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Suki Alone Review – Avatar: The Last Airbender
This review contains spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender Books Two and Three. Set during Book Three: Fire of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Suki Alone serves as a side story; answering questions left by the original series. We follow Suki after her encounter with Azula seen in the episode Appa’s Lost Days. Azula takes Suki to the boiling rock and that’s where the story takes place. We see Suki’s time in prison all the way until the events of the two-part episode, The Boiling Rock. Faith Erin Hicks serves as writer with illustrators by Peter Wartman and Adele Matera. The trio have written a series of books in the Avatar…
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I AM NOT STARFIRE Book Review
Spoiler Alert: This review contains minor spoilers of I Am Not Starfire. I Am Not Starfire is a young adult novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Yoshi Yoshitani. We follow Mandy, the daughter of the legendary superhero, Starfire, who tries to navigate the struggles of being a teenager. Being the daughter of a former Teen Titan has its fair share of problems. Mandy is supposed to have superpowers or her mother’s dazzling personality, but she’s nothing like Starfire and seems to be a disappointment to everyone around her. This novel has all of the typical story beats you’d expect to see in a coming-of-age story. Mandy is a…
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Review Avatar: The Last Airbender – Imbalance
It’s been about three years since Avatar Aang and his friends defeated Fire Lord Ozai. The world has changed, mostly for the better. Team Avatar won the war against the fire nation, but they are still striving to bring real balance to the world. Can Aang truly bring balance? Or will the world suffer from another power struggle a power struggle for the next decade? Imbalance takes place after the events of The Rift and continues the legend of Aang. The group stops by Cranefish Town to check on the Beifong’s factory, Earthen Fire Industries. Lao Beifong needs Aang and Toph’s help as there’s a civil war brewing between benders and non-benders.…
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Review: The Legends of Luke Skywalker – The Journey You’ve Been Missing
“As a cargo ship rockets across the galaxy to Canto Bight, the deckhands on board trade stories about legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker. But are the stories of iconic and mysterious Luke Skywalker true, or merely tall tales passed from one corner of the galaxy to another? Is Skywalker really a famous Jedi hero, an elaborate charlatan, or even part droid? The deckhands will have to decide for themselves when they hear The Legends of Luke Skywalker.A collection of myths and tall-tales about the legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker, written by Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy award-winning author Ken Liu.” From the Publisher The Legends of Luke Skywalker is an interlude between Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: A New Hope. If you have…
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Book Review: MOST WANTED(2018) – Give Qi’ra a Solo Film!
Publisher’s Summary “Set before the events of Solo: A Star Wars Story! Han and Qi’ra don’t have a lot in common other than not having a lot. They’re street kids on the industrial planet Corellia, doing whatever it takes to get by, dreaming of something more. They each jump at a chance to prove themselves in the perilous world of Corellia’s criminal underbelly, only to discover they are on the same mission for the same unscrupulous boss. When the job goes disastrously wrong, Han and Qi’ra are on the run–from pirates, a droid crime syndicate, the Empire, and their boss–and will have to learn to trust each other if they are going to survive.” From the publisher There will be minor spoilers for Solo down…
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STAR WARS: New Books and Comics Announced
The next round of Star Wars novels and comics will flesh out the prequel era! We’re getting a ginormous list from Del Rey, and I’m excited! I’ve got my highlighted publications from the panel below. Queen’s Shadow By: E.K. Johnston This book will follow Padme Amidala as she transitions from queen of Naboo to senator of Naboo. E.K. Johnston wrote Ahsoka, and she did a phenomenal job with that novel, so I’m excited to see what she can do with a different character. Queen’s Shadow will be released March 5 2019 Star Wars: Master and Apprentice By: Claudia Grey This book will follow Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi before the events of…
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Review: Eden’s Zero Chapter One
Just like how some write reviews of pilot episodes, I might as well “review” a pilot chapter. And the honor of this pilot review for pilot chapters goes to none other than Eden’s Zero, the latest manga from Fairy Tail creator Hiro Mashima. This chapter starts off on what looks like an island inhabited by robots. Among those robots is a boy named Shiki. Shiki’s world turns upside down when a girl named Rebeca and her walking talking cat Happy enter the picture. When Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail, announced that he was doing a new series, I got quite intrigued. I am a fan of Fairy Tail…
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REVIEW: DC Meets Looney Tunes
When you think crossovers, you don’t generally think “Batman and Elmer Fudd duking it out.” But sometimes the unexpected arrives, and this time it truly delivered. “DC Meets Looney Tunes” (published February 14, 2018, 248 pages) is an anthology book containing the original crossover run from 2017, collecting Legion of Super-Heroes/Bugs Bunny Special #1, Martian Manhunter/Marvin The Martian Special #1, Wonder Woman/Tasmanian Devil Special #1, Lobo/Road Runner Special #1, Jonah Hex/Yosemite Sam Special #1, and Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1. Each crossover story updates the Looney Tunes characters and injects them into the DC Universe. The Tasmanian Devil becomes a monster lurking inside the Greek Labyrinth. Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn are…
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Book Review: STAR WARS: LAST SHOT
By: Daniel Jose Older This book review is part of our 7 Days of Solo: A Star Wars Story series. Click here for more WOBAM awesomeness. “THEN: It’s one of the galaxy’s most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout its infamous history aren’t your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize—first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca.…
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