Episode #347 -- Like Exploding Stones
- Author
- Jeff McGee and Matt Moore
- Published
- Wed 21 Jun 2023
- Episode Link
- https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-347-like-exploding-stones--54527702
Din Djarin returns in the first of the eight-issue adaptation of The Mandalorian Season 2 by Rodney Barnes and Georges Jeanty. It's a faithful adaptation of the TV show's first episode and features the first appearance of Cobb Vanth in comics; Jeanty's art is lustrous.
Bounty Hunters #35 begins a new arc with new artist Lan Madina and new team members, including Khel Tanna, Durge and Deathstick as they go after ... Boba Fett? it's clear that writer Ethan Sacks has made this series a living, breathing entity that doesn't shy away from the grim-encrusted gutters and grittiness of the Star Wars underworld.
Comics Discussed This Week:
June 27 _ The Blade TPB (Collects 1-4) and Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 6 "Return of the Handmaidens" TPB (Collects #28-32)
June 28 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #3 (of 4), Doctor Aphra #33, The High Republic Adventures #6, 7 and 8 (of 8)
July 4 _ Hidden Empire TPB (Collects 1-5)
July 5 _ Star Wars #36, Yoda #9 (of 10)
July 11 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 3 (Collects Dark Lords of the Sith...
Bounty Hunters #35 begins a new arc with new artist Lan Madina and new team members, including Khel Tanna, Durge and Deathstick as they go after ... Boba Fett? it's clear that writer Ethan Sacks has made this series a living, breathing entity that doesn't shy away from the grim-encrusted gutters and grittiness of the Star Wars underworld.
Comics Discussed This Week:
- The Mandalorian Season 2#1 (of 8) (5:59)
- Bounty Hunters #35 (9:36)
- Yoda #5 (of 10)
- ComicBook.com has a peek at Aug. 2's Dark Droids #1 (of 5), with six unlettered pages and five scourged variants by Rachael Stott.
- Marvel to adapt Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ show in a six-issue mini by Jody Houser and Salvador Larocca in September. (No word if there will be expanded content in this one.)
- Per Near Mint Condition, Marvel is reprinting four of its Star Wars Epic Collections in 2024, including: Rise of the Sith 1 (February), Empire 1 (March), New Republic 1 (April) & The Old Republic 1 (May).
- In his latest Substack, Daniel José Older talks about The High Republic phase III and more, and offers up a Harvey Tolibao concept art head sketch of The High Republic Adventures' Qort.
- Look for September solicits from Marvel and Dark Horse this week.
June 27 _ The Blade TPB (Collects 1-4) and Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 6 "Return of the Handmaidens" TPB (Collects #28-32)
June 28 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #3 (of 4), Doctor Aphra #33, The High Republic Adventures #6, 7 and 8 (of 8)
July 4 _ Hidden Empire TPB (Collects 1-5)
July 5 _ Star Wars #36, Yoda #9 (of 10)
July 11 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 3 (Collects Dark Lords of the Sith...
