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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Following Gillen and Spurrier's run was a tough act to follow, and initially Wong does a pretty good job. Bringing a bunch of new characters for Aphra to work with and double-cross works well for the first couple of stories and does something to alleviate the loss of one's favourite homicidal droid duo.
Unfortunately, later stories are somewhat hamstrung by the four (!) crossovers that get progressively get larger in scale, without any real sense of weight to those events. Furthermore, Aphra's character arc feels less pronounced than the previous series, going backwards at first to her usual double-crossing standards before building to a grand sacrifice once again but with a slightly more positive ending.
tl;dr Not bad, but the original series was better.
Unfortunately, later stories are somewhat hamstrung by the four (!) crossovers that get progressively get larger in scale, without any real sense of weight to those events. Furthermore, Aphra's character arc feels less pronounced than the previous series, going backwards at first to her usual double-crossing standards before building to a grand sacrifice once again but with a slightly more positive ending.
tl;dr Not bad, but the original series was better.
Aphra still offers some of the best characters and story-telling the Marvel SW comics have to offer. All of the crossovers are frankly annoying, but somehow, just going through Aphra is always a joy filled with surprises.