Review: Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #2

“Iron Eclipse”

I would find this comic absolutely balls-out cool…  IF I lived on the ice planet Hoth andnever heard of James Bond. 

Most of issue 2 of Agent of the Empire (AoE)takes place in a dinner party.  JahanCross has been sent by the Empire to investigate the illegal droid market andthe elusive “Iron Eclipse”.  In-Ga44, his droid, helps fill in the clues about the partygoers.  Then, through conversations where thecharacters blab their plans like agents of SPECTOR, Cross uncovers connectionsamong the Stark family.

After striking out with uber-babe Elli Stark, Cross goes toprivate quarters to interrogate Dah’Lis Stark.  And by interrogate I mean shove his dick in her bluetentacles body.  After the hentaisession is over and Cross chows on some calamari (if you know what I mean), anunseen interloper stuns Cross.  Theagent of the empire wakes up to find Dah’Lis dead and the cops there to arresthim—just like in Goldfinger.

So Cross escapes on a speeder bike and In-Ga gets a stunbaton up her keister like Kim Kardashian did from Ray-Jay.

The art is great—no problems there.  The story lacks because the action isrelegated to a moot chase scene at the end of the ish.  Essentially, we are passively told whatwe need to know.  That’s badstorytelling.

I gave this book one point for the art and one point for theman-on-blue octopus chic sex.

Score: 2/5

Writer: John Ostrander

Pencils: Stephane Roux

Inks: Julien Hugonnard-Bert

Colors: Wez Dzioba

Letterer: Michael Heisler

Dark Horse Comics/Lucas Books

$3.99

Release Date: 1/11/12