#17: 27th August 2014

Last Wednesday of summer holidays has brought us some nice books. Check out two reviews below and wait for September with epic Thor: God of Thunder's finale, Death of Wolverine and much more!

Book of the Week: Avengers #34

Time Runs Out will soon begin and Jonathan Hickman builds an atmosphere around his Avengers titles to prepair readers to Marvel's new big event, Axis. And does he do it well. Each single issue of both Avengers and New Avengers is so epic, full of action and moments, that need contemplating. He's the only writer who could be capable of planning such a long, complex run. Even before Avengers #1 was published in 2012, he knew what to do up to this moment and probably much further.

In issue #34 Steve Rogers finally end his time travelling, determined to stop Tony Stark aka soon-to-be-superior Iron Man and his fellow companions from secret organisation called Illuminati. They are murderers. They triggered a genocide, that catalyzed all current terrible events and are now a target of Captain America and the rest of Avengers.

Steve Rogers is desperate to succeed and the void between him and Tony has become so immense, it may be impossible to overcome it. If you do not read Hickman's Avengers, do it. It's one of these runs, which will remembered for a very long time.

Legacy #18

That's it. End of an era. After a long 23-year period of ups and downs, Dark Horse has published its very last Star Wars comic book. There will be some more trades, but they will contain only reprinted material. It's amazing where Dark Horse has led its comic books. From Dawn of the Jedi, through Dark Times up to two volumes of bestselling Legacy. Thank you, Dark Horse.

But let's go back to Legacy #18, which is a fine installment to the series. I was curious how Corinna with Gabriel will end all parts of their plot. How did they do it? They mixed each single one of them in an epic final battle. It was the easiest way to end Ania's adventures and that's a little bit disappointing.  But come on, series ended quite unexpectedly, a creative team probably didn't know about license switching from Dark Horse to Marvel and had to end Legacy throwing into the bin lots of ideas for potential next arcs and stories. That's definietly a shame.

Issue no. 18 shows us the real face of Ania Solo - not a royal girl but a woman with a Han Solo-like temperament. She prefers friends to Empress and is incredibly loyal. All these things prove, Leia's and Han's heritage has not been lost during these 100 years and their genes still travel in a galaxy far far away heading for adventures.

Concluding, Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman are a true dream team. They know each other very well and know how to use each other's talent to the maximum. This whole run of Legacy has been very consistent. A gorgeous artwork combined with solid storytelling is a recipe for a success. Maybe Legacy will never be an acclaimed run like Snyder's Batman or Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder, but still is a series, I can easily recommend for nearly everyone. I'll miss this title. Good bye Legacy. Farewell Dark Horse.

Cover of the Week: Outcast #3