Doctor Aphra #23
Published August 22nd, 2018
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The Catastrophe Con #4 is the twenty-third issue of the canon comic book series Doctor Aphra (2016), set in the classic era. It was published on August 22, 2018 by Marvel Comics.
Overview
Info
- TypeComic book
- FormatIssue
- AudienceAdult
- SeriesDoctor Aphra (2016)
- Release StatusReleased
- Release Date08/22/2018
- Episode Number#23
- Story ArcsThe Catastrophe Con
Publisher's Summary
GOOD NEWS: THE IMPERIALS HAVE ABANDONED ACCRESKER JAIL. BAD NEWS: FIRST THEY SHOT IT AT A REBEL PLANET.
For unscrupulous inmate DOCTOR APHRA, accompanied by former flame SANA STARROS and current flame INSPECTOR TOLVAN…
(NB: Awkward.)
…chances to escape are dwindling fast. Good thing Aphra’s not distracted by an expensive relic, right?
Creative Team
Publishing Team
- WriterSi Spurrier
- EditorMark Paniccia
- PublisherMarvel Comics
Artists
- Cover artistAshley Witter
- InkerMarc Deering
- ColoristJavier Tartaglia
- PencillerKev Walker
- LettererVc Joe Caramagna
Opening Crawl
THE CATASTROPHE CON
Part IV
Doctor Aphra’s escape from Accresker Jail was thwarted when current lover Magna Tolvan’s rescue became a battle against Aphra’s ex Sana Starros, herself on a rebel mission to kidnap the doctor.
Aphra’s greed for an ancient artifact has likewise caused chaos: the treasuer is guarded by a swarm of mysteriously Force-powered deadly spores. Under Imperial interrogation she has revealed their existence in an attempt to keep her darkest secret: knowledge of Darth Vader’s plot to supplant the Emperor.
Fearing contagion, the Empire has abandoned the floating jail — now on a collision course with an inhabited planet! Meanwhile, enemies with scores to settle from Aphra’s past, like the murderous droid Triple-Zero and the vigilante Tam Posla, close in….