Quick Ratings: @DarkHorseComics Star Wars, B.P.R.D., R.I.P.D.

Here are today's "Quick Ratings". Included are Dark Horse Comic's; Star Wars: Dark Times - Fire Carrier #2, Star Wars #3, B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth #105, and R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned #2. If you have any questions about my rating or want to discuss anything just leave me a comment.

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Star Wars: Dark Times - Fire Carrier #2 - Part 2 of 5

Darth Vader grooms a new tool for the Empire—a new assassin.

Meanwhile, Jedi Master K’Kruhk flees across the countryside with a group of young Padawans. His hope is to find a safe haven and prevent the impressionable younglings from experiencing any more tragedy. But tragedy is exactly what awaits them . . .

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 3/5
Story 3/5
Verdict 3

Star Wars #3 - In the Shadow of Yavin, Part 3

Princess Leia formed a secret squadron of stealth X-wings to help expose a spy within the Rebel ranks. But taking command puts her at odds with Luke Skywalker at a time they need solidarity more than ever—especially when the spy has alerted the Empire to Han Solo’s latest venture!

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 4

B.P.R.D.: Hell On Earth - A Cold Day In Hell #105 - Part 1 of 2

Following the deadly events of The Return of the Master, the reanimated director of the Russian occult sciences division leads a rescue mission through a blizzard as the B.P.R.D. engage in battle with more bat-faced monsters. Why are the Russians obsessed with a fallen radio tower in the middle of nowhere?

Peter Snejbjerg (Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain, A God Somewhere) returns to B.P.R.D.!

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.6

R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned #2

There’s something sinister living underneath the town of Black Pool. While no one can find Black Pool on any map, its strange energy has attracted the Rest In Peace Department’s attention. Newly minted officer Roy Pulsipher hopes the answer to Black Pool’s riddle holds the key to solving his own murder, but what he finds instead is a gospel of madness and terror!

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Rating

Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.6

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