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After spending several months grinding through all sixty issues of Marc Spector: Moon Knight, I've decided to cleanse my palate a bit by returning to my favorite kind of comic. . .One shots! Tight little packages of comic book goodness where the creative team is tasked with giving the reader a complete story in one and only one issue.
With a single issue to work with, the creative team has nowhere to hide. It's easy to fail, but when the team is up to the task, the results can be some of the best stories to be found in comics.
- read moreWelcome to Longbox Junk, the place to find all the comic reviews you never asked for!
I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again. Of all the different kinds of comic books out there, I'd have to say that my ultimate favorite is the one-shot. To me, the one shot is a supreme test for a creative team.
By giving a team one and ONLY one issue to tell a complete tale, their storytelling ability is put to the test. There's nowhere to hide. No room for error. To fail the test is easy, and actually pretty common. There's PLENTY of bad one-shots haunting the bargain bins. But when a team succeeds? It's often pure Longbox Junk gold!
- read moreSo what we have here is a five issue standalone story that crosses over between the regular Marvel Star Wars and Doctor Aphra ongoing series, with an introductory one-shot. It can be read on its own, but a bit of background knowledge on both Star Wars and Doctor Aphra is needed to fully get into it. . .but really all you need to know are the following basic bits:
Luke Skywalker is searching for a way to learn more about the Jedi, now that he's had a taste of what can be accomplished with The Force. Doctor Aphra is a rogue archaologist who used to work for Darth Vader and has managed to get her hands on the archived (Read: Imprisoned) personality of an ancient Jedi that she can't access. They've met before and are sort of frenemies.
So there's the background. Let's do this!
- read moreCaptain Phasma has been hyped up by the promotions for both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi as some sort of awesome and mysterious villain. . .and she DOES look badass with her chrome stormtrooper armor and flowing black cape.
BUT. . .
Let's face it. The hype isn't the truth. Captain Phasma is pretty much the new Star Wars movie's Boba Fett. Sure, she LOOKS awesome, but she has what. . .five minutes total screen time over two movies? That and SPOILER she dies (maybe) a weak- death in The Last Jedi, just like Boba Fett went out like a chump in Return of The Jedi.
- read moreI said in the review for the first part of Star Trek: The Modala Imperative that I probably love Star Wars more than I ever loved my first wife. . .and I meant every word of it. I'm gonna make myself sound old here, but kids today don't understand what a game-changer Star Wars was back in the 70's. It was like a pop culture atomic bomb. Fallout from Star Wars impacted EVERYTHING. . .including me. The original 6 issue mini-series of Star Wars comics were the first comics I bought and they are the reason I love comics today.
So, my enduring geek love of Star Wars now well-established, let's take a look at what Dark Horse was doing with Star Wars during the period of time when nobody thought there would be any more movies and things were just sort of. . .strange.
STAR WARS: DARK EMPIRE II (Dark Horse)
- read moreMore one shots. . .YAY! I love 'em.
OUR ARMY AT WAR Featuring Sergeant Rock (DC 2010)
Sergeant Rock is one of my favorite characters. As a Marine Corps veteran, I can appreciate how Rock is actually one of the greatest ANTI war characters ever created. This modern take on Rock is one of the strongest comics I've read in a LONG time.
It is written to perfection with the story flashing back and forth between WWII and either Afghanistan or Iraq (not made clear), with the characters finishing each other's dialogue across time, showing the old soldier's adage "The more things change, the more they stay the same." to be true. The ending of the story, when we find out why the modern character fights, is an emotional punch to the gut, and comes out of nowhere. I won't spoil it, but it's the kind of ending that puts everything before it in a whole new perspective. . .
The art is superb in every way, from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, the whole issue is rendered in incredible detail. And then there's that fantastic cover by the legendary Joe Kubert. . .
From the cover to the last page, this one shot delivers on every single panel. Highly suggested.
Can it really be called Longbox Junk if there's a $250 variant cover?
I only have $4 covers, so in my case. . .yes.
ISSUE 1
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