Its a tale of revenge and retribution in the galactic underworld when cyborg Beilert Valance, Boba Fett and Bossk are confronted by the scoundrel that double-crossed them all, in Star Wars: Bounty Hunters from Marvel Comics. The new Galaxys Deadliest story arc from Star Wars veterans, writer Ethan Sacks and artist Paolo Villanelli brings together the most notorious bounty hunters to settle the score with a turncoat that swindled the most nefarious syndicate in the sector. The ensemble cast of scum and villainy is joined by tomb-raider Doctor Aphra and the Wookiee Black Krrsantan in an ongoing monthly series that promises to round up more than just the usual subjects.
The Star Wars galaxy can get a little rough, whether its in the seedy cantinas of Mos Eisley or running spice across the Rishi Maze, and criminal clans and cartels coerce vulnerable systems and plunder starlanes beyond the reach of the Galactic Empire and often under their very eyes. The five syndicates, as they are known in the trade, are Black Sun, Crimson Dawn, the Crymorah syndicate, the Hutt Clan, and the Pyke Syndicate and constituents includes calculating smugglers, violent mercenaries, and relentless bounty hunters, often selling their services on a contract-basis.
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Soldiers of fortune, sworn to the Code of Bounty Hunters Guild, the uncompromising trackers pursue their marks from the furthest depths of wild space to the lower reaches of Coruscants underbelly. The ranks of these infamous mercenaries include some of the most popular characters in the Star War Universe, such as Zam Wesell and Jango Fett from Attack of the Clones, Asajj Ventriss, Aurra Sing, and Cad Bane from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and IG-88, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss from The Empire Strikes Back. In the courts of the gangster Hutts and secret guild safehouses scattered across distant starports, bounty hunters backstab rivals over high-stakes contracts and in the employ of conspicuous clients.
In Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, creators Ethan Sacks and Paolo Villanelli take aim at cyborg Beilert Valance, elite mercenary from Star Wars: Target Vader and Han Solo, Imperial Cadet. A morally-bankrupt villain that pilfers bounties from fellow hunters, Beilert Valance has hunted Vader, murdered his rivals under dubious circumstances, and is considered both a failure of the Empire and a failure of the Bounty Hunters Guild. When a mentor, Nakano Lash botches a mission at an Unbroken Clan outpost and kills the client in Galaxys Deadliest: Ghosts of Corellia, Valance and his allies the volatile Trandoshan Bossk and the dour Boba Fett find theyve been hoodwinked once again, and vow to take revenge on the Nautolan bounty hunter.
While the helmed hunter-for-hire Boba Fett and the lizard-like Bossk are familiar faces for fans of the film franchise, Valance is lesser known though the character pre-dates both his fellow villains in the pages of Marvel Comics. First appearing in 1978s Star Wars issue 18, cyborg bounty hunter Valance stalks the cover of an Archie Goodwin/Walt Simonson classic, alongside the likes of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Chewbacca, later earning the name Beilert in The Hunt Within: Valance's Tale, a series of scenarios for the Star Wars Miniatures game from Wizards of the Coast. Valance resurfaced most recently in the comic book adaptation of Solo: A Star Wars Story and in Star Wars: Han Solo, Imperial Cadet though it wasnt until he picked up a contract, in 2019s Star Wars: Target Vader, to snuff a Sith Lord with a team of snipers and trackers, including the Corellian, Dengar, that Beilert Valance made his mark on the galaxy. Now the contract-killer has reunited with Bossk and Fett in the ongoing Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, set in the wake of the pivotal events portrayed in The Empire Strikes Back.
Competition is stiff in the gig-economy of bounty hunting, and fickle allies can turn a profit trafficking information on a former friend. The substantial price on the head of Valances erstwhile mentor, Nakano Lash sends unsavory bounty hunters from across Known Space scrambling to cash-in on the big-ticket hit. In Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, the enticing contract for Lashs life, however perilous, attracts famed archeologist and saboteur Doctor Aphra and her crew-member, Black Krrsantan, whose unmatched expertise earned the Wookiee a contract from Lord Vader himself.
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The rogues gallery of bounty hunters assembled in the "Galaxys Deadliest: Ghosts of Corellia story arc to collect on the first-rate reward includes the ambitious, green-skinned Ooris, murder and schemer that attempted feed Han Solo and Chewbacca to the tentacled mouths of a sarlacc nursery in the premier issue of Ethan Sacks Star Wars: Galaxys Edge. And Tonga, twin-sister of a bounty hunter slain by Lash during the botched raid on the Unbroken Clan that earned her death warrant, has journeyed from the distant moon of Logal Ri to stake her claim, driven more by a desire for vengeance than for credits.
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters features some of the galaxys deadliest bounty hunters, as well as some of the franchises most talented creators. Ethan Sacks and Paolo Villanelli have crisscrossed the Star Wars Universe, crafting tales of rebellions won and allies lost in Jedi: Fallen Order, Vader: Dark Visions, and Journey to Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker - Allegiance. With so much behind this new series, we can only say... Thank the Maker!
NEVER BETRAY A BOUNTY HUNTER - ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BOBA FETT! Years ago, VALANCE and fellow bounty hunters BOSSK and BOBA FETT took on a mission that went sideways in a bad way after Valance's mentor, NAKANO LASH, violently betrayed them. Valance's team barely escaped with their lives. He never thought he'd face his old mentor ever again...until Lash finally resurfaces under mysterious circumstances. Every bounty hunter in the galaxy wants a piece and Valance is hell-bent on getting to the prize first. He has score to settle-but so does Boba Fett!
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #1is available now at a comic book shop near you.
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