War of the Bounty Hunters Companion collects one issue spin-offs. War of the Bounty Hunters is happening background. First issue introduces bounty hunter Deva Lompop who have small cameo or bigger role in each issue. It felt like she is built to be important character later. It would be weird if this much build up doesn’t lead into anything. She is interesting character. Don’t know if comic books already have enough baddest ever bounty hunters. I would read comics with her in them. At least if she was written like in first issue.
War of the Bounty Hunters Companion is pretty much what I want from Star Wars. Stories in Star Wars world without trying to connect them to the movies. Jabba and Baba were in the movies but this doesn’t bring anything from movies to them. IG-88 was in Empire Strikes Back. He was one of the robots which stood on background and was sold as action figure later. His issue made him more interesting character. Interesting enough to carry one issue maybe few more. Probably wouldn’t work in long run but his issue left me wanting to know what happens next.
Boushh’s issue added more to Doctor Aphra than War of the Bounty Hunters series. He and his gang worked for one issue, Think they are good addition to Doctor Aphra’s cast. They are only ones who clearly seem to have role in near future Star Wars comics. IG-88 was left on distant planet to wonder what happens next. Deva Lompop was introduces without hinting where she goes next. 4-LOM and Zuckuss had open ending without connecting it to anything. Their issues wasn’t on bar with other issues for several reasons. Their issue diminished what happened to them in main series and story wasn’t that good.
Overall War of the Bounty Hunters Companion was as good as I hoped. Three good issues and one not so good was better than I expected. Short length worked for stories. Stories weren’t too tightly connected to main story arch. You can read this without reading main series. Only first issue added something meaningful to main story. Last one adds small detour to main story but it doesn’t change anything.