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Star Wars: Han Solo (2016)
Han Solo #4
After forming an unsteady alliance with his second informant, the rebel spy gives Han orders from Princess Leia to wait for the third informant, which leads Han to question whether to trust the spy or continue the race. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.
24 pages, Library Binding
First published October 12, 2016
About the author
Marjorie M. Liu
328 books4,342 followersNew 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.
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.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
October 13, 2016
Definitely better than the last two issues, better writing and the story has become much more interesting.
November 10, 2016
Better and better, but I'm glad this is a short run.
September 18, 2017
Han Solo (2016) #4
“You're crazy. Im a nobody. Just a pilot. A darn good pilot, but nothing special. I like it that way. Special people.. they end up sticking their necks out and doing things that make them dead.” - Solo
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“You're very good at pretending to be dumb, Solo. That must be a useful survival strategy.” - Bodyguard
“Who says I'm pretending?” - Solo
“You're crazy. Im a nobody. Just a pilot. A darn good pilot, but nothing special. I like it that way. Special people.. they end up sticking their necks out and doing things that make them dead.” - Solo
...
“You're very good at pretending to be dumb, Solo. That must be a useful survival strategy.” - Bodyguard
“Who says I'm pretending?” - Solo
May 10, 2017
Epic story. Has me totally immersed.
July 11, 2017
Esta grapa ha sido maravillosa, se ha preparado muy bien para el final.
February 14, 2019
I enjoyed this volume. It continues the race along with Han's development as part of the Rebellion.
November 12, 2019
Reading this with Olivia-Grace.
Good artwork. Contrived story.
Good artwork. Contrived story.
May 11, 2020
4 de 5. Una aventura muy Han Solo.
July 19, 2021
A unexpected visitor arrives on the scene from han and chewies past
December 6, 2016
Meh. I loved the first issue, then meh.
January 3, 2017
I really like the mention of Chewie having previously killed a rathtar. It connects this miniseries a bit to The Force Awakens. There's also a bit of deep introspective discussion between characters.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 16, 2017
wooow
November 12, 2016
It's picking up.
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