What are the best Darth Vader comics by Dark Horse?

[crossbones]

a question for those who have read Dark Horse's Star Wars books.

i've noticed there have been quite a few books that Darth Vader starred in, so which ones are best?

i mean books that are actually about him, not necessarily books that feature him in a lesser guest star capacity.

[weeks]

my favorites are the three purge one-shots and darth vader and the lost command.

i'm pretty sure the purge stories are collected in clone wars vol. 9: endgame

[crossbones]

cool, gonna check out those 3 Purge books.

i think i read The Lost Command a while back and wasn't too impressed.

how's the new Ghost Prison mini?

[havok1977]

how's the new Ghost Prison mini?

I wasn't all that happy with the first issue, it focused more on a random Imperial soldier and kept Vader in the background... no telling yet where it might lead tho

[DonC]

Vader has some good moments in the first Dark Times collection, but he isn't the focus. Also in the Rebellion series.

[Phileas]

I wasn't all that happy with the first issue, it focused more on a random Imperial soldier and kept Vader in the background... no telling yet where it might lead tho

That's what I really liked about the first issue :). I'm jaded with Vader and the other main characters from the movies and always happy when the universe is expanded with new characters.

Even as Vader has only a smaller role in the first issue of Ghost Prison I think it could be interesting for crossbones. According to the solicitations it seems that Vaders role is becoming more important. And showing Vader from the viewpoint of a loyal imperial officer who admires him might be interesting for a Vader fan.

[crossbones]

thanks for the recommendations. will probably check out Ghost Prison once it comes out in trade.

weeks, Purge was pretty good. especially the first 2 issues.

[grphxkindaguy]

Other great Vader stories were the Vader's Quest mini-series from 1999 (w/great art from Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons) and Star Wars Tales #9, where Vaders fights a resurrected Darth Maul. That SWT issues is rare and hard to find IIRC...