Bounty Hunters has been in rough shape before the Dark Droids storyline even started and slamming the two together just makes for too many easy coincidences and shortcuts to dealing with things. The property hates actually doing things that make changes for obvious reasons but even killing off comics-original characters is something that they avoid. That's reduced or eliminated most of the tension here even though we did just have someone get their head blown off in the previous issue. But they weren't even someone you could name, so it's not like it really counts. Here, we're just waiting for whatever trick to be employed as the Scourge threat ends so that Valance can get back to being Valance. There are some new tensions set up because of what Bossk does here but it's just a matter of seeing if T'onga and the rest actually do survive the end of the series. Read Full Review

Anyone particularly invested in this series and these characters will likely appreciate the tension that is mounting, even if this book installment isn't entirely satisfying, though it manages to at least somewhat keep us invested in the final payoff. Read Full Review