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Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1: Vader (Darth Vader (2015-2016)) by [Kieron Gillen, Adi Granov, Salvador Larroca]

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by Kieron Gillen (Author), Adi Granov (Cover Art), Salvador Larroca (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition

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Collects Darth Vader #1-6.

The original Dark Lord of the Sith stars in his first ongoing series! Ever since Darth Vader's first on-screen appearance, he has become one of pop-culture's most popular villains. Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of A NEW HOPE (and the pages of the new STAR WARS comic book) into his own solo adventures — showing the Empire's war with the Rebel Alliance from the other side! But when a Dark Lord needs help, who can he turn to? As Vader pursues a very personal vengeance against the Rebels and investigates the Emperor's secret machinations, he clashes with weapons scavenger Aphra and deadly Battle Droids, and returns to Geonosis to build an army. But some very powerful people don't want him to learn the truths he seeks! Guest-starring Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett and more!

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Kieron Gillen is a British comic book writer and former computer game and music journalist. He is known for his creator-owned comic Phonogram, created with artist Jamie McKelvie, published by Image Comics, and for numerous projects for Marvel Comics, such as Journey into Mystery and Uncanny X-Men.

Salvador Larroca is a Spanish comic book artist, primarily known for his work on various X-Men titles. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0153WYYOM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (October 7, 2015)
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Kieron Gillen is a British writer, journalist and critic best known for his work in comics and his previous work in entertainment journalism.

Gillen's first graphic novel, PHONOGRAM (with artist/co-creator Jamie McKelvie), was published through IMAGE COMICS in 2006. Since then he's found work writing for MARVEL, AVATAR, BOOM, TOKYOPOP, DYNAMITE and more that don't spring to mind right now.

At Marvel, he's written runs on books including THE UNCANNY X-MEN, THOR, YOUNG AVENGERS, IRON MAN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, STAR WARS, DOCTOR APHRA and DARTH VADER.

Books he's created included UBER, MERCURY HEAT and THREE, but is best known for the ongoing gods-as-popstar series with long time collaborators Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson THE WICKED + THE DIVINE launched to both huge critical and commercial success in 2014. It will conclude in 2019.

He is working on other things.

In his previous life as a critic, his work has appeared in WIRED, THE GUARDIAN, PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE UK, PC GAMER, EDGE and far too many others to count. In 2007 he was one of the founders of ROCKPAPERSHOTGUN.COM, what is now the world's premier PC-centric games blog.

He once played records for DMC to rap over.

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KB2187Top Contributor: Star Wars

VADER IS THE BEST OF THE NEW MARVEL SERIES!

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2016

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This starts what I think is the best of the new Marvel Star Wars series. There are five trades that you'll want to obtain to read the full story.

Here are the collections--

DARTH VADER (that's this book that you are reading about)
SHADOWS AND SECRETS
VADER DOWN (this is a cross over story with the main Star Wars series)
THE SHU-TORUN WAR
END OF GAMES (this ends the first Darth Vader series--hope that there is a second!)

What's the tale about? Basically, Palpatine is not too happy with Vader after the Death Star is destroyed. The Emperor feels as if a Dark Lord of the Sith should have been able to prevent its destruction (and he damn near did, if you saw Rogue One). These stories take place just after that first Rebel Victory (the stealing of the plans and the mechanical moon's destruction), and it follows Vader as he tries to regain face in the eyes of his Master.

Now, it should be said that this series runs concurrently with the main Marvel Star Wars series, too. And, the books do intertwine, especially at the beginning. In fact, in some cases, you'll see the same event from two different perspectives: First from the Rebel perspective in the Star Wars book, then from Vader's or the Empire's point of view in the Vader books.

If you are reading both series, here's the reading order that I would suggest....

SKYWALKER STRIKES! (the first SW book)
DARTH VADER (this book)
SHOWDOWN ON THE SMUGGLER'S MOON
VADER DOWN (the crossover between the two series)
REBEL JAIL
THE SHU-TORUN WAR
END OF GAMES

The first Vader series ends in END OF GAMES, but the main Star Wars series continues with...

LAST FLIGHT OF THE HARBINGER (Published in January 2017)
YODA'S SECRET WAR (Published in July 2017)

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AdmiraluTop Contributor: Star Wars

Excellence in Comics-Vader Done Right

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2017

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I've had a number of fellow Star Wars fans tell me how great the Vader series of comics are. I managed to get this copy as a bonus from another purchase. They weren't kidding. This is a fascinating comic with an excellent storyline. Vader has fallen from favor with the emperor and must redeem himself. Others have been appointed and Vader pursues his own agenda to find out the identity of the young rebel pilot who destroyed the Death Star. This comic excels on all fronts, storyline, beautiful covers, excellent artwork and coloring all in cinematic style. The scene where he learns he has a son is memorable, as is his visit to Jabba the Hutt. Simply Outstanding.

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E. MossTop Contributor: Star Wars

Fun empire-centric storytelling!

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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I have to say that I really had a tough time wrapping my head around both the writing and art style of the Darth Vader graphic novels. Kieron Gillen isn't very clear in his approach and I find myself having to re-read several portions to understand what's going on. Same goes for Salvador Larocca's artwork. It's just so mysterious at times and I find myself needing re-cover material that should have a simple flow to it. All that being said, Gillen is a visionary and has come up with some brilliant concepts that are enjoyable to experience. Telling the story from the perspective of the Empire, and slowly seeing Darth Vader's character develop from what we see between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back is quite enjoyable. All-in-all a solid-enough story to get 4-star review from me.

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Myron TTop Contributor: Lego

Awesome storyline! The Vader we deserve.

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2017

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I wish that there was more action like this in the movies or that they would create a spinoff movie based on this storyline. It is awesome, the Death Star has been destroyed and the Emporer blames Vader. Now Vader has competition and the loss of his Master's confidence and has to kill a whole bunch of people and robots in order to get some of his prestige back. I love the storyline and look forward to reading additional comic books in this line.

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Oh Hell Yes!

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2017

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I was hesitant with this and thought it could go either way, but the story has some promise and Vader as a character is mysterious but starting to get interesting (I hope), and of course the art is great.

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Cody Pruitt

Vader is Back

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017

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I've been dubious about delving into any of the new EU comics, but when the series went on sale, I decided to check it out. I'm very glad I did. This series did something that hadn't been done since Empire Strikes Back: it made Vader an intimidating character again. He's a shrewd strategist and a ruthless tactician, and the series demonstrates that while introducing immediately memorable side-characters (including psychotic doppelgängers of R2 and 3PO). Fantastic art as well. Highly recommended.

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Vader...

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2018

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Good story and tie in to the original and prequel trilogys. Vader's story is vast and ever growing tale that is one shrouded in question and this sheds some light on his story...from a certain point of view! A worthwill read for any Star Wars fan.

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Thomas Johnson

Some interesting conversations with average adventurr

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2020

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Palpatine and Vader have some good master and pupil dialogur. Palpatine expresses his disappointment in Vader.

Vaders 's solo missions bring in some classic and new side characters. Although I think 000 is a little over the top, I like seeing a bad droid.

Vaders's realization that he has a son is really well done with the flashbacks.

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Well written, good looking tale.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2020

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Good solid start to this series, to a degree it's involved in setting the scene/setting things in motion, which will hopefully pay off in future volumes. So (given that it's the first of several volumes) it does feel like the first act of a larger story, but it's well done so you'll want to keep reading.

I'm a fan of Kieron Gillen's writing and Salvador Larroca's art from their other work.

If you're coming to this from a Star Wars background and aren't as familiar with this writer and artist, I'll say that Kieron Gillen is an excellent writer, he handles action well but is also a great observer of character.

Salvador Larroca's art is very slick, it feels very well suited to space-age settings and starships. The characters from the films look like the actors (which helps both with recognizing who they are and also means you're not brought out of the narrative by thinking a character doesn't look like the film actor).

Salvador Larroca is also well known as being a fast artist. From a comics point of view, this is a good thing in terms of consistency.

Slower artists can slip behind schedule and sometimes (to keep the monthly issues of the comic on schedule) another artist might be used for an issue or two.

When the individual issues of the comic are collected into a trade paperback like this, if there have been fill-in artists it can be a bit jarring if their styles are different and change back and forth partway through a storyline. However, Salvador Larroca does the art for all of this volume, so the style is consistent.

Edgar Delgado's colouring in this volume complements the artwork well. Shading and "lighting" are well done and the result is some great-looking art.

There are several characters who are created for the comic, particularly some "sidekicks" for Darth Vader who are interesting in their own right (and have been popular enough that there's a "Dr Aphra" spin-off comic for them).

Darth Vader himself is well written, his character feels in line with the film version.

Not being the most talkative of chaps, we see his emotions as much from his body language as from his words (this is where a good artist is important, as seeing a fist clenching can show a character's rage just as effectively as some angry dialogue).

We also get to see some of what Vader is thinking about, with flashbacks to events in his past. It's a good way to give insight into what he's thinking without having him ramble on about what's on his mind.

I enjoyed the story and it drew me in well; I've ordered the second volume to continue reading. I enjoyed the writing, particularly the characterisation, and the artwork was easy to follow (I was never unsure of what was happening) as well as looking great. The plot kept me interested, and I was as invested in the new characters as in the film characters.

I imagine it's not an easy thing to fit a creative and interesting tale into an existing universe and timeline- we know Vader's ultimate fate, and what happens in the films. The film characters will all have to be returned to their respective places in the narrative. It's testament to Kieron Gillen's writing, then, that he's able to craft an engaging drama within these very specific boundaries, without it ever feeling contrived or like "filler".

All in all I found this very enjoyable and would happily recommend it.

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Good read. not to be confused with the more ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2017

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Good read. not to be confused with the more recent Darth Vader: #1 comic, which is more about his origins immediately after RoTS.

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Disney has redeemed themselves

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2020

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Disney hasn’t done the Star Wars saga a lot of justice since they bought it from George Lucas however, these Vader comics are probably the best thing to come from Disney within this franchise. The art style is beautiful and the references to the movies are so well done it’s as if they had it planned from the beginning. Vader is a very interesting character with a lot of history that is very over looked. These comics do his story justice in ways that the movies never could while keeping the story fresh. Granted some comics are better then others but on the whole these stories let us see deeper into the Star Wars universe and what Vader did during the original trilogy. This comic is not the first one of the series, so if you’re looking to start from the very beginning start with Imperial Machine which takes place right after episode three if I’m correct. But yes this is a must have for any Vader or Star Wars fans, the ending hits hard.

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A. J. Hawkins

Fun But Flawed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2022

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This volume strives to fill the gap between A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back, running parallel with Skywalker Strikes. It's mostly entertaining, but there are definitely some head-scratcher moments that feel out of place in the context of the original trilogy.

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MASTER R A KELLMAN

A good read for a Darth Vader fan!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2016

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If you want to know how Vader works in the new cannon this is a good book to pick up. The supporting characters are a fun twist on the stereotypical arch types you have seen in Star Wars before. All in all good read and looking toward to the next few books.

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