Star Wars Hyperspace Stories #9

The cover of Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories #9 says it all — Cad Bane and Quinlan Vos are squaring off in a "Battle Royale," and Tom Fowler's cover art captures both combatants mid-confrontation with real kinetic energy: Quinlan leaping forward armed and intense while the blue-skinned bounty hunter Cad Bane stands his ground, twin pistols at the ready beneath that trademark wide-brimmed hat. The trading speech bubbles — "Heads up, bounty hunter!" versus "Curse you, Jedi!" — perfectly frame the friction between these two very different operators in the galaxy far, far away. Writer Michael Moreci and artist Nick Brokenshire bring this Jedi-versus-mercenary clash to life in "Who's the Vos?", making this 2023 Dark Horse issue a genuinely fun entry in the anthology series.