Bounty Hunters 38

Bounty Hunters 38 is the thirty-eighth issue of the 2020 canon comic book series Star Wars: Bounty Hunters. The issue was written by Ethan Sacks, illustrated by Davide Tinto and Arif Prianto, and published by Marvel Comics on September 20, 2023.

Publisher's summary[]

GRIEVOUS ATTACKS! – A DARK DROIDS TIE-IN! ZUCKUSS, 4-LOM and their fellow bounty hunters face a deadly droid ambush! VALANCE's life hangs in the balance! What role has GENERAL GRIEVOUS played in the chaos roiling the galaxy?

Opening crawl[]

THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, PART 2

T'onga and her bounty hunter crew have brought Valance to
a mysterious fixer aboard a secret droid colony in a last-ditch
attempt to save their cyborg friend's failing neural processor.

But unbeknownst to them, their supposed savior, Kligson, has
already wiped Valance's memories—the last vestiges of what
made him human.

Other dangers are circling the crew. Even now, a deadly droid
army is advancing on Zuckuss and 4-LOM. All of Kligson's plans
tie into a long-simmering crusade—one that dates back to the
days of the Clone Wars.

A crusade that has been reignited by a major scourge
threatening all droids!

Plot summary[]

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Cover gallery[]

Collected in[]

Star Wars: Bounty Hunters Vol. 7 — Dark Droids

Appearances[]

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By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

4-LOM
Cad Bane (Variant cover only)
Bossk'wassak'Cradossk
Catak
Deathstick
Durge
Grievous (In flashback(s))
Tarr Kligson
Nakano Lash (In flashback(s))
Tasu Leech (Mentioned only)
Darth Sidious (Variant cover only)
Ajax Sigma (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
T'onga
T'ongor (In flashback(s))
Khel Tanna
Losha Tarkon (Mentioned only)
Telemak
Beilert Valance
Scourge
Yuralla Vega (Impersonated)
Zuckuss

Organisms

Bantha (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Assassin droid
- IG-series
  - IG-series assassin droid
Battle droid
- B-series battle droid
  - B1-series battle droid
- IG-100 MagnaGuard (In flashback(s))
Medical droid (Cover only)
- 2-1B surgical droid (Cover only)
Protocol droid
- LOM-series protocol droid
Repair droid
- MSE series
  - MSE-6 series repair droid
Security droid
- KX-series security droid
Spider-droid (First identified as spider-droid)

Events

Imperial Era
- Scourge of the droids
Republic Era (In flashback(s))
- Battle on Kligson's Moon (Indirect mention only) (In flashback(s))
- Clone Wars (Indirect mention only) (In flashback(s))
- Skirmish on The Haven (First appearance) (In flashback(s))

Locations

The galaxy
- Outer Rim Territories
  - No-Space
    - Kligson's Moon's sector
      - Kligson's Moon (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Assassin
Assistant
Bodyguard (In flashback(s))
Bounty hunter
Captain
Confederacy of Independent Systems (In flashback(s))
- Confederacy military (In flashback(s))
  - Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy (In flashback(s))
  - Separatist Droid Army (In flashback(s))
    - Army infantry corps (In flashback(s))
    - Supreme Martial Commander of the Separatist Droid Armies (In flashback(s))
Findsman
Galactic Empire (Mentioned only)
Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Jedi Order (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Jedi (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Khel Tanna's crew (Mentioned only)
Kligson clan
Nakano Lash's crew (In flashback(s))
Nakano Lash's family (In flashback(s))
Officer (In flashback(s))
- General (In flashback(s))
T'onga's crew
T'onga's people
- T'onga's family
Valance family
Warrior (In flashback(s))

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Escape pod
Space station
- The Haven
Starship
- Freighter
  - Light freighter
    - YT-series
      - Enigma Catalyst
- Shuttle (In flashback(s))
  - Sheathipede-class transport shuttle (In flashback(s))

Weapons and technology

Armor
Blaster
- Blaster rifle (In flashback(s))
  - E-5 blaster rifle (In flashback(s))
- Palm blaster
Cybernetics
Droid
Lightsaber (In flashback(s))
Melee weapon
- Knife
- Staff (In flashback(s))
  - Electrostaff (In flashback(s))
Power core (Mentioned only)
Processor (Mentioned only)
- Cerebral processor (Mentioned only) (First identified as neural processor)
Sensor (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Olfactory sensor (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))

Miscellanea

Army (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Brain (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Changeling
Clothing
- Cape (In flashback(s))
- Flak vest
- Flight suit
Cyborg
Death
Docking bay (Appears on screen)
Dream (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Entry ramp (In flashback(s))
Force-sensitive
Galaxy
Language
- Galactic Basic Standard
  - "Clanker"
  - "Dank farrik"
Marriage (Indirect mention only)
Memory wipe (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
Moon (Mentioned only)
Mouth
Near-human
Orbit
Slavery (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Star
Synthflesh
Tattoo
Time
- Standard day
- Standard hour

Sources[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #38 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
↑ The flashbacks of Star Wars (2020) 50 take place approximately twenty-two years after Sheev Palpatine's ascension to Emperor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, meaning they must occur around 3 ABY. The flashbacks also take place after the events of Star Wars (2020) 43, which occur after the Star Wars: Dark Droids crossover event, an event Charles Soule Unleashes Dark Droids on StarWars.com (backup link) places after Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, which is dated to 3 ABY by Timelines. As Bounty Hunters 38 is part of the Dark Droids event, its events must take place around 3 ABY.

External links[]

Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #38 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

Trade paperbacks
Galaxy's Deadliest:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Target Valance:	6 · 7
The Terminus Gauntlet:	8 · 9 · 10
~	11
War of the Bounty Hunters:	12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17
Crimson Reign:	18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23
The Raid on the Vermillion:	24 · 25 · 26
Havoc at the Accretion Disco:	27 · 28
Bedlam on Bestine:	29 · 30 · 31
~	32
In the Crosshairs of Inferno Squad:	33 · 34
Target: Fett:	35 · 36
Dark Droids:	37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
~	42
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Related media
Target Vader · Two Sides to Every Sortie · Revelations (2022)

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In other languages

[Marvel-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #38 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[Date-2] The flashbacks of Star Wars (2020) 50 take place approximately twenty-two years after Sheev Palpatine's ascension to Emperor, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, meaning they must occur around 3 ABY. The flashbacks also take place after the events of Star Wars (2020) 43, which occur after the Star Wars: Dark Droids crossover event, an event Charles Soule Unleashes Dark Droids on StarWars.com (backup link) places after Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters, which is dated to 3 ABY by Timelines. As Bounty Hunters 38 is part of the Dark Droids event, its events must take place around 3 ABY.

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