If you've read the one sentence synopsis of this comic book, then you've pretty much read the entire first issue. A man hires an assassin to kill Darth Vader. Yup, that's about all you'll get here. It's a cool concept -- hence why I threw down $3.99 to check it out-- but it doesn't offer anything that will make you want to see how it all pans out.
Everything we spend 22 pages learning about could have been done in less than half that, leaving the rest of the book to offer up something to get excited about. But no. The guy who wants revenge on Vader? Totally bland. Vader himself? Doesn't say a word. The assassin who is so good that he's thinks he can take out Vader no problemo? His plan makes little sense, plus his costume looks like a bad ripoff of Vader's.
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