Lit Agent of the Empire #7: Hard Targets, part 2 (of 5)

Writer: John Ostrander
Penciller: Davidé Fabbri
Inker: Christian Dalla Vecchia
Colorist: Wes Dzioba
Cover Artist: Stéphane Roux

Imperial Agent Jahan Cross doesn’t like his assignment or the politicians he is forced to work with. Yet dealing with all of that is easier than coming to terms with his growing respect for a boy whose father he killed—especially when that boy is supposed to be merely a political pawn of the Empire.

When attackers kidnap the boy, Cross finds himself turning his back on his mission and putting his life on the line for a “pawn.” No job is too dangerous for an Agent of the Empire!

 

You know what the best kind of adventure is? The kind with rope-swinging.

 

Don't worry if you miss the landing, it's just a matte painting.

 

Preview zup.

"Then, like the rest of the galaxy, you know nothing."

 

One word people.... Skyfall.... yeah, this ones out now Thought I would bump it up for discussion.

 

Gotta say, I loved the issue and love the arc so far. I love that Serenno is being used and is being fleshed out in ways that make it so much more than simply "Dooku's homeworld". Agent Cross continues to be an awesome character. Ironically, after I grabbed this issue at my LCS, I went and saw Skyfall. After that, I will always imagine Cross with a British accent. It fits perfectly. Not to say that Cross is a Bond copy, but there are unmistakable influences there and I think it ties the character together rather nicely.

JohnOstrander1

Keep up the good work, my friend! Top notch as always. Cannot wait to see more.

--Adm. Nick

 

When I saw the Windrunner, I thought 'Skyfall would be an appropriate word here' I particularly liked the Cleansing of Serenno... very brutal and very Vaderish in my view.

 

I give this a shot despite my fears of canon going boom.

 

Haven't yet seen Skyfall but it'd be great to have a homage to it, Cross is thought dead, turns up in Armand Isard's office and we get:

"Where the hell have you been?"
"Enjoying death."

 

Air ships and air ship pirates, how can this not be awesome?

 

The story is shaping up nicely. i wonder when is Vex going to change her hair color.

 

Got this yesterday. Awesome!!! Although admittedly I'm biased, being a fan of all things steampunk. And you can't go wrong with pirates.

I'm starting to like the little brat. Usually I hate kids in stories, but he's so pragmatically morbid I can't help but pity him.

The whole "cleansing of Serreno" fiasco was interesting. I particularly liked how Borgin was behaving like a carefree chump when he told the story to Cross, but in actuality he appeared devastated by his decision in the flashback. Complex villains FTW.

 

Quite right.

 

Don't know where else to post this but there's a preview for issue 3 up here: http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=48218