Comic Review: Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #13

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Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #13

WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS:

“SHOWDOWN ON SMUGGER’S MOON”

Jabba the Hutt has placed a bounty on Boba Fett’s head!

Valance and Dengar have formed a shaky alliance in order to find Fett first. Valance is desperate to save his old friend Han Solo.

But the odds are against them.

Every hunter in the galaxy will want a piece of Boba Fett.

And Dengar may have an agenda of his own….

Writer: Ethan Sacks
Artist: Paolo Villanelli
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Colorist: Arif Prianto
Cover artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marte Gracia
Editor: Mark Paniccia
Publication date: June 9, 2021
Pages: 24
UPC: 759606096022

There are times this comic takes the subtle route through a story, and there are times it just faces up to the plot and punches it in the mouth, and issue 13 of Bounty Hunters is one of those times. Never one to dilly-dally or tip-toe around a problem, this issue has Valance at the end of his tether, kicking and punching his way to a solution with all the finesse of a rolling pin. At times it’s humourous, at other times tedious, but for a series that rarely dials it down, it’s always appropriate.

We rejoin Valanace and Dengar on Nar Shadaa, at the same time the events of Star Wars #13 and War of the Bounty Hunters #1 are taking place, and as with Star Wars #13 the issue very much feels like a contrivance to fit into a crossover series, with one difference. Whereas Star Wars #13 was mostly a dead end of a story that did nothing to progress the plot, this does bring us a long-awaited confrontation between an angry Chewbacca and Valance, giving the genuinely regretful cyborg the opportunity to explain himself to Chewie and offer to help in the hunt for his former fellow Imperial cadet Han Solo. As Valance punches out Dengar’s carefully cultivated informants (why would’t he, they’re not his informants), it’s a monent of calm within the storm that clearly hits home with Chewbacca after their mammoth, bar-wrecking brawl.

In the B-story we follow T’onga and Losha to Dotharian, not that far away in Hutt space as they attempt to get the Mourners Wail on their side in their own hunt for the missing Cadeliah. They’re greeted by Lord Khamek who insists they leave immediately, but too late as Crimson Dawn arrive. For Valance back on Nar Shadaa the news that Crimson Dawn are back is met with incredulity, but nevertheless the pieces are now in place for Valance to play a much larger role in the War of the Bounty Hunters as an unknown assailant attacks, leaving us primed for the next issue.

It’s bold, it’s busy and it’s crafted with all the care you’d expect from the team of Sacks, Villanelli and Prianto, but there’s something missing from this issue that’s hard to put a finger on. Crossover epics often suffer from having to wedge in convenient overlaps, and Bounty Hunters #13 hits that hurdle too, but the team of Dengar and Valance is engaging enough in a 48 Hours kind of way to get us through and on to the next issue. Enjoyable, but rarely for this title, not essential.

 

Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #14 (Sprouse Lucasflim 50th Variant Wobh) @ ForbiddenPlanet.com

 

SourceMarvel
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
A fan of the saga since 1978, Mark began in fan fiction in 1982 and since then has written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine, StarTrek.com and Starburst as well as being a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host. He is the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #13

WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS:

“SHOWDOWN ON SMUGGER’S MOON”

Jabba the Hutt has placed a bounty on Boba Fett’s head!

Valance and Dengar have formed a shaky alliance in order to find Fett first. Valance is desperate to save his old friend Han Solo.

But the odds are against them.

Every hunter in the galaxy will want a piece of Boba Fett.

And Dengar may have an agenda of his own….

Writer: Ethan Sacks
Artist: Paolo Villanelli
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Colorist: Arif Prianto
Cover artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marte Gracia
Editor: Mark Paniccia
Publication date: June 9, 2021
Pages: 24
UPC: 759606096022

There are times this comic takes the subtle route through a story, and there are times it just faces up to the plot and punches it in the mouth, and issue 13 of Bounty Hunters is one of those times. Never one to dilly-dally or tip-toe around a problem, this issue has Valance at the end of his tether, kicking and punching his way to a solution with all the finesse of a rolling pin. At times it’s humourous, at other times tedious, but for a series that rarely dials it down, it’s always appropriate.

We rejoin Valanace and Dengar on Nar Shadaa, at the same time the events of Star Wars #13 and War of the Bounty Hunters #1 are taking place, and as with Star Wars #13 the issue very much feels like a contrivance to fit into a crossover series, with one difference. Whereas Star Wars #13 was mostly a dead end of a story that did nothing to progress the plot, this does bring us a long-awaited confrontation between an angry Chewbacca and Valance, giving the genuinely regretful cyborg the opportunity to explain himself to Chewie and offer to help in the hunt for his former fellow Imperial cadet Han Solo. As Valance punches out Dengar’s carefully cultivated informants (why would’t he, they’re not his informants), it’s a monent of calm within the storm that clearly hits home with Chewbacca after their mammoth, bar-wrecking brawl.

In the B-story we follow T’onga and Losha to Dotharian, not that far away in Hutt space as they attempt to get the Mourners Wail on their side in their own hunt for the missing Cadeliah. They’re greeted by Lord Khamek who insists they leave immediately, but too late as Crimson Dawn arrive. For Valance back on Nar Shadaa the news that Crimson Dawn are back is met with incredulity, but nevertheless the pieces are now in place for Valance to play a much larger role in the War of the Bounty Hunters as an unknown assailant attacks, leaving us primed for the next issue.

It’s bold, it’s busy and it’s crafted with all the care you’d expect from the team of Sacks, Villanelli and Prianto, but there’s something missing from this issue that’s hard to put a finger on. Crossover epics often suffer from having to wedge in convenient overlaps, and Bounty Hunters #13 hits that hurdle too, but the team of Dengar and Valance is engaging enough in a 48 Hours kind of way to get us through and on to the next issue. Enjoyable, but rarely for this title, not essential.

 

Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #14 (Sprouse Lucasflim 50th Variant Wobh) @ ForbiddenPlanet.com

 

SourceMarvel
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
A fan of the saga since 1978, Mark began in fan fiction in 1982 and since then has written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine, StarTrek.com and Starburst as well as being a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host. He is the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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