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Each week Star Wars Spotlight combs through the digital archives of Marvel Unlimited to showcase one classic story from that distant galaxy filled with Jedi, Sith, princesses, scoundrels and droids.

After assisting Luke Skywalker in blowing up the second Death Star, Rogue Squadron made quite a name for itself and became the go-to bunch when those in charge needed a crack team. So, it came as no real surprise when the Wedge Antilles-led group scored a comic book series way back in 1995.

STAR WARS: X-WING ROGUE SQUADRON originally consisted of a series of limited series numbering nine in total. The first of the stories launched from writers Michael A. Stackpole and Mike Baron and artists Allen Nunis and Andy Mushynsky. That tale, called THE REBEL OPPOSITION, saw the Squadron heading to Cilpar on a seemingly simple mission to protect a supply run when Imperial forces appeared. Tycho and Janson went down in the battle and eventually met up with a Princess Leia impersonator known as Dame Winter while the others encountered Elscol Loro and her group of freedom fighters who had a mole in their organization.

Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) #1

• Published: July 01, 1995
• Added to Marvel Unlimited: April 15, 2015
• Writer: Michael A. Stackpole
• Cover Artist: Dave Dorman

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Through a series of events that include going undercover among Imperial forces, AT-AT attacks, and the use of native temples and beasts, our intrepid heroes ferret out Elscol’s traitor, defeat the Imperial forces, deal with Space Trooper suits and win a battle for the Republic on a planet that had lost trust for it. Before flying off to their next mission, Wedge gave Dame Winter an offer she couldn’t refuse: a spot on Rogue Squadron.

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In case you’ve forgotten some of Wedge’s notable on screen acts of courage, here’s a brief rundown. In “A New Hope,” he and Red Squadron backed Luke in the attack on the Death Star, even blasting a TIE Fighter that Skywalker couldn’t shake. He had to pull up thanks to a damaged ship, but lived to fly another day as seen in “Empire Strikes Back.” In that film, we saw the debut of Rogue Squadron as Antilles and company faced off against that army of AT-AT walkers. Afterwards, he wishes Luke luck and the two parted ways for the rest of the movie. Wedge flew back into young Skywalker’s life along with Lando and the Millennium Falcon to destroy the second Death Star and party down on Endor after the victory in “Return of the Jedi.”

Next time, take an alternate history look at what could have happened if Luke Skywalker had died on Hoth in STAR WARS INFINITIES – THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

With so many classic creatures on the loose in Monsters Unleashed, we turn to their earlier adventures thanks to Marvel Unlimited.

Even though those new-fangled super heroes stole the show in the early 60’s, creators like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby still created plenty of monsters for them to fight. That duo did exactly that in a back-up story found in THOR #137 called “The Tragedy of Hogun.”

In this tale from 1967, the title character, while traveling with Fandral, Volstagg, and Thor, came across Saguta, a fellow countryman. With his dying breath, Saguta identified his attacker as Mogul, sending Hogun into a fit of rage at the name’s very mention.

Hogun called out a challenge for Mogul who appeared without fear of the assembled Asgardians. Before a true battle could commence, a giant green hand reached down and snatched up the villain. Said appendage belonged to none other than the Jinni Devil who quickly carried Mogul away.

“Mogul has ever been served by his giant jinni slave—the last of a species whose origin is unknown, but who possesses powers which defy the imagination!” Hogan explained.

Though he intended to track Mogul down on his own, Thor and the other Warriors Three vowed to help their friend in a story that continued on in many a THOR back-up. The Jinni Devil reappeared at the end of the story in issue #139 to take on the Asgardians, carrying over into the next issue.

Fiercely joined, the battle raged as Mogul and his cohorts watched from the underground city of Zandu. One of the rogue’s advisers revealed that “with the fall of night, the temperature doth change the very body fabric of the mindless Jinni!” Another added that this weakness during the dark times lead to the race’s demise.

As shadows fell on the Jinni Devil, it literally disappeared before our heroes’ eyes, leaving them to continue their quest to find Mogul. The creature did reappear in 1994’s THOR #474 in an issue by Roy Thomas and Sandu Florea that recounts the Mogul story while adding new pieces like additional scenes with the Jinni Devil.

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