Reviews

Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1 by Alfredo Alcalá, Al Williamson, Russ Helm, Russ Manning, Steve Gerber, Archie Goodwin

ehsjaysaunders's review

4.0

I understand why some purists despise the condensed, changed format from the original comic strips, but I personally like a story to be presented as concisely and cleanly as possible, hence why I tend to watch Classic Doctor Who as fan edits. Anyway, the stories are mostly strong, with some shocking and appreciated additions to the more, even so many years later.

The Fondor/Executor arc is just great Star Wars!

kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review

2.0

You can tell that these were a product of the late 70s and early 80s. I lost count of how many times Leia needed to be rescued. True, she was more active than your average damsel in distress, but still got really annoying, especially when she did things that were out of character. The later stories are better. But the women are largely interchangeable and it is mostly Luke and Han centric.

BTW, Luke, before you found out that Leia was your sister and you still liked her, you might have had better luck if you weren't as patronizing as f**k. Just saying.

anna_catherman's review

3.0

This is Star Wars at its quirkiest: fun new places to explore, strange new aliens, and rebellion era hi jinx galore. Seriously, these comics have it all:

*Crazy new aliens, ranging from cat-people to lizard-people to frog-people to a horse with a dinosaur tail
*Dated art with Leia's hair a shaded black (read: blue) color
*Luke hitting on his sister
*R2-D2 and C-3PO acquiring weapons systems
*Pink space dinosaurs on Yavin IV
*Boba Fett teaching Luke Skywalker to snowboard?!

In summary, this is a weird comic. It's pretty enjoyable, and definitely has some fun nerdy nuggets for the die-hard fan.