The Bad Batch continues the pursuit of its mysterious subject, one whom we learn -- if actions are any indication -- is a person not to be trifled with in the least. Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #2 (of 5) is a funny and action-laden installment that propels the five-issue mini-series ever onward and upward.
Comics Discussed This Week:
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Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week's comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.
Comics Discussed This Week:
- Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #2 (of 5)
- Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku -- Last Stand #1 (of 4)
- Marvel's solicit for the Fear of the Jedi TPB Includes the as-yet unnannounced Star Wars: The High Republic -- The Finale one-shot. Brings to mind how we learned about the The Acolyte: Kelnacca one-shot last year. (The TPB is due out Oct. 14.)
- Accompanying the Star Wars: Beyond Victory -- A Mixed Reality Playset is an apparent one-shot written by Ethan Sacks, with interiors by Will Sliney, Steven Cummings and Shogo Aoki and cover by Phil Noto. Per the dispatch, it appears to only be available as a giveaway at Star Wars Celebration Japan. (Full details on the game at https://www.starwars.com/.../star-wars-beyond-victory...).
- Over at Hamilton Book, there's a bevy of Star Wars trades and even an omnibus at some VERY low prices. (www.hamiltonbook.com).
Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:
April 8 _ The High Republic: Edge of Balance: Premonition
April 9 _ Star Wars (1977) #1 Facsimile Edition (New Printing), Jedi Knights #2
April 16 _ Legacy of Vader #3
April 22 _ The High Republic -- Edge of Balance (Vol. 4), Echoes of Fear TPB (Collects 1-4)
April 29 _ Star Wars: Ahsoka — Season One TPB (Collects 1-8), Crash Zone TPB (Collects Crash Landing, Crash and Burn and the 2025 The High Republic Adventures Phase III Annual), Crimson Reign Omnibus (Collects 1-5, Star Wars 19-25, Bounty Hunters 18-24, Darth Vader 18-24 and Doctor Aphra 16-21)
April 30 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III -- The Battle of Eriadu One-Shot, The High Republic Adventures Phase III #17, The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi #3 (of 5), The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #3 (of 5), Codebreaker #1 (of 4)
May 3 _ Star Wars Free Comic Book Day #1, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Free Comic Book Day #1
May 6 _ Darth Maul: Black, White & Red Treasury Editions (Collects 1-4)
May 7 _ Star Wars (Vol. IV) #1, The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #3 (of 5)
May 14 _ Jedi Knights #3
May 20 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 3 TPB (Collects 11-13, Wedding Spectacular One-Shot)
May 21 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #18, Legacy of Vader #4, The High Republic — Fear of the Jedi #4 (of 5)
May 28 _ The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation #4 (of 5)
June 3 _ The Battle of Jakku TPB (Collects Insurgency Rising 1-4, Republic Under Seige 1-4, Last Stand 1-4)
June 4 _ Codebreaker #2 (of 4), The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #4 (of 5), Jedi Knights #4, The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi #5 (of 5)
June 11 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #19, Star Wars #2, The Rise of Skywalker adaptation #5 (of 5)
June 17 _ Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 3 (Collects Star Wars: Shadow Stalker (1997) 1, Star Wars: Rebel Heist (2014) 1-4, Star Wars: A Valentine Story (2003) 1, Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1994) 1-2, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) 1-6, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Mini-comic (1996) 1-2, Star Wars: Tales From Mos Eisley (1996) 1, Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters – Scoundrel’s Wages (1999) 1, Classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1994) 1-2, Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead (2001) 2, Star Wars: Tag & Bink II (2006) 1, Sergio Aragones Stomps Star Wars (2000) 1, Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back (2002) 1-4, Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi (2003) 1-4; material from Star Wars Kids (1997) 12; Star Wars Visionaries (2005); Star Wars Tales (1999) 2, 4-8, 10, 12, 15-17, 20)
June 18 _ Doctor Aphra -- Chaos Agent #1
June 24 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Yoda’s Secret War (Collects Star Wars 15-30, Annual 1-2);
June 25 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III #20, Legacy of Vader #5
July 1 _ Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone TPB (Collects 1-4)
July 2 _ Jedi Knights #5, The Bad Batch -- Ghost Agents #5 (of 5), Codebreaker #3 (of 4)
July 8 _ Ewoks TPB (Collects 1-4)
July 22 _ Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: Yoda’s War (Collects Star Wars 15-30, Annual 1, 2)
Aug. 5 _ Star Wars: Visions Treasury Edition (Collects Visions: Peach Momoko, Visions: Takeshi Okazaki and material from Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1)
Aug. 6 _ Jedi Knights #6
Aug. 19 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III TPB Vol. 4 (Collects 14-16, Battle of Eriadu one-shot)
Aug. 26 _ Star Wars: Kanan Modern Era Epic Collection (Collects 1-12)
Sept. 9 _ Jedi Knights #7
Oct. 7 _ Legacy of Vader Vol. 1 TPB (Collects 1-6)
Oct. 14 _ The High Republic -- Fear of the Jedi TPB (Collects 1-5) and The High Republic -- The Finale one-shot
Oct. 21 _ The Rise of Skywalker Adaptation TPB (Collects 1-5); Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Omnibus Vol. 2 (Collects The Old Republic (2010) 1-6, The Old Republic - The Lost Suns 1-5, Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral 1-5, Knight Errant 1-5, Knight Errant - Deluge 1-5, Knight Errant - Escape 1-5, Jedi vs. Sith 1-6; material from Star Wars Tales 16-17, 24; Star Wars Visionaries)
Oct. 28 _ The High Republic Adventures Phase III Vol. 5 TPB (Collects 17-20), Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch - Ghost Agents TPB (Collects 1-5)
Nov. 4 _ Jedi Knights Vol. 1 TPB (Collects 1-5)
Nov. 25 _ Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era Epic Collection: Vader Down (Collects 13-25, Star Wars 13-14 and Vader Down #1)
Dec. 2 _ Star Wars: Doctor Aphra — Friends and Enemies Omnibus (Collects 26-40, Sana Starros 1-5, Aphra Story From Revelations (2023) one-shot)
Dec. 9 _ Codebreaker TPB (Collects 1-4)
Jan. 6, 2026 _ Star Wars (Vol. 4) TPB Vol. 1 (Collects 1-6), Darth Maul: Black, White & Red TPB (Collects 1-4)
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Star Wars Splash Page is a weekly podcast dedicated solely to contemporary Star Wars comics published by Marvel, Dark Horse and previously IDW, featuring views about the current week's comics, interviews with the writers, artists, colorists, letterers and editors who create them, as well as the latest details on publishing schedules, upcoming series and mini-series, so that you, the listener have more detail and context about the comics that are a vital part of Star Wars canon, lore and legends.
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