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Big Bad Ironclad!: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2)

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Big Bad Ironclad!: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2)Experience author illustrator Nathan Hales New York Times bestselling graphic novel Big Bad Ironclad: Bigger & Badder Edition in a deluxe, oversized edition featuring 16 brand new pages of mini comics. This special edition of Big Bad Ironclad features a larger trim size, a deluxe package, and 16 pages of bonus material, which includes research photos, sketches, and mini comics from the author. In the 1800s, the waterways of America were full of

Experience author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s New York Times bestselling graphic novel Big Bad Ironclad: Bigger & Badder Edition in a deluxe, oversized edition featuring 16 brand-new pages of mini comics.

This special edition of Big Bad Ironclad features a larger trim size, a deluxe package, and 16 pages of bonus material, which includes research photos, sketches, and mini comics from the author.

In the 1800s, the waterways of America were full of powerful wooden ships carrying goods from place to place. These ships were great for transport, but they had one major problem . . . they tended to sink when hit with cannon balls.

As the Civil War battles took to the waves, soldiers on both sides started to wonder, what if these ships were made of something stronger? If they could build a boat out of iron, wouldn’t it be stronger than any other warship? It was these question that launched the race between the North and South to create the biggest, best ironclad warship.

In Big Bad Ironclad! learn the story of the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimack)—two of the world’s first ironclad ships—and their fascinating role in the Civil War. As these ships barrel toward battle, learn about the many political and military leaders, from President Lincoln and his cabinet to secretary of the Navy and “Father Neptune” Gideon Welles, who helped lead the North to victory.

When these two massive ships finally face off, it will be a battle that changes warfare forever. 

“These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” —New York Times

Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare!

  • One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (#1)
  • Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (#2)
  • Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (#3)
  • Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (#4)
  • The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (#5)
  • Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (#6)
  • Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (#7)
  • Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (#8)
  • Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (#9)
  • Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (#10)
  • Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (#11)
  • Above the Trenches: A WWI Flying Ace Tale (#12)
  • Bones and Bersekers: 13 True Tales of Terror from American History (#13)
  • Web of War: A World War II Tale (#14)
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Mike E. Walsh Jr.
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
Five Stars
Format: Paperback
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2018
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Scott William Foley
Lexington, US
★★★★★ 5
Doctor Aphra and Luke Skywalker - An Entertaining Duo!
Format: Paperback
I've greatly enjoyed the various Marvel Star Wars series, but Star Wars: Yoda's Secret War left me a little unsatisfied.  I'm very happy to say that the next installment--Screaming Citadel--righted the course and returned the series to its high standard. Of course, this volume is not just comprised of the Star Wars series.  It also has issues from Doctor Aphra.  Obviously, the two comics crossed over with each other to deliver this story as  whole. Doctor Aphra has an ancient crystal supposedly housing the sentience of a powerful Jedi.  She needs the Queen of the Screaming Citadel to access it for her, and she needs Luke Skywalker to entice the queen into doing so.  You'll have to read the book for the details on using Luke as bait.  Doctor Aphra sells it to Luke as a chance for him to encounter an actual Jedi master, and it's a chance for her to witness a remnant of the ancient past because she is an archaeologist after all, albeit a bit of an immoral one. That's a pretty good premise to achieve what this story is really all about--watching Luke and Aphra interact.  I believe Doctor Aphra is one of the greatest additions to the Star Wars universe in decades.  She first appeared in the Darth Vader series, and she won over the audience so thoroughly that she quickly earned her own title.  Honestly, though Aphra works best when pitted against the pure of heart, or at least those on the side of the Rebels.  She's Aphra, so of course she manipulates Luke, double-crosses him, saves his skin a few times, then cheats him again.  That's just who she is. It's also interesting to see a rebellious streak in Luke as he jaunts off with Aphra without telling Han, Leia, or anyone else for that matter.  We know his dad didn't always follow protocol, so these little deviations are always revealing when Luke is concerned.  It's also fun to see him beginning to realize his power.  This particular story takes place soon after A New Hope, so Luke has not yet begun to completely understand what he has at his disposal--though this book does depict Luke having some pretty cool moments with his burgeoning abilities. We also have quite a bit of Han, Leia, and another invaluable addition to the mythology named Sana Starros.  All three get their moment to shine as Han finds more and more of the hero within, Leia further establishes herself as the capable leader she is, and Sana Starros slowly reveals more and more of her past to the reader.  Guess what?  Not only does she have deep connections to Han Solo, but it's heavily hinted that she is also tied to Doctor Aphra as well.  The specifics may surprise you. And, as always, Aphra's versions of C3PO and R2D2 steal the show.  They are named 0-0-0 and BT-1.  They are basically the murderous, demented, evil version of our favorite droids, and they are forever a delight. The story of Screaming Citadel itself is entertaining.  The art is very pleasing to the eye and keeps the plot moving at a quick pace.  At times the faces of the characters based off of real life actors look almost photo realistic, which is sometimes jarring when the rest of the panel does not look so true to life.  Of course, the best quality of the book is simply seeing all of these characters play off of each other.  It's refreshing to have such rounded, charismatic new characters as Aphra, Sana, Triple-Zero, and Bee-Tee 1 making waves with our legendary favorites.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018
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Christian Romero
Lexington, US
★★★★★ 4
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid
Format: Paperback
Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel is a crossover collection of the main Star Wars comic series and the Doctor Aphra series. The Arc revolves around the Queen of The Screaming Citadel being the only one who can open a relic containing an ancient Jedi master. Aphra then teams up with Luke Skywalker and we have our crossover event. The story itself is good. A queen with parasitic bugs controlling a planet is uncharted territory for Star Wars and it works. There were great action moments, plots painting the Empire in a morally grey light than the traditional evil one. Doctor Aphra Marvel's golden girl character was funny in this and her chemistry with Luke worked. It didn't feel forced like Marvel was trying to use the Original Characters to build-up their new ones. Where this comic fails is the inconsistent art style as this is a collection you get different art with each issue. Its starts of good and then takes a nosedive in the Aphra issue in the volume. Bad art aside Screaming Citadel was an enjoyable crossover. Doctor Aphra is the best new character to come out of this new Marvel Disney run. Screaming Citadel is worth the read it was a nice crossover that delves more into the Fantasy elements of Star Wars and works as Star Wars has been Space Wizards since 1977.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2018
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J.Eaton
Alexandria, US
★★★★★ 5
What a ride.
Format: Paperback
How these two come together with the rest of the iconic characters is just so fun. Add in a Screaming Citadel and you're in for one hell of a ride. If you love Star Wars, pick it up. It could read as a stand-alone if needed. Part of the Doctor Aphra comics.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2022
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beasterson
Grantham, US
★★★★★ 5
Absolutely top-knotch
Format: Kindle
9.5/10 This is the pinnacle of Star Wars comic books. A great way to tie in their Indiana Jones character in Aphra and the mainline series to tell an amazing story. Only complaint is a couple of the issues artwork I was not a fan of. I like the more realistic look. Just make sure you read Aphra book 1 and the previous SW books to understand it better. Aphra book 1 being more important
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Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018

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