Star Wars: Poe Dameron, Issue #1 is yet another new series in Marvel's popular Star Wars line of comics, and I'll be honest with you. I haven't caught on with the various series as much as my love for the original trilogy would suggest. I saw all seven movies in the theaters during their original runs. During the 1990s, I read a good 30 novels in the Extended Universe, including many of Timothy Zahn's and Kevin J. Anderson's books. While I liked The Force Awakens, I was so put off by the second trilogy that I fell out of love with the Star Wars universe.
In the 1990s and 2000s, the Star Wars novels were written by some of the biggest names in science fiction, like Greg Bear and the aforementioned Timothy Zahn. In the Star Trek universe, Peter David, who's well known in the comics world, wrote some excellent "fan" fiction. That brings me to Charles Soule. He's a damn fine writer, and his work on this title only increased my interest in it, so I took the plunge.
Issue #1 is the story of Poe Dameron looking for Lor San Tekka, an explorer who knows the location of Luke Skywalker. This ties in with The Force Awakens in how Dameron eventually meets up with Tekka, and gets information about where Skywalker is. Basically, the issue tells of what happens just before The Force Awakens starts. Dameron assembles Black Squadron, and they look for Lor San Tekka, with Dameron eventually meeting up with Tekka in the movie.
Artist Phil Noto captures Leia Organa pretty well. A lesser artist would've made her too skinny or too young. Organa, at this point, has been fighting and politicking for 40 years. Her son trained as a jedi and turned to the dark side of the force. She's no pin-up model. In fact, the whole cast looks fairly windswept and ratty. VC's Joe Caramagna is the letterer, and I've sung his praises in the past. It's a neat little comic, and I'll probably buy Issue #2 when it comes out in four weeks.
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