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Republic #53: Blast Radius

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Script: Haden Blackman
Pencils: Brian Ching
Inks: Joe Weems
Coloring: Joe Wayne
Cover: Mozart Couto

Reviewed by Andrew Liptak

Summary: Obi-Wan returns to Coruscant with the antidote for the Separatist's chemical weapon and recounts the story of the mission. During the mission to get the antidote, four other Jedi were killed after they were attacked by Durge and Asajj Ventress.

What Worked: Overall, a decent story, but it had it's highlights. There was some pretty good action and an interesting storyline to the comic, but that was about it.

The interesting parts was the Jedi arguing a bit before the mission, which shows diversity in their ranks, but also introduces the "nomatic" Jedi, all of whom are very interesting.

The Separatist's use of living people as weapons was also an interesting part, when Durge destroys a group of pressurized aliens by rupturing their suits, causing a large explosion.

What Didn't Work: This wasn't the highlight of the Clone Wars. The artwork was not as good as the rest of the issues, and some of it was fairly weird and drawn from poor angles of the subjects, steering more towards the art seen in other comics. The art style was not as dynamic as the earlier issues.

The story was okay, but I thought that the Jedi on the mission were killed a little too easily for Jedi: one being dunked in molten lava and another dying as the bridge he was on was destroyed.

Overall, an interesting issue, but nothing special about it.

Rating: 5/10

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