Amazing Spider-Man #68 Review

Writer: Justina Ireland

Penciler: Andrea Broccardo

Inker: Scott Hanna

Colorist: Marcio Menyz

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Patrick Gleason & Richard Isanove; Skottie Young; Cory Smith & Edgar Delgado; Luciano Vecchio

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $4.99

Release Date: February 19, 2025

 

Peter Parker may have spent the night with Felicia Hardy, but he’s hardly ready to rekindle their romance. He's seen everyone in the world die. Finally, he can retire from the superhero career sparked by his uncle's death. Someone else can take up Doom's challenge and fight the scions of Cyttorak. If they succeed, Peter can pursue a life like Arcadium showed him. If they fail, well, everyone dies sooner or later.

 

Doctor Strange and Cyra couldn’t break through Peter’s malaise. Can anyone convince Peter to stop petting Felicia’s cats and don Doctor Doom’s arcane armor again? Let's grab some chew toys for Callix’s crimson hounds, thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #68, and find out!

 

Story

Why would a scion cry? That’s what Peter wonders when Cyra pulls him through a portal. Peter sees his best friend, almost-girlfriend, Aunt May, and another man on the ground. Instead of hosting the FEAST Community Day, the volunteers exemplify what happens when people don’t help the endangered.

 

Peter cried when he watched the characters die in Cyra’s sad stories. The corpses remind him that threats will always attack Earth in Amazing Spider-Man #68. Doctor Doom and Doctor Strange are tackling other dangers to the planet. But because Peter believed in the fiction Cyra created, Spider-Man withdrew his protection from the people he loved.

 

 

 

Cradios asked the X-Men to stop annoying him while the scion destroyed their world. Callix welcomes resistance in Amazing Spider-Man #68. Doom's arcane armor and Doctor Strange’s magic spells help Peter level up. But the Blight convinces the godling to shed the "weaknesses" that restrain him. Callix handed Spider-Man an easy victory during his challenge. Not even Juggernaut can stop Callix now. Still, Spider-Man vows to do what he can in Justina Ireland's story. 

 

Everyone struggles in their relationships. Like Callix, Peter has fought to meet others' expectations. The Blight senses the resultant irritation. Perhaps Juggernaut and Spider-Man can disregard this anger. But outrage over an inability to please everyone threatens to sweep across Earth like a pandemic. How much more might we accomplish if we could eighty-six all the people who refuse to be pleased with our efforts on their behalf?

 

 

 

Art

While the X-Men shine like a rainbow, Marcio Menyz clothes Peter in white and gray. Radiant red Cyra brings Peter to Phil Coulson. Attired in black and gray, Coulson stands before the shattered pearlescent windows of the golden-brown FEAST center. Red fabric and silver and green armor transform Peter. The white polygonal eye shields regard Aunt May. Then, the silver mask turns away. Doom's champion clutches his metal-clad fingers into fists in Amazing Spider-Man #68.

 

 

 

Once, Callix's face shone as brightly as Cyra’s. Like a star, the infected scion's face burns white-hot as red and orange energy beams surround him. After Spider-Man drops between the X-Men and Callix, Spider-Man leads the charge of the X-Light Brigade. Smoke rises around Callix and his Rot Dogs amid the Contest Of Champions. Andrea Broccardo and Scott Hanna show the Blight covering Callix as cells, amoebas, or miniature universes. But when Callix converts the Blight into a black shard, he demonstrates the ultimate effects of Soul Rot.

 

Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase black lettering into dialogue balloons and narrative boxes. The dialogue grows bold and changes color for inflection. As it enlarges for volume and rarely shrinks, barking and snarling rise above the devastation. Energy beams and explosions amplify the growing chaos. But a snap decision could echo across the universe in Amazing Spider-Man #68. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Peter Parker dreams of a life without power or responsibilities. When he awakens, he discovers that reality differs radically from his fantasy. So, Peter makes a list of what he can do. But as the Avengers couldn’t prevent Thanos from pruning the crowded universe, Spider-Man struggles to halt the efficiency drive intended to simplify his complex world in Amazing Spider-Man #68.

 

Rating 9.7/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Amazing Spider-Man #67 Review

 

Writer: Justina Ireland

Penciler: Andrea Broccardo

Inker: Scott Hanna

Colorist: Marcio Menyz

Flashback Sequence Artist: Niko Henrichon

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Patrick Gleason & Richard Isanove; Skottie Young; Aka; Rogê Antônio & Marcelo Maiolo

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $4.99

Release Date: February 12, 2025

 

Spider-Man has defeated every scion of Cyttorak he has faced. Peter Parker dreamed of winning these bouts without using the Reeds Of Raggadorr. While he tires of dying, seeing the new Grim Reaper take millions of lives and not be able to revive them leaves Peter gutted. When Peter disengages from meaningful relationships, Cyra feels ashamed. Desperate to cope with these new emotions, the scion of Cyttorak turns to Doctor Strange for help. But the former Sorcerer Supreme can’t make her feel better about destroying the idealistic hero.

 

Will Peter Parker heed Spider-Boy’s assertion that things can get better? Will Spider-Man don Doctor Doom’s arcane armor and take on the mantle of Earth’s Champion again? Let's push Felicia Hardy’s cats off our laps, thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #67, and find out!

 

Story

In the Eight Deaths Of Spider-Man, Doctor Doom reveals that Doctor Strange sought to protect Earth. He entered into these periodic contests to gain the protection of the Crimson Casket Of Cyttorak. Yet the casket doesn’t just protect Earth. It also protects Cyttorak and his family. In Amazing Spider-Man #67, Doctor Strange reveals what Cyttorak and his family fear.

 

In Justina Ireland’s story, Callix grew so tired of trying and failing to gain his father’s respect that he ventured beyond the casket’s protection. He and his crimson hounds encountered the Blight. Although they fought off the symbiote-like limbs that threatened to drag him into one of Sarlacc’s cousins, Callix did not return home unaffected. In Amazing Spider-Man #67, an infection rages. The pain burns away Callix’s ambitions. In its place, Callix finds new strength. He doesn't need to impress anyone anymore.

 

Peter Parker has always pushed himself to his limits. Spider-Boy is ten, but even he realizes the importance of preserving one's mental health. Cyra’s test broke Peter's ability to keep striving to help others. The window washer that Peter fought to save has died. Doctor Strange wants Peter to understand the danger threatening Earth if he doesn't care about others. But with his mental health in tatters, Peter seeks serenity in accepting that it was always unrealistic to believe he could save everyone. After all, Peter couldn’t save the window washer any more than Kenneth could protect the Rick Jones album Peter bought for Shay.

 

Art

Andrea Broccardo and Scott Hanna show the scions beseeching their father in his throne room. But Cyttorak doesn’t look at them. Instead, he focuses on a vision of Juggernaut stomping Cradios. When the X-Men attack Cradios with swords, ice, and energy beams, an observer asks if Cyttorak will let the bout continue in the Champion's absence. The giant god resting his feet among skulls smiles.

 

While Lockdown used his spaceship’s magnet to wreak havoc in Hong Kong, Kid Omega and Doctor Strange demonstrate that psychic energy and magic can achieve the same results. Doctor Strange’s features finally glow with vitality in Amazing Spider-Man #67. If Peter notices, he emulates Thanos and refuses "to take the matter seriously."

 

When Marcio Menyz shows Peter at home with gray, brown, and beige cats, Cyra’s radiant red form seems a reminder of the vibrancy Peter has lost. Callix's white face shows how cold and uncaring Cyra's brother has become. Niko Henrichon’s flashback reveals Doctor Strange’s fright and determination to protect Earth in Amazing Spider-Man #67.

 

Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase black lettering into dialogue balloons and narrative boxes as Peter no longer battles his malaise. The dialogue grows bold and changes color for inflection. It enlarges for volume and rarely shrinks as Randy and Shay rally around the aunt Peter has abandoned. Sound effects help us hear an immovable scion meet an unstoppable X-Man. Yet pain fills the air when red dialogue and barking enliven a purple background. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

Final Thoughts

Doctor Doom refused to relinquish the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme because he wanted to ensure Earth’s survival. He criticized Doctor Strange’s deal with Cyttorak, claiming it was an unreliable and inefficient means of safeguarding the planet. Doom foresaw Bloodhunt and protected Latveria from Varnae’s coordinated attack. But when Spider-Man refuses to carry out his duties as Earth’s Champion, Amazing Spider-Man #67 asks if Doctor Doom planned for this eventuality.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Amazing Spider-Man #66 Review

 

Writer: Justina Ireland

Artist: Andrea Broccardo

Colorist: Marcio Menyz & Erick Arciniega

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Mark Bagley & Richard Isanove; Kaare Andrews; Skottie Young; Chris Samnee & Matthew Wilson; Paco Diaz & Frank D’Armata

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $4.99

Release Date: January 22, 2025

 

Callix wants to please his father. His sister, Cyra, wants her life to have meaning. Dr Strange wants Peter Parker to uphold his covenant with Cyttorak. Aunt May wants help running the FEAST Center. Randy Robertson wants Peter’s help to make the gallery show a success. Spider-Boy wants Spider-Man to continue his training. Shay Marken wants her boyfriend to invest in their relationship. And when Black Cat looks back on her relationship with Peter, she wonders why she thought Amelia was an upgrade.

 

Unlike everyone else, Peter Parker doesn't want anything. Food is the sole reminder of his former joy in life. Death has scarred and changed him. Can Peter remember who he used to be and why he sacrificed everything to be that person? Let's strap on our arcane armor, thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #66, and find out!

 

Story

Peter Parker cannot please everyone. Spider-Man cannot protect everyone. Peter was already at the breaking point when Doctor Doom lumbered him with another responsibility. Still, Peter defeated gravity-wielding Cyntros and the space beetle Cyperion. Spider-Man didn’t need a TARDIS to take down the time-traveling Cyrios. Nor did Peter need aspirin to tackle pain-inflicting Callix or a chew toy to distract the scion's Crimson Hounds. Spider-Man didn't even drop the ball when tried by the deadly Cyra. But at the end of her test, Peter realizes the truth behind the frustrations he voiced when all this started. “Everything’s so important that nothing matters.”

 

While Peter has lost hope in Amazing Spider-Man #66, a ray of sunshine pierces Cyra’s shell of indifference. Cyra is so inured to her depression that the warmth is alien to her. Her father's gift granted her a cosmic view of the universe. But instead of seeing life spring eternal, she only saw the Inevitability Of Death. Tasked with an unwanted responsibility from her father, Cyra judged everyone on Earth by Dr Strange. But Stephen Strange differs markedly from Peter Parker. While Cyra infected Peter with depression, Peter made Cyra wonder what it felt like to care about others. Her task, the one Cyra never wanted, is over. But instead of sinking into a hot bath with a glass of vino, Cyra lingers, desperate to understand the man she broke like an unwanted toy.

 

As Peter walks through the disaster zone that was once his life, Justina Ireland contrasts Peter Parker with Doctor Strange. Stephen calculates the cost of helping others. He observes them and strategizes the best way to help them. Dr Strange uses deceit and psychology to manipulate them into “giving their best.” As Cyra observes, Strange endured her “Emo Fanfic” by employing a professional distance from humanity. Yet even as Peter tells himself nothing matters, he cannot stop engaging with others. Peter Parker may be stumbling in the darkness. Still, he illuminates heroes and villains in Amazing Spider-Man #66. 

 

 

 

Art

Cyttorak’s eyes glow when his scions assemble. Yet the energy shooting from Cyttorak’s eyes dies when Callix claims he succeeded where his brothers and sisters failed. Andrea Broccardo reveals Callix's desperation when he takes his Crimson Hounds for walkies in a forbidden cave. Monstrous stalagmites rise while lightning leaps from hovering shards of rock. Yellow eyes and buried limbs suggest a graveyard. Yet the glowing orbs in the gray floor and the cracks that rent the red air reveal that life still throbs in this place of death. Or perhaps it is a shadow out of time in the mountains of madness.

 

Like everyone else Peter sees in Amazing Spider-Man #66, Dr Strange is dead and alive. Marcio Menyz & Erick Arciniega contrast his blue and aqua-green spirit with Cyra’s black, red, crimson, and magenta appearance. Despite the sunlight shining down on New York City, colors fade where Peter Parker walks. The vibrant street life before him hints at the vitality Peter once prized when Shay, adorned in a T-shirt with a yellow sun, shares what keeps her going. But when Peter looks around, he sees only black, white, and gray. 

 

Joe Caramagna thwips uppercase black lettering into dialogue balloons, red-edged narrative boxes, and tan boxes. The dialogue grows bold for inflection, enlarges for volume, and rarely shrinks. Dr Strange speaks blue letters into blue-edged white balloons, while Spider-Boy uses his foot to upbraid a criminal for his insensitivity. As Callix schemes and observers talk, the letters on a flyer confirm Peter’s new paradigm. Still, the numbers on a cash register urge Peter to remember why he became Spider-Man. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

While Miles Morales engages with the gods in Wakanda, Peter Parker struggles to grasp the reed of truth in New York. Like Miles, Peter cannot recover what he lost by fighting. Instead, Peter must peer into himself and rediscover the truth of his life in Amazing Spider-Man #66.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Amazing Spider-Man #64 Review

 

Writer: Justina Ireland

Artist: Gleb Melnikov

Colorist: Marcio Menyz

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Ed McGuinness & Marcio Menyz; Bengus (Marvel Vs Capcom 2); Skottie Young; Stonehouse

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $4.99

Release Date: December 25, 2024

 

Doctor Doom selected Spider-Man as Earth's Champion. But whether he battles supervillains, struggles to keep a good-paying job, or maintains a treasured relationship, even when Peter Parker wins, he loses. Spider-Man has won three battles against the scions of Cyttorak. Yet each fight ended with his death. Can Peter break his losing-while-winning cycle? Let's thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #64 and find out!

 

Story

Peter Parker is no stranger to losing. That's why he works so hard to win. His Uncle Ben instilled this refusal to give up during Peter's adolescence. While conferring with Doctor Strange after his recent bout with Cyrios, Peter asks how he can improve. Doctor Strange tries to keep Peter focused on the prize. Thanks to the Reeds Of Raggadoor, dying doesn’t matter. But Peter must win each battle to prevent Cyttorak from unleashing pain and misery on Earth.

 

Unfortunately, Peter Parker isn't the Sorcerer Supreme, so he can't envision the contest like Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom. Worse, Doom relegated this duty to Peter as if defending his planet against destruction were unimportant. So, Peter seeks reasons to keep pushing, only seeing the constant, unending demands of being Spider-Man. Whatever trials beset him, Spider-Man can never fail. Nor can Peter take a raincheck in his personal life or crime-fighting career. Peter Parker doesn’t need Norman Osborn’s help to enhance his spider senses in Amazing Spider-Man #64. With more battles awaiting him and unable to choose the time and place of those bouts with Cyttorak’s scions, the dial of Peter’s spider-sense rises to eleven.

 

Peter's been trying to be more proactive lately. His attempts to throw Tombstone in jail may not have succeeded, but his relationship with Shay is going well. Unlike Black Cat, Shay Marken is a good fit for his life. Like Aunt May, Shay prefers helping people to hijinks and caring for others to crowns. So even though he can't be honest with her about his Spider-Man duties (at least not yet), Peter Parker is winning the battle of life. Unfortunately, he can't see it. In Justina Ireland's story, the greatest danger Peter faces is the inevitability of failure, given Peter's impatience to win each battle on his terms and get on with his life. 

 

 

 

 

Art

As Doctor Strange hovers in Peter's apartment, his blue astral form enhances his cold dismissals of his student's questions. Then, Randy Robertson backtracks on their agreement, insisting that Peter's colorful career must include photographs featuring blue and red. All the green-and-yellow villains that Spider-Man battles in Randy's collection evoke the device Peter built with Doctor Strange while anticipating his fights with Callix and Cyra. Merciless Marcio Menyz won't let Peter catch a breather at the luminous Gallery 862, as the colors adorning the owner and her father remind Peter of Cyttorak’s scions.

 

 

 

While Callix and Cyra study Earth’s champion, Callix talks big in Amazing Spider-Man #64. But unlike his otherworldly canines, Callix’s body language reveals his reluctance to fight. Gleb Melnikov shows Peter's eagerness to tackle his next challenge, leaping into battle fueled by confidence and anger. Yet while Spider-Man wails on a demigod, Shay's downcast expression and Aunt May's drawn features reveal the cost of keeping secrets from those we love.

 

Joe Caramagna’s thwips uppercase black lettering into dialogue balloons and red-edged narrative boxes. He bespells blue-edged balloons with blue words. The dialogue grows bold for inflection and rarely shrinks. White block letters guide us through this linear story about Peter fighting to keep his head above water. Beasts whose bite is worse than their bark fill scenes with vibrant vocalizing. Sound effects accompany Spider-Man’s efforts to level up and avoid an agonizing death in Amazing Spider-Man #64. Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Peter grows so inured to the constant battles with demigods that he doesn't realize how fortunate he has been. He is so irritated by how these contests were foisted on him that Peter complains to the astral form of Doctor Strange about enduring the pain of each "temporary" death. So, when Peter attacks Callix in anger, the demigod hits him where it hurts most in Amazing Spider-Man #64. Yet, as Peter battles his latest foe, he fails to notice the similarities between him and a son overlooked by an uncaring father.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Amazing Spider-Man #63 Review

 

Writer: Justina Ireland

Artist: Gleb Melnikov

Colorist: Marcio Menyz

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover Artists: Ed McGuinness & Marcio Menyz; Rafael Albuquerque; Skottie Young; Lucas Werneck; Francesco D’Ippolito (Disney What If)

Editors: Kaitlyn Lindtvedt, Tom Groneman, Nick Lowe & C B Cebulski

Publisher: Marvel

Price: $4.99

Release Date: December 11, 2024

 

Since Doctor Doom dubbed him Earth’s Champion, Spider-Man has battled two scions of Cyttorak. Although he has defeated Cyntros and Cyperion, each victory comes at a terrible cost. Armed with the Reeds Of Raggadorr, Peter has met Phil Coulson in a magical place twice, and it wasn't Tahiti. Still, Peter has boned up on magic, thanks to Doctor Strange’s mystic tome. His scientific knowledge is another weapon in his arcane armory. But can Peter combat the Inevitability Of Time? Or will a demon riding a Tuffy bicycle trip him up? Let's thwip into Amazing Spider-Man #63 and find out!

 

Story

Uncle Ben taught Peter to always believe in himself and never give up. Failure may be inevitable, but success in life comes through helping others. While his loved ones and friends like Ben, Gwen Stacy, and Ms Marvel have died, Peter has helped villains like Norman Osborn embrace positive directions. So when Cyrios observes Peter's failures and consigns him to a stereotype, she misjudges why Peter keeps picking himself up and finding new ways to help others.

 

While Cyrios nabs the headline in Amazing Spider-Man #63, Justina Ireland continues Peter's struggle to meet everyday demands. Norman Osborn insulated Peter with flexible work hours so he could be Spider-Man. Now that Peter no longer commands a salary, Randy prepares a gallery show to sell his photography. Aunt May wishes the nephew she raised could head a family and hold a steady job. So she tries to give him a new purpose with FEAST, not realizing Peter is already a full-time public servant.

 

 

 

Distraction emerges as a theme and a threat amid this cosmic challenge. Doctor Doom claimed that Spider-Man often lacks focus. Cyttorak’s scions, Callix and Cyra, claim that Doctor Doom is distracted. Aunt May believes Peter lacks the focus to commit to people and employment. While using physical and emotional pain to weaken him, Cyrios claims that Spider-Man should embrace change. Yet Peter’s ability to react to change is likely why Doctor Doom so magnanimously entrusted Spidey with the Earth's future.

 

Uncle Ben may be gone. But in Amazing Spider-Man #63, Uncle Ben lives on through Peter Parker, who believes in himself and never gives up. Perhaps one day, Aunt May will see that and revise her opinion of her distracted nephew.

 

 

 

Art

After battling a muscular starfish-faced godling and his space beetle brother, Peter meets one of Cyttorak's daughters. Cyrios seeks to put him off guard by appearing as a sweet little devil. After using Peter's spell against him, Cyrios drags him along like a puppy with a glowing green leash through yellow circles bordered by orange. As Gleb Melnikov made adult Cyrios a silhouette while observing Peter’s childhood, her girlish appearance, bicycle, and Peter become silhouettes when they revisit one of Peter's failures. Doom's armor covers Peter like arcane venom when he spies a purple and green villain transporting a blonde damsel through the air with the greatest of ease. A faded Peter fights across the connecting corners of three painful panels before he faces adult Cyrios in a hallway.

 

 

 

Marcio Menyz lavishes a loaded palette on Peter’s battle with Cyrios as she forces him to revisit his nonChristmases Past. But Peter's not the only one who undergoes hardship in Amazing Spider-Man #63. Aunt May looks drawn as she frowns in red, blue, and dark gray. Black Cat struggles to smile in her glossy black catsuit trimmed with white. Shay makes Peter smile, whether gazing wistfully at him in her blue, purple, and dark gray or laying a red, white, and black checked blanket. Darth Maul-like Cyrios smiles the most with her red face adorned with black and framed with red and purple. But Peter banishes her smile by replacing the green tether linking them with a speckled band of red.

 

 

 

Joe Caramagna’s uppercase black lettering in dialogue balloons and narrative boxes grows bold for inflection, swells for increased volume, and never shrinks. Sound effects help us hear Spider-Man hit the wind, a gunshot that haunts him, and Cyrios repeatedly extending Anita Ward’s invitation in Amazing Spider-Man #63. (But will she be happy if he accepts?) Thanks to Marvel for providing a copy for review.

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

Cyrios forces Peter to revisit Yesterday and laments his inability to Let It Be while ignoring that mindfulness and judgmentalism don't Come Together. As Peter struggles to prevent past failures from ruining his present, more scions of Cyttorak study him in Amazing Spider-Man #63. One seeks power, the other freedom, and both have likely watched Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.

Star Wars: The High Republic: Starlight Stories Digest Edition Preview

 

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC: STARLIGHT STORIES (Digest Edition)

ON SALE: NOVEMBER 12, 2024

 

DESCRIPTION

 

5 EPIC STORIES FROM THE GALACTIC FRONTIER!

 

Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before The Phantom Menace… Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in the era of the High Republic.

 

Step aboard Starlight Beacon and join Administrator Velko Jahen, Chief Ghal Tarpfen, and the Jedi as they face: A mysterious assassination attempt… A strange distress call… A threat from the carnivorous Drengir… And more!

 

This digest-sized special edition collects five, two-part short stories first presented in Star Wars Insider magazine. These tales of high adventure by The New York Times bestselling authors Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule, provide essential reading in the High Republic timeline.

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

Tales from a more civilized age…

 

This volume features original fiction chronicling the days of the High Republic centuries prior to the fall and purge of the Jedi Order.

 

The stories feature heroic new Jedi and a new central setting, the Starlight Beacon, a space station located on the galactic frontier, as we meet the personnel and staff in tales that are both epic and personal.

 

Additionally, story architects Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, Daniel José Older, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule discuss their work on building the bold new vision for the Star Wars galaxy.

 

 

 

CONTENTS:

 

“Go Together” By Charles Soule

The Starlight Beacon receives a mysterious distress call.

 

“First Duty” By Cavan Scott

Tensions run high when there is an assassination attempt aboard the station.

 

“Hidden Danger” By Justina Ireland

A conference on the Starlight Beacon is disrupted by the slippery Drengir.

 

 

 

“Past Mistakes” By Cavan Scott

An old flame of Velko Jahen’s arrives on the station.

 

“Shadows Remain” By Justina Ireland

A strange dream sets a series of dramatic events in motion for Ghal Tarpfen.

 

Knights of the Round Table

The five authors behind Star Wars: The High Republic discuss the groundbreaking project.

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