Star Wars: Darth Vader, Vol. 4: Crimson Reign

The Darth Vader comic interlude for the Crimson Reign crossover was pacier and with more meat on the plot bones than the mainline Star Wars comic, with Vader embarking on a purge of Crimson Dawn agents (and generally, anyone who gets in his way) within the Imperial hierarchy. It does still continue to suffer from some of the inertia that all the ‘Crimson' editions of the ongoing series do, in that you can feel the boundaries of the actual crossover around them, but the Vader comics have always been better at navigating this by virtue of the man himself being a compelling character to follow on the page. Shout out to a cameo for our man Valance from the Bounty Hunters comic.