Comic Review — Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red

My thoughts on this four-part comic miniseries, an anthology of short stories all featuring Darth Vader, and all presented only in black and white, with shades of red.

Individual issues of Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red, as photographed by the reviewer.

Each issue of this Darth Vader themed anthology series features three short comics, although the first entry in each issue makes up a longer multi-part story that spans the entire series. The stories are as follows:

• Hard Shutdown, the four-parter, about a cunning technological attempt to destroy Vader. Written by Jason Aaron, with art by Leonard Kirk and Romulo Fajardo Jr.
• Inescapable, a text-free series of nightmares of a presumed survivor of a Vader attack. By Peach Momoko.
• Dissolution of Hope, about Vader outsmarting a rebel plot. Written by Torunn Gronbekk, with art by Klaus Janson.
• The Endless Mercy, a horrific creature encounter. Written by David Pepose, with art by Alessandro Vitti.
• Power, about a young boy who idolises the order of the Empire. Written by Victoria Ying, with art by Marika Cresta.
• Annihilated, a particularly devastating space battle undertaken by Vader. By Daniel Warren Johnson.
• Diplomatic Impunity, featuring Vader picking out a single imperial officer for a mission. Written by…