards the Crimson Dawn story arc coming up. A very good twist at the end as well. The book finishes with varient covers of the six issues covered here including a character profile cover of Valance.
I have to agree with Boba Fett, Valance should definitely get a new line of work. Being a loyal cyborg with a heart, does mix well with the backstabbing life of a mercenary/bounty hunter. Also he could probobly could use some upgrades. If you are going to be a punch first strategise later person, you need to be better pincher or you end up getting beaten up a lot.
Meaning well Valance is doing all he can to repay his debt by saving Han Solo. The trouble is he need the help of the underworld where double crossing, following their own agenda, shifting alliances, danger and death are an ever hour occurance. Find out the fate of Valance after the Bounty Hunter War main story.
The book moves the story along of the Star Wars underworld (in the Bounty Hunters series), the Bounty Hunter War story arc and towards the Crimson Dawn story arc coming up. A very good twist at the end as well. The book finishes with varient covers of the six issues covered here including a character profile cover of Valance.
November 17, 2021
Ethan Sacks’ “Bounty Hunters’ maintains its brand of 80’s-macho-edge-meets-modern-Star-Wars-stylings in Volume 3, this time with a story that directly ties into the events of the ongoing “War of the Bounty Hunters” event and a narrative pivot that cleverly sets up future stories while inverting certain expectations for where the series is/was headed. Bring on Volume 3, Mr. Sacks.
February 6, 2022
Bounty Hunters Vol. 3 War of the Bounty Hunters collects issues 12-17 of the Marvel Comics series written by Ethan Sacks with art by Paolo Villanelli.
Valence is joined by reluctant partner to try to save Han Solo and possibly collect a bounty on Jabba the Hutt while they are at it.
Bounty Hunters continues to be my least favorite Star Wars comic. Valence is so incredibly boring but this arc has FINALLY given him some character development. Even bounty hunters Dengar and Zuckuss can't save this one. The ending will hopefully set this book up to be a bit more interesting next volume.
Valence is joined by reluctant partner to try to save Han Solo and possibly collect a bounty on Jabba the Hutt while they are at it.
Bounty Hunters continues to be my least favorite Star Wars comic. Valence is so incredibly boring but this arc has FINALLY given him some character development. Even bounty hunters Dengar and Zuckuss can't save this one. The ending will hopefully set this book up to be a bit more interesting next volume.
March 14, 2022
Even my love of Star Wars and the overall event centric new structure of all the Star Wars series didnt help this volume out. This is an action comic through and through skipping much needed time building up the characters. Matched with dry dialogue I'm having a hard time enjoying Ethan Sacks run.
February 14, 2022
Repetitive, with small moments of excitement, the toxic relationship between Valance and Dengar was the strongest point of the book, Dengar should have been the one in the cover instead of Chewbacca.
May 4, 2022
The weakest Star Wars series is also the weakest War of the Bounty Hunters tie-in. It barely touches on the main event aside from Valance and Dengar both wanting to capture Boba Fett for the bounty on his head. There are about a thousand "Meanwhile..." scenes featuring...other people? Maybe these characters were introduced in the first Bounty Hunters volume, but I have no recollection of who they are or why I care. Apparently, they're trying to find a little girl Valance has hidden with a Rebel cell because the girl can unite two warring criminal clans.
Yawwwnnnnn. I'm sure that plotline would be interesting if it didn't feel like the characters involved were constantly explaining what they're doing while they're doing it. That's kind of an issue with the whole Bounty Hunters series, though definitely this volume in particular. Too much dialogue for characters who should be all about action. And the action is disjointed when it does arrive.
Still, there are some good moments: I'm fine with the "new crew" assembled at the end and the final page cliffhanger is a hell of a doozy (). I guess I'll keep reading...
Yawwwnnnnn. I'm sure that plotline would be interesting if it didn't feel like the characters involved were constantly explaining what they're doing while they're doing it. That's kind of an issue with the whole Bounty Hunters series, though definitely this volume in particular. Too much dialogue for characters who should be all about action. And the action is disjointed when it does arrive.
Still, there are some good moments: I'm fine with the "new crew" assembled at the end and the final page cliffhanger is a hell of a doozy (). I guess I'll keep reading...
February 27, 2022
Just really don’t like this series. It is kind of a bait and switch. It is called Bounty Hunters so I of course expect the hunters from Empire. While they do make the occasional appearance, instead we follow around a new character who really just bugs me. Now this would not be a big deal if the art in this book were great or even good. But it is just not my cup of tea. It’s is very liney and not much depth. So as a Star Wars guy I will probably read future trades, but I will not be rushing out to get them.
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.
June 3, 2022
Less a cohesive narrative than a series of *PEW PEW PEW!* fights with action figures.
Still Star Wars, though, and the ending did genuinely surprise me so I guess I’ll be back for Vol. 4…
Still Star Wars, though, and the ending did genuinely surprise me so I guess I’ll be back for Vol. 4…
August 26, 2024
Least readable volume in the entire crossover event. I don't care about any of these people or their constantly shifting team-ups, and I find the way the combat is drawn dull.
May 5, 2022
3.5 Stars.
I keep reading this comic to stay up on continuity, even though I don't really love Valance as a character. I may eventually give up on it, like I did with Aphra, but for now, the stories continue to keep me entertained.
Highlights:
- We get to see more of the history of Valance and Han knowing each other. These memories come into play when Valance (who is also running with Dengar at this point) comes across Chewbacca. The Wookiee remembers him enough to not kill him and accept any help he can give in finding Solo.
- A Crimson Dawn assassin is chasing them, but doesn't finish them off, based on orders from Qi'ra, the Head of the Crime Syndicate (and from the Solo movie).
- We get to see a young Tasu Leech (future tracker of Solo in The Force Awakens) as a gladiator.
- Near the end, as the future Crimson Dawn stuff gets set up, Valance is abducted by Vader. (What the hell will this lead to?)
Overall, I think I'll give this one more Volume then make a final decision about it. With the main story book covering the really important things, most of the Bounty Hunters were there and not here.
Recommend, with reservation.
I keep reading this comic to stay up on continuity, even though I don't really love Valance as a character. I may eventually give up on it, like I did with Aphra, but for now, the stories continue to keep me entertained.
Highlights:
- We get to see more of the history of Valance and Han knowing each other. These memories come into play when Valance (who is also running with Dengar at this point) comes across Chewbacca. The Wookiee remembers him enough to not kill him and accept any help he can give in finding Solo.
- A Crimson Dawn assassin is chasing them, but doesn't finish them off, based on orders from Qi'ra, the Head of the Crime Syndicate (and from the Solo movie).
- We get to see a young Tasu Leech (future tracker of Solo in The Force Awakens) as a gladiator.
- Near the end, as the future Crimson Dawn stuff gets set up, Valance is abducted by Vader. (What the hell will this lead to?)
Overall, I think I'll give this one more Volume then make a final decision about it. With the main story book covering the really important things, most of the Bounty Hunters were there and not here.
Recommend, with reservation.
February 8, 2022
2.75
This was pretty terrible. Cliched in all the over the top worst ways. I did like the very end of the very last issue. Dynamic character change for once.
This was pretty terrible. Cliched in all the over the top worst ways. I did like the very end of the very last issue. Dynamic character change for once.
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.
August 27, 2022
This was the actual "Bounty Hunters" issues that crossed over into War of the Bounty Hunters. Most of the issue dealt with Valance teaming up with Dengar in order to rescue Carbonite Han. Valance is doing it for altruistic reasons, Dengar not so much. Then Bossk and Vader get involved.
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.
December 28, 2022
The story starts to sag under its own weight (and the weight of the War of the Bounty Hunters crossover, which is required reading for understanding this volume. Everyone swaps allegiances at the end and Valence gets kicked out of his own book. To follow his story, you'll have to jump over to the Vader comic. This is probably a good idea because juggling two plot lines was making progress on the B story progress pretty slowly. Now that the A story is on break, maybe they'll have time to get more done elsewhere.
March 22, 2023
This is another volume with a lot of action, and lots of jumping between the different POVs in play.
May 20, 2022
Much sympathy is generated for Valance. Some interesting architecture.
February 25, 2022
This volume continues Valance's story, among some other bounty hunters that make an appearance, such as Boba Fett and Dengar. Unlike the other installments in War of the Bounty Hunters, this one takes a little while to set everything up, leading eventually to Crimson Dawn. Valance has a different reason to find Han. He reminisces on their time spent as Imperial cadets and wants to save his friend. Dengar and Valance tmeporarily join forces, considering they both have beef with Boba Fett. It would seem someone from Crimson Dawn is also after Valance. After attempting to save han from Vader's flagship, there is certainly an ineresting end that has a great lead to whatever may come next.
This wasn't as interesting as some of the other War of the Bounty Hunters installments, but it still had its charm. Valance becomes yet an even more intriguing character as time goes on, and seeing the ways he has been (and will be) incorporated into the lives of the main characters is quite intersting.
This wasn't as interesting as some of the other War of the Bounty Hunters installments, but it still had its charm. Valance becomes yet an even more intriguing character as time goes on, and seeing the ways he has been (and will be) incorporated into the lives of the main characters is quite intersting.
March 18, 2022
Book 3, tying-in to the War of the Bounty Hunters crossover event.
Valance and Dengar reluctantly partner to track down Boba Fett but soon find themselves targeted by other bounty hunters and by the agents of the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate.
This book highlights all of the worst aspects of how Marvel do crossover events, as well as what went wrong with the War of the Bounty Hunters in particular.
The biggest problem here are the massive gaps in the narrative where significant characters have been up to stuff in other books of the event and then are just dropped back into this book with little or no explanation. 4-LOM and Zuckuss are a good example, appearing in the first half of this book as the bounty hunting duo we know (and, in my case, love) but the next time we see Zuckuss he's emotionally broken and 4-LOM is nowhere to be seen. Now, I've read the story which explores the events between those two things, but if you came into this book fresh it would be absolutely baffling.
Perhaps worse is that a similar thing happens with Valance later in the book. Since he's supposed to be the main character in this series you'd think this series would be where his story gets told, but that's just not how Marvel does crossovers these days. Instead it's an irritating and transparent marketing plot to get you to buy the other books and is absolutely to the detriment of the narrative of this series and this book in particular.
In short, this is an absolute mess of a book and the only reason I've not rated it lower is because this is the only book of the crossover to actually spend any time exploring the background of Crimson Dawn.
* More reviews here: https://fsfh-book-review2.webnode.com *
Valance and Dengar reluctantly partner to track down Boba Fett but soon find themselves targeted by other bounty hunters and by the agents of the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate.
This book highlights all of the worst aspects of how Marvel do crossover events, as well as what went wrong with the War of the Bounty Hunters in particular.
The biggest problem here are the massive gaps in the narrative where significant characters have been up to stuff in other books of the event and then are just dropped back into this book with little or no explanation. 4-LOM and Zuckuss are a good example, appearing in the first half of this book as the bounty hunting duo we know (and, in my case, love) but the next time we see Zuckuss he's emotionally broken and 4-LOM is nowhere to be seen. Now, I've read the story which explores the events between those two things, but if you came into this book fresh it would be absolutely baffling.
Perhaps worse is that a similar thing happens with Valance later in the book. Since he's supposed to be the main character in this series you'd think this series would be where his story gets told, but that's just not how Marvel does crossovers these days. Instead it's an irritating and transparent marketing plot to get you to buy the other books and is absolutely to the detriment of the narrative of this series and this book in particular.
In short, this is an absolute mess of a book and the only reason I've not rated it lower is because this is the only book of the crossover to actually spend any time exploring the background of Crimson Dawn.
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January 30, 2022
I find it odd that this is maybe the series I’ve liked the most during this crossover arc? Maybe it was the benefit of reading this last and having all the major storybeats in place (yeah, I think it might be a large bit of that) or it might be all the weird, absurd crap. Valance is a weird character and I’m not sure I even like his anti-hero/chaotic Good depiction, and Dengar is just comically bad as a bounty hunter at this point in the Marvel run, but all the weird stuff with Zuckuss (finally see him out of his armor and *woof* yikes) and T’onga and the background stuff with all the various clans and syndicates and a fun cameo from Tasu Leech…it’s just silly, pulpy good stuff. I especially liked the silliness of the wrinkle to end this series just when we thought we might be saying a final goodbye to Valance…
It’s a lot. There’s like 20+ named characters to follow just from this volume and not even all of them have appeared outside of the Bounty Hunters series. I’m actually not even entirely sure I’ve loved the prior volumes given how confusing they’ve been and impermanent the character deaths have been but…also bring back 4-LOM. C’mon!
It’s a lot. There’s like 20+ named characters to follow just from this volume and not even all of them have appeared outside of the Bounty Hunters series. I’m actually not even entirely sure I’ve loved the prior volumes given how confusing they’ve been and impermanent the character deaths have been but…also bring back 4-LOM. C’mon!
February 5, 2022
Five stars may be a bit generous, but I want to give credit to this series for turning things around so dramatically. The first volume was a complete mess of plots, and the story barely got to settle before being tossed into another mess of plots that is the "war of the bounty hunters". But unlike other ongoings, this one managed to pave a way for its characters to thrive and grow.
The adventures of Valance and Dengar sounds like a completely filler C-plot in the grand scheme of things... and it is, but that works to its benefit. It's refreshing not to have to follow the regulars with their overly crowded timeline, and as a result you begin to appreciate Valance's strange goings and relationships, as well as the oddball crew that T'onga is gathering. And again, unlike the other mains, not knowing the fates of all these characters is another benefit. Add all that to some fun twists and turns, Paolo's stunning art (much better than the covers!), along with a bold final page, and I'll admit I was seriously impressed.
The adventures of Valance and Dengar sounds like a completely filler C-plot in the grand scheme of things... and it is, but that works to its benefit. It's refreshing not to have to follow the regulars with their overly crowded timeline, and as a result you begin to appreciate Valance's strange goings and relationships, as well as the oddball crew that T'onga is gathering. And again, unlike the other mains, not knowing the fates of all these characters is another benefit. Add all that to some fun twists and turns, Paolo's stunning art (much better than the covers!), along with a bold final page, and I'll admit I was seriously impressed.
March 25, 2023
More of a three and a half but I went with three cuz I feel like I've generally been quite soft on SW comics.
Felt a little confused on character motivations at the start, but I was cunningly brought up to speed by T'onga telling the crime boss dad why she was there. Kinda funny, with T'onga and Losha I realized that pretty much every Star Wars comic series out right now has several queer characters, meanwhile we've got one non-kissing lesbian couple on Andor, which is some typically hilarious bullshit.
Not only was I brought up to speed pretty quickly, Sacks then outlines every bounty hunter's specific (and interesting!) motivation. Fat depressed Zuckuss remains a comedy hit! I want the mob princess to be safe! But I also want Lady Qi'ra's plans to succeed! Deathstick (!!) is a cool lady ninja!
This is honestly a book fulla PG posturin' badasses the Suicide Squad writers could take a page from. Then again, maybe they have, this is a book from last year(ish) and the Squad books I've been reading are from 10 years ago.
Felt a little confused on character motivations at the start, but I was cunningly brought up to speed by T'onga telling the crime boss dad why she was there. Kinda funny, with T'onga and Losha I realized that pretty much every Star Wars comic series out right now has several queer characters, meanwhile we've got one non-kissing lesbian couple on Andor, which is some typically hilarious bullshit.
Not only was I brought up to speed pretty quickly, Sacks then outlines every bounty hunter's specific (and interesting!) motivation. Fat depressed Zuckuss remains a comedy hit! I want the mob princess to be safe! But I also want Lady Qi'ra's plans to succeed! Deathstick (!!) is a cool lady ninja!
This is honestly a book fulla PG posturin' badasses the Suicide Squad writers could take a page from. Then again, maybe they have, this is a book from last year(ish) and the Squad books I've been reading are from 10 years ago.
March 14, 2022
Star Wars Bounty Hunters is probably my least favorite title in the Marvel Star Wars franchise, but it’s growing on me. Volume 3, “War of the Bounty Hunters”, is not the best run in the WOTBH cross-over event, and writer Ethan Sacks has yet to truly impress me with the story of former Imperial soldier-turned-cyborg bounty hunter Beilert Valance (a character that originally appeared in the original late-‘70s Marvel “Star Wars” series), but the story still manages to keep me interested enough to want to turn the pages, which is all you can ask for in a story, right?
In this issue: Valance (who literally owes Han Solo his life) finds out where Solo’s carbonite-frozen body is being auctioned off; he and a rival bounty hunter, Dengar, decide to work together against Boba Fett, but it doesn’t mean they’re friends; Darth Vader makes a cameo appearance in the (I’ll admit) shocking and unexpected plot-twisty conclusion…
In this issue: Valance (who literally owes Han Solo his life) finds out where Solo’s carbonite-frozen body is being auctioned off; he and a rival bounty hunter, Dengar, decide to work together against Boba Fett, but it doesn’t mean they’re friends; Darth Vader makes a cameo appearance in the (I’ll admit) shocking and unexpected plot-twisty conclusion…
May 7, 2023
The Bounty Hunters book continues to be one of the weakest titles in the ongoing Star Wars comics, probably because the stories often feel so disjoint and Valance isn't quite the great core protagonist some people may think he is. It was nice how they brought him back from the Legends continuity since he was always quite the crazy caricature of a bounty hunter. But he still needs more depth to be interesting.
You'd think that this book would have a much larger role to play in a story arc called the War of the Bounty Hunters, but the odd paring of Valance and Dengary doesn't really do much to advance the development of either character. They just keep having Valance acting unhinged and uncontrolled, thus making Dengar appear to have near-Buddhist calm. Then hijinks ensue as they find themselves in yet another fight because Valance can't be bothered to ask questions. He's just a crazy murderbot cyborg, as it were.
You'd think that this book would have a much larger role to play in a story arc called the War of the Bounty Hunters, but the odd paring of Valance and Dengary doesn't really do much to advance the development of either character. They just keep having Valance acting unhinged and uncontrolled, thus making Dengar appear to have near-Buddhist calm. Then hijinks ensue as they find themselves in yet another fight because Valance can't be bothered to ask questions. He's just a crazy murderbot cyborg, as it were.
February 12, 2022
A War of the Bounty Hunters crossover review: a slightly misleading title, this is an ambitious but messy ‘event’ for Marvel’s Star Wars comic titles. Ostensibly a Boba Fett story, stretching the narrative over 6 different graphic novels meant that the competing demands of the ongoing storylines from Star Wars, Darth Vader, Doctor Aphra and Bounty Hunters (Beilert Valance), and the introduction of a new Crimson Dawn storyline, led to Fett’s quest to retrieve Han Solo being frequently sidelined. Additionally, the rest of the bounty hunters that Fett was supposedly at war with were reduced to mere cameos. Boushh’s issue was entirely irrelevant. The ending, of course, was a foregone conclusion: Solo would end up as a wall hanging in Jabba the Hutt’s palace on Tatooine, at least until the events of The Return of the Jedi. Too much going on here.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 15, 2022
STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS. Volume 3. WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS
The story arc continues.
#12 – TARGET SOLO
“Why’d you agree to join me anyway?” – Valance
“I have my reasons.” – Dengar
#13 – SHOWDOWN ON SMUGGLER’S MOON
“CRIMSON DAWN IS BACK!” – Sagwa
#14 – THE FOLLOWING
“But the truly ambitious will not stay hidden for long.” – Mama Stammoch
#15 – THE GATHERING
“… because this ISN’T a place where we want to GAMBLE.” – Dengar
#16 – SHADOW SOLDIERS
“I guess we’re about to find out if you’re right, Valance.” – Dengar
#17 – LAST STAND
“That conversation was beginning to bore me.” - Tasu
The story arc continues.
#12 – TARGET SOLO
“Why’d you agree to join me anyway?” – Valance
“I have my reasons.” – Dengar
#13 – SHOWDOWN ON SMUGGLER’S MOON
“CRIMSON DAWN IS BACK!” – Sagwa
#14 – THE FOLLOWING
“But the truly ambitious will not stay hidden for long.” – Mama Stammoch
#15 – THE GATHERING
“… because this ISN’T a place where we want to GAMBLE.” – Dengar
#16 – SHADOW SOLDIERS
“I guess we’re about to find out if you’re right, Valance.” – Dengar
#17 – LAST STAND
“That conversation was beginning to bore me.” - Tasu
October 4, 2022
Zbiór zawiera zeszyty z serii Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #12-17.
Han Solo został zamrożony w karbonicie. Valance wraz z Dengarem rusza, aby odbić bohatera z rąk łowcy głów Boba Fetta i to w zasadzie starczy, mimo to że mamy tu jeszcze jeden wątek poboczny. Obecność Chubacci nic nie wnosi. Mały udział Vadera też. Nawet Zuckuss, który kradnie każdy kadr, nie ratuje tej nudnej opowieści.
Niestety ten tytuł to zdecydowanie najsłabszy element nowej fali pozycji ze stajni Disneya. Tylko dla ortodoksyjnych fanów Gwiezdnych Wojen, którzy żyją jak Luke w ósmym epizodzie - na wypi#$owie. Reszcie odradzam.
Han Solo został zamrożony w karbonicie. Valance wraz z Dengarem rusza, aby odbić bohatera z rąk łowcy głów Boba Fetta i to w zasadzie starczy, mimo to że mamy tu jeszcze jeden wątek poboczny. Obecność Chubacci nic nie wnosi. Mały udział Vadera też. Nawet Zuckuss, który kradnie każdy kadr, nie ratuje tej nudnej opowieści.
Niestety ten tytuł to zdecydowanie najsłabszy element nowej fali pozycji ze stajni Disneya. Tylko dla ortodoksyjnych fanów Gwiezdnych Wojen, którzy żyją jak Luke w ósmym epizodzie - na wypi#$owie. Reszcie odradzam.
August 6, 2023
Continuing re-read. WotBH is a pleasant enough crossover that sets up the real big events in Crimson Reign and Hidden Empire. The Qi’Ra reveal is fantastic but she remains a mysterious unknowable figure throughout. This title suffers the most for being tied into the WotBH event, hands down. Almost nothing happens to further the main plot, with Dengar and Beilert’s back and forth turning annoying VERY quickly, and meaningless cameos from across the event (Death Stick, Chewie, 3PO, Sagwa) shoehorned in to make it all prop up the larger story. And I hate where this story winds up taking Valance in Vader.
April 21, 2022
I read this volume alongside the other volumes that make up the War of the Bounty Hunters event, following the recommended reading order I found in some or other web page. I am so glad I chose to read it that way, as the pieces all fell into place cohesively and there is so much I would have missed if I hadn’t.
There is so much to enjoy and appreciate in this story arc, with characters from all over the canon making appearances. It took directions I was not expecting and kept me entertained, just what I look for in Star Wars. Well worth reading.
There is so much to enjoy and appreciate in this story arc, with characters from all over the canon making appearances. It took directions I was not expecting and kept me entertained, just what I look for in Star Wars. Well worth reading.
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