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Star Wars: Boba Fett

Dark Horse’s Boba Fett line: a trilogy of blackly comic bounty jobs by John Wagner and Cam Kennedy, plus two shorter pieces reprinted from magazines.

Five one-shots. Wagner and Kennedy’s Bounty on Bar-Kooda (December 1995), When the Fat Lady Swings (September 1996) and Murder Most Foul (August 1997) form a trilogy; Twin Engines of Destruction (January 1997) collects an Andy Mangels and John Nadeau serial from Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #5–8, and Boba Fett ½ (December 1997) was a Wizard Magazine exclusive.

Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Published
December 1995 – August 1997, plus a Wizard-exclusive ½ in December 1997
Issues
5 one-shots
Format
One-shot
Continuity
Star Wars Legends
Writers
John Wagner, Andy Mangels
Artists
Cam Kennedy, John Nadeau, Carlos Ezquerra
Cover artists
Cam Kennedy, Mathieu Lauffray, John Nadeau, Timothy Bradstreet

Not yet reviewed

This run is in the catalogue but has not been written up. Everything above is verified publication data; there is no opinion here yet, and a placeholder review would be worse than none.

The arc breakdown and issue list below are the useful part for now.

Structure

Story arcs

How the run divides, and where a reader can get on and off.

  1. Bounty on Bar-Kooda, When the Fat Lady Swings, Murder Most Foul

    Death, Lies & Treachery

    John Wagner and Cam Kennedy’s trilogy, collected under this title in 1998.

Every issue

Issue list — 5 of 5 catalogued

Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.

Issue list: number, title, cover date, credits, story arc and notes
# TitleCover date WriterArtistCover artist ArcNotes
½SalvageDecember 1997John WagnerCarlos EzquerraTimothy BradstreetA short story first published in Wizard Magazine, December 1997, and later reprinted in the Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire trade paperback.
Bounty on Bar-KoodaBounty on Bar-KoodaDecember 1995John WagnerCam KennedyCam KennedyDeath, Lies & Treachery
Murder Most FoulMurder Most FoulAugust 1997John WagnerCam KennedyMathieu LauffrayDeath, Lies & Treachery
Twin Engines of DestructionTwin Engines of DestructionJanuary 1997Andy MangelsJohn NadeauJohn NadeauCollects a serial first published in the Topps magazine Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #5–8 between October 1995 and July 1996; the Dark Horse one-shot appeared 15 January 1997.
When the Fat Lady SwingsWhen the Fat Lady SwingsSeptember 1996John WagnerCam KennedyMathieu LauffrayDeath, Lies & Treachery

In print

Collected editions — 2

Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.

Collected editions of Star Wars: Boba Fett
EditionFormatPublisherYearCollectsISBN
Star Wars: Boba Fett: Death, Lies, & TreacheryTPBDark Horse Comics1998Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda, Boba Fett: When the Fat Lady Swings and Boba Fett: Murder Most Foul1-56971-311-1
Star Wars: Boba Fett: Enemy of the EmpireTPBDark Horse Comics1999Star Wars: Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire #1-4 and Boba Fett ½9781569714072