Three main Star Wars comic series have been produced since Marvel began releasing comics set in the Star Wars Universe in 2015. Several other short-run series and miniseries have been released that generally focus on specific events or characters. Marvel has also released graphic novels of all of the new films, most of which include additional scenes. The reading order is not as important for these series, but there is still a chronology that can be followed and the books fall into four specific eras.
Reading Guide to the Indiana Jones Novels: From Martin Caidin to Steve Perry
A total of thirteen novels were written that tie into the Indiana Jones franchise of films. Each feature the titular archaeologist Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr., on some adventure. The first six novels were all written by Rob McGregor. Derek now looks at the ones by authors Martin Caidin to Steve Perry.
Reading Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The History of Middle-Earth Series
When J. R. R. Tolkien died in 1973, he left behind a lifetime of writing on the topic of his Middle-Earth legendarium. Thousands upon thousands of scraps of paper sat in boxes throughout his home, office, and elsewhere, and it fell to Tolkien's son, Christopher, his literary heir to determine precisely what to do with…
Reading Guide to Marvel’s Star Wars Comics: The Main Series
The Star Wars film series has spawned comic books since its very beginning. In April 1977, Marvel Comics began its long-running series that ran until June 1986. Two other comics based on the Ewoks and Droids television series of the mid-1980s were also produced, ending in July 1987. But Marvel ultimately forfeited its publication license to Dark Horse Comics…
Reading Guide to the Indiana Jones Novels: The Rob MacGregor Years
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford as Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr., was a blockbuster sensation when it hit theatres in 1981. It was followed in 1984 with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. The end of the…
Reading Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth Legendarium
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth was the focus of much public interest between 2001 and 2003 when films were released by New Zealand’s own Peter Jackson based on the three books that comprise The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King). A lesser resurgence in interest…
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