The Bad Batch visits a pirate haven that fans of "Skeleton Crew" may find familiar as the quartet makes haste in finding the key in Dark Horse Comics' Hyperspace Stores: The Bad Batch -- Rogue Agents #2 (of 4).

In Marvel's Shadow of Maul #1 (of 5), the titular ex-Sith lord and budding crime boss is steeped in shadows as a police procedural takes root in a solid manner, auguring crime and justice to come in a noirish outing.

Comics Discussed This Week:

Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Rogue Agents #2 (of 4)
Shadow of Maul #1 (of 5)

Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week: 

Boba Fett -- Black, White & Red #3 (of 4)

 News:

The Hyperspace Stories -- Mace Windu OGN from Dark Horse Comics is set for release on Sept. 1.
Dark Horse is collecting three more titles into its stalwart library edition format. Galactic Tales of Terror is due out Sept. 22 and collects Tales From the Rancor Pit, Tales From the Death Star and Tales From the Nightlands 1-3.
Set for release Nov. 24 from Marvel is the Darth Vader Modern Era Epic Collection: The Chosen One. It collects Darth Vader (Vol. 2) 1-12 and Annual #2.
The five-issue Shadow of Maul mini-series' TPB is set for release on Dec. 1.

 Upcoming Star Wars comics, graphic novels and omnibuses:

March 17 _ Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus Vol. 4 (Collects Star Wars: Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika (2000) #1-5; Free Comic Book Day 2013: Star Wars #1; Star Wars: Empire (2002) #5-6, 8-13, 15; Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) #1/2; Star Wars: A New Hope - The Special Edition (1997) #1-4; Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead (2001) #1; Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope (2001) #1-4; The Star Wars (2013) #0-8; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) #1-2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, 14, 16, 19-20); Hyperspace Stories: Grievous OGN

March 24 _ Tales From the Nightlands TPB (Collects 1-3); Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker TPB (Collects 1-4)

March 25 _ The High Republic Adventures -- Pathfinders #1 (of 6)

March 31 _ Legacy of Vader: The Reign of Kylo Ren Vol. 2 TPB (Collects 7-12)

April 8 _ Shadow of Maul #2 (of 5)

April 14 _ Jedi Knights Vol. 2 - A Higher Path TPB (Collects 6-10), Star Wars Visions TPB (Collects Visions -- Peach Momoko #1, Visions -- Takashi Okazaki #1, Peach Momoko's Story from Darth Vader -- Black, White & Red #1)

April 21 _ The High Republic Phase III -- Trial of the Jedi Omnibus (Collects 2023’s The High Republic 1-10, Revelations #1’s High Republic story, The Acolyte — Kelnacca one-shot, Shadows of Starlight 1-4, Fear of the Jedi 1-5, The Finale #1: The Beacon one-shot); The Mandalorian -- Seasons One & Two (Collects #1-8 of both mini-series), Jedi Knights Vol. 2 TPB (Collects 6-10); Hyperspace Stories: Tides of Terror TPB (Collects 1-4)

April 22 _ Galaxy's Edge: Echoes of the Empire #1 (of 5)

April 28 _ Han Solo -- Hunt for the Falcon TPB (Collects 1-5)

April 29 _ Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch — Rogue Agents #3 (of 4)

May 5 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Complete Phase II (1-8, Nameless Terror 1-4, Quest of the Jedi one-shot)

May 6 _ Rogue One -- Cassian Andor #1 One-Shot, The High Republic Adventures — Pathfinders #2 (of 6)

May 12 _ Star Wars: New Republic (Collects 1-10, material from Free Comic Book Day 2025: Star Wars #1)

May 13 _ Shadow of Maul #3 (of 5)

May 19 _ Star Wars Legends: Legacy Omnibus Vol. 1 (Collects Star Wars: Legacy (2006) #0, 0-1/2, 1-36, 41); Doctor Aphra — Chaos Agent TPB (Collects 1-5)

May 26 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Complete Phase III Part 1 (Collects The High Republic Adventures (Phase III 1-10), Saber for Hire 1-4 and the Crash Landing and Crash and Burn one-shots)

May 27 _ Galaxy's Edge -- Echoes of the Empire #2 (of 5), Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch -- Rogue Agents #4 (of 4)

June 3 _ Rogue One -- Jyn Erso #1 One-Shot

June 16 _ Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus Vol. 3 (Collects Star Wars: Crimson Empire (1997) #0-6, Star Wars: The Bounty Hunters - Kenix Kil (1999) #1, Star Wars: Crimson Empire II - Council of Blood (1998) #1-6, Star Wars: Crimson Empire III - Empire Lost (2011) #1-6, Star Wars: Jedi Academy - Leviathan (1998) #1-4, Star Wars: The Mixed-Up Droid (1995) #1, Star Wars: Union (1999) #1-4, Star Wars: Chewbacca (2000) #1-4, Star Wars: Invasion (2009) #0-5, Star Wars: Invasion - Rescues (2010) #1-6, Star Wars: Invasion - Revelations (2011) #1-5, Star Wars Handbook (1998) #2; material from Dark Horse Extra (1998) #21-24; Dark Horse Presents (2011) #1; Star Wars Tales (1999) #8, 11, 16-19, 21); The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope — The Manga Vol. 1

June 17 _ The High Republic Adventures — Pathfinders #3 (of 6)

July 1 _ Rogue One: Saw Gerrera #1

July 7 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Complete Phase III Part 2 (Collects The High Republic Adventures (Phase III) 11-20, Echoes of Fear 1-4, Dispatches From the Occlusion Zone 1-4 and the one-shots 2025 Annual, The Wedding Spectacular and The Battle of Eriadu)

July 21 _ Star Wars Legends: The Newspaper Strips Omnibus (Collects Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures (1994) #1-9, Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars’ End (1997) #1-3, Classic Star Wars (1992) #1-20, Classic Star Wars: A New Hope (1994) #1-2, Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission (1995) #1, Star Wars newspaper strips "The Constancia Affair," "The Kashyyyk Depths" and "Planet of Kadril”); Star Wars Modern Era Epic Collection: The Screaming Citadel (Collects Star Wars (2015) #31-43, Star Wars Annual (2015) #3, Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel (2017) #1, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2016) #7-8) 

Aug. 18 _ The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope -- The Manga Vol. 2, Star Wars -- Dark Droids Omnibus (Collects Dark Droids 1-5, D-Squad 1-4, Star Wars (Vol. 3) 37-50, Darth Vader (Vol. 3) 37-50, Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) 35-40, Revelations #1 and Free Comic Book Day 2024 #1)

Aug. 26 _ Rogue One: Chirrut & Baze #1

Sept. 1 _ Hyperspace Stories -- Mace Windu OGN

Sept. 8 _ Star Wars: Poe Dameron Omnibus (Collects 1-31, Annuals 1, 2)

Sept. 15 _ Smugglers & Scoundrels: The Race for Jabba's Bounty Original Graphic Novel, The Bad Batch — Rogue Agents TPB (Collects 1-4)

Sept. 22 _ Star Wars: Galactic Tales of Terror Library Edition (Collects Tales from the Rancor Pit, Tales from the Death Star and Tales from the Nightlands 1-3)

Sept. 30 _ Rogue One: Darth Vader #1

Oct. 13 _ Tales From the Outer Rim: The Legend of Beggar's Canyon Original Graphic Novel, Boba Fett -- Black, White & Red Treasury Edition (Collects 1-4)

Nov. 24 _ Darth Vader Modern Era Epic Collection: The Chosen One (Collects Darth Vader Vol. 2 1-12, Annual #2)

Dec.1 _ Shadow of Maul TPB (Collects 1-5)

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