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A Star Wars: Sana Starros #2 Micro-Review – Family Connections

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TITLE: Star Wars: Sana Starros #2
AUTHOR: Justina Ireland
ARTISTS: Pere Perez,  Dono Sanchez-Almara (Colorist), Travis Lanham (Letterer). Cover by Ken Lashley & Juan Fernandez.
RELEASED: March 8, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

This issue ties Sana to her ancestor Avon Starros, who we’ve seen in some of the High Republic books. That’s not a coincidence, as Justina Ireland has written her.

I appreciate that Thea Starros, Sana’s grandmother, is in this story. It feels like we don’t see a lot of characters like her in Star Wars. Meaning in terms of both her age and her general look.

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A Star Wars: Yoda #5 Micro-Review – A Planet of the Apes Vibe

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Star Wars Yoda 5, cover, March 2023, Phil NotoTITLE: Star Wars: Yoda #5
AUTHOR: Jody Houser
ARTISTS: Luke Ross, Nolan Woodard (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Phil Noto.
RELEASED: March 15, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Luke Ross is a tremendous Star Wars artist at large, beyond simply drawing an amazing Yoda. There are a lot of wookiees in this issue, and Ross does a fine job making them distinct from Chewbacca. I get a little bit of a Planet of the Apes vibe, which works for me.

As a longtime Star Wars geek, I appreciate Houser incorporating the feud between wookiees and Trandoshans into this story. That’s been a part of Star Wars lore for a long time, dating back to a feud between Chewbacca and Bossk.

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The Amazing Spider-Man #21 Micro-Review – Outta Luck?

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The Amazing Spider-Man 21, cover, March 2023, John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna, Marcio MenyzTITLE: The Amazing Spider-Man #21
AUTHOR: Zeb Wells
ARTISTS:  John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna (Inker), Marcio Menyz (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer)
RELEASED: March 8, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

It looks like we’re supposed to know the villain in this issue from the previous volume of ASM. Guess new readers like me are outta luck in that regard.

The most relatable moment in this issue for me is Mary Jane struggling to get two kids ready for a trip to the park. Sometimes facing down a supervillain isn’t as tough as trying to get two kids out of the damn house.

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A Fantastic Four #5 Micro-Review – Reed Richards as an Alien?

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TITLE: Fantastic Four #5
AUTHOR: Ryan North
ARTISTS: Ivan Fiorelli, Jesus Aburtov (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Alex Ross.
RELEASED: March 8, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Piggybacking off what I said last time, just how socially out of touch and “nerdy” is Reed Richards supposed to be? I’m legitimately asking, as I’m not as big an FF guy as some of my peers. Case in point, In this issue he says to Johnny Storm: “In the vernacular of you and your peers … hell yeah, it’s a thing we can do!” So “Hell yeah” is vernacular to him? This version of Reed feels more alien than any other version I’ve read.

On the upside, this issue contains a really cool FF take on Da Vinci’s “Virtuvian Man.”

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A Star Wars #32 Micro-Review – That Look on Chewie’s Face…

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Star Wars 32, cover, March 2023, Stephen Segovia, Rain BeredoTITLE: Star Wars #32
AUTHOR: Charles Soule
ARTISTS: Madibek Musabekov, Rachelle Rosenberg (Colorist), Clayton Cowles (Letterer). Cover by Stephen Segovia & Rain Beredo.
RELEASED: March 1, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

I haven’t seen a great deal of Madibek Musabekov’s work before. But he’s clearly got a great handle on the Star Wars universe. Chewbacca in particular. He draws the wookiee about as expressive as I’ve ever seen him. There’s a great panel in here where he realizes what Lando and Holdo did last issue…

I still think a Lando/Holdo pairing, which started last issue, is a bit of a stretch. But on the humorous side, I can’t help but wonder what Laura Dern would say if she knew her character in The Last Jedi hooked up with Lando Calrissian.

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A Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #10 Micro-Review – A Jumbled Conclusion

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Star Wars Han Solo and Chewbacca 10, cover, March 2023, Phil NotoTITLE: Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca #10
AUTHOR: Marc Guggenheim
ARTISTS:  David Messina, Alex Sinclair (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Phil Noto. 
RELEASED: March 1, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

This issue contains an origin story for the remote that was on the Falcon in the original Star Wars movie. Because that’s something everyone was calling for, right?

We also get the equivalent of a post-credits scene in this issue. Which is kinda neat, but also odd considering Star Wars movies don’t do them.

I wasn’t enamored with this issue. But it brought the “Dead or Alive” story to a reasonable conclusion, albeit a bit of a jumbled one.

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The Invincible Iron Man #3 Micro-Review – Cover Stories

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The Invincible Iron Man 3, cover, Febuary 2023, Kael NguTITLE: The Invincible Iron Man #3
AUTHOR: Gerry Duggan
ARTISTS: Juan Frigeri, Bryan Valenza (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Kael Ngu.
RELEASED: February 15, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Covers are weird sometimes. Last time we had Iron Man and Ironheart fighting on the cover, but no such fight took place in the issue. This issue, we actually do have Iron Man and War Machine fighting another armored character, but they don’t advertise the fight on the cover. Instead they opt for this “split face” design. It’s a little strange, is all I’m saying.

Duggan does a nice job making the stakes personal in this issue. Last issue, I said I was waiting for business to pick up. It feels like that happened this time.

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The Amazing Spider-Man #20 Micro-Review – “A Sister or a Best Friend”

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The Amazing Spider-Man 20, cover, February 2023, John Romita Jr, Scott Hanna, Marcio MenyzTITLE: The Amazing Spider-Man #20
AUTHOR: Joe Kelly
ARTISTS:  Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson (Inker), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna & Marcio Menyz.

RELEASED: February 22, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Peter tells Felicia in this issue that his love for Mary Jane is now more like the love for a sister or a best friend. That’s a bold line when you consider it’s about one of the premiere couples in all of superhero comics. What’s funny is that even Felicia doesn’t completely buy it.

This issue, and issue #19, make up a fun little romp in the snow that serves as filler until our regular team is back on the book. It’s perfectly serviceable. Great to see the Dodsons work on Spidey.

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A Star Wars: Yoda #4 Micro-Review – A Young Christopher Lee

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Star Wars Yoda 4, cover, February 2023, Phill NotoTITLE: Star Wars: Yoda #4
AUTHOR: Jody Houser
ARTISTS:  Luke Ross, Nolan Woodard (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Phil Noto.

RELEASED: February 22, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

For Count Dooku, this issue’s artistic team do a nice job evoking a young Christopher Lee, all while giving him a look (i.e. hair and beard style) he apparently never adopted in his real life.

By virtue of a young Dooku being present, this story might make a nice companion to some of those Tales of the Jedi shorts that came out on Disney+ awhile back.

Luke Ross draws an absolutely amazing Yoda. The level of detail he injects into the character is stellar.

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Alex Ross Spotlight: Jack Kirby and the Hulk

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Hulk, Alex RossBy Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Alex Ross cites Jack Kirby as his primary artistic influence. In Marvelocity: The Marvel Comics Art of Alex Ross, he writes: “Jack is my ultimate artistic hero. There is no single influence that is more important to me than him, as he is to many other artists as well. He is the ultimate father of comics.”

One of Kirby’s most famous creations is, obviously, the Hulk. And in bringing the angry green giant to life, Kirby, according to Ross, also created an extremely unique physical form.

“The compressed body form [Kirby] created, it’s basically the world’s most muscular giant baby shape,” Ross said in Marvelocity. “That was unique and so effective, no other comics artist could compete with it. It was the embodiment of brute energy, which was also infantilized in a way anyone could relate to. Who didn’t, at some point in their childhood, feel persecuted or bullied or just to cooped up in some way that it just made you angry and want to smash everything?”

More recently, Ross expanded on the Hulk and Jack Kirby in a video on his YouTube channel…

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