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Republic #62: No Man's Land

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

Reviewed by Andrew Liptak

Summary: After escaping from Asajj Ventress's fortress, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Alpha the ARC are on the run in Ventress's ship. They are tracked and shot down over the planet Riflor. Meanwhile, Anakin senses that Obi-Wan is alive while he and Ki-Adi-Mundi attack a pirate vessel. He and the rest of the Jedi force go to Riflor to find the pair. On the planet, Obi-Wan and Alpha are under attack from bounty hunters looking to collect on the Jedi Bounty. Obi-Wan stops Alpha from shooting civilians at one point. The bounty hunters tell Alpha that he can walk away, and Alpha appears to when he goes into motion, attacking their attackers. Anakin and the team arrive at the planet, where Anakin goes and lands without orders, and they go to rescue the pair. The bounty hunters are soon killed and everyone is on their way. Alpha finds that he is reassigned to train Clone Commanders on Kamino. Anakin tells him to give the future commanders names.

What Worked: Overall, a pretty good issue. The story finally wraps up what was started in Jabiim with Obi-Wan's presumed death, and it's nice to see him in action once again, or as C-3P0 put it: "It's so good to see you fully functional again.". This issue has been tied in with a couple Holonet News articles, one regarding the Jedi bounty and the second regarding the Clone Commander training.

The story flows smoothly, although very rapidly. Brian Ching's cover, one that we at TUCWS was given a while ago, graces this issue nicely. The action that we see is also pretty well done, and the entire story is ended nicely. Finally, we get a little bit of insight in how Obi-Wan survived the Jabiim explosion.

What Didn't Work: The art work in this issue wasn't the greatest that it could be. The characters were drawn a little oddly, expecially Alpha. The details in each image are fewer than what we are normally used to in most of the clone wars comics.

Overall, Excellent story, pacing and a good end to the Jabiim and Obi-Wan's death.

Rating: 7/10

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