Han Solo #3

Star Wars: Han Solo (2016)

by Marjorie M. Liu, Mark Brooks (Illustrations), Sonia Oback (Illustrations)

After a deadly start to the race, Han finds his first informant, but when he finds the next target he quickly discovers that Chewbacca and the mysterious rebel spy have an old score to settle. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.

Genres: Star Wars, Comics, Science Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Space Opera

24 pages, Library Binding

First published August 31, 2016

About the author

New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer Marjorie Liu is best known for her fiction and comic books. She teaches comic book writing at MIT, and she leads a class on Popular Fiction at the Voices of Our Nation (VONA) workshop.

Ms. Liu is a highly celebrated comic book writer. Her extensive work with Marvel includes the bestselling Dark Wolverine series, NYX: No Way Home, X-23, and Black Widow: The Name of the Rose. She received national media attention for Astonishing X-Men, which featured the gay wedding of X-Man Northstar and was subsequently nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding media images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Ms. Liu also wrote the story for the animated film, Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher, which was produced by Marvel, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Madhouse Inc.

Her newest work is MONSTRESS, an original, creator-owned comic book series with Japanese artist (and X-23 collaborator) Sana Takeda. Published by Image in Fall 2015, MONSTRESS is set in an alternate, matriarchal 1920’s Asia and follows a girl’s struggle to survive the trauma of war. With a cast of girls and monsters and set against a richly imagined aesthetic of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS #1 debuted to critical praise. The Hollywood Reporter remarked that the longer than typical first issue was “world-building on a scale rare in mainstream comics.”

Ms. Liu is also the author of more than 19 novels, most notably the urban fantasy series, Hunter Kiss, and the paranormal romance series, Dirk & Steele. Her novels have also been bestsellers on USA Today, which described Liu “as imaginative as she is prolific.” Her critically praised fiction has twice received the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, for THE MORTAL BONE (Hunter Kiss #6), and TIGER EYE (Dirk & Steele #1). TIGER EYE was the basis for a bestselling paranormal romance video game called Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box.

Liu has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, MTV, and been profiled in the Wall Street Journal.com, Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. She is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker, appearing on panels at San Diego Comic Con, the Tokyo Literary Festival, the New York Times Public Lecture series, Geeks Out; and the Asian American Writers Workshop. Her work has been published internationally, including Germany, France, Japan, Poland, and the United Kingdom.

Ms. Liu was born in Philadelphia, and has lived in numerous cities in the Midwest and Beijing. Prior to writing full-time, she was a lawyer. She currently resides in Boston.

Reviews

[Spencer]

This comic series is getting worse, the basic plot is silly and they just keep adding ridiculous and convoluted elements. At least the art is pretty good!

[Solace Winter]

Better, but not amazing. Again, the charisma of Solo isn't captured in comics the way it is on screen. It's one of the problems with the comics. The charismatic characters (Poe and Solo) have been falling flat, where characters who were flat (Vader, even Luke at times) suddenly have an abundance of personality I wish I had seen in the movies. Plot got better, though, and it's interesting to see Chewie be less than passive about everything.

[Chris Conley]

This was solid.

[jason lyell]

The cover

I really enjoyed the whole series it was very exciting what you've done with it. My only complaint is the cover image of this issue. That's definitely a post Return of the Jedi radar dish on the millenium falcon whereas the actual story takes place post Battle of Yavin! How could you make this mistake?

[Tar Buendía]

Yo también quiero ir presentándome a la gente con un papelito con el símbolo rebelde.

Me está encantando. Como he dicho ya varias veces es muy sencillo pero muy divertido. Además al ser tan simplemente entretenimiento no toca el canon y se mueve muy bien entre bambalinas.

[Andy Hickman]

Han Solo (2016) #3

“Chewie, prime to accelerators. Hurry. Don't argue, furball. I know what I'm doing.” - Solo
“Wait, why do we need the accelerators? We're going to be disqualified!” - Smuggled informer.
“Not if I can help it.” - Solo

[Mr. Cody]

Excellent story and immersing artwork.

[Jefferson Coombs]

Fun adventure for Han. I am enjoying the series.

[Ben]

Reading this with Olivia-Grace.

Good artwork. Contrived story.

[José Cascales Vázquez]

3 de 5. Una aventura muy Han Solo.

[John]

The imperials abruptly intervene in the dragon void race.

[Shainna]

Rather annoyed that the cliffhanger of the previous installment turned out to be easily swept aside. Also not thrilled that Han and the informant would just talk openly about the Rebellion and Leia in front of a sentient light being when there's no way of knowing just what side that being is on or how it communicates or anything about it. Like, c'mon, have some common sense.

[Steven Shinder]

There are moments in this issue where I'm thinking, "What the heck is going on?" There's this glowing orb that's now following Han. We don't get an answer right away about what it is and why it chose him. I'm worried that I may not like the answer when I get it. It's also weird seeing that the people running the Dragon Void Run appear derivative of Jawas yet speak Basic. I'm not sure that we'll learn anything about them. And if Han is known to have helped the Rebels (both A New Hope and Smuggler's Run have happened), then shouldn't the Imperials have not let him out of their custody? And, a minor thing, "identity" is at one point mistyped as "idenity," but this could be shrugged off as how people sometimes pronounce it. I still love the art and how the ships look when they're racing. I'm curious about the feeline character at the end who apparently has some sort of connection to Chewie.

[Stacey Chancellor]

I am really loving the Han Solo series so far. The art is amazing and the story is just fun.