Bounty Hunters 39

Bounty Hunters 39 is the thirty-ninth 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 October 4, 2023.

Publisher's summary

SCOURGE OF THE CYBORG! – A DARK DROIDS TIE-IN! Turned into a mindless killing machine, VALANCE is out to eliminate his former crew! Do BOSSK and ZUCKUSS stand a chance? Can even the mighty DURGE stop him? And TARR KLIGSON'S SECRET PLAN is finally revealed!

Opening crawl

THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, PART 3

T'onga has sacrificed everything to bring a damaged Valance to
a mysterious fixer named Kligson in time to save his memories,
his last remaining vestige of humanity. But little do the bounty
hunters know that they have walked into a trap!

For Kligson has nefarious designs on his fellow cyborg. Plans
that are at the very center of a vast scourge enveloping
droids across the galaxy.

And the only hope for the hunters crew may come from the
unlikeliest of sources….

Plot summary

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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

Bossk'wassak'Cradossk
Catak (Appears as a corpse)
CT-7567 "Rex" (Variant cover only)
Deathstick
Durge
Boba Fett (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Furball (Mentioned only)
Furball Two (First appearance)
Tarr Kligson
Krynthia (First appearance)
Nakano Lash (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Losha (First appearance)
Purry (First appearance)
Ajax Sigma (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Luke Skywalker (Variant cover only)
Syphacc
T'onga
T'ongor (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Khel Tanna
Losha Tarkon
Telemak (In flashback(s))
Darth Vader (Variant cover only)
Beilert Valance
Vukorah
Zuckuss
Zuckuss' mother (Mentioned only)

Organisms

Cat
- Tooka
Charon (Mentioned only)
Fyrnock (Mentioned only)
Nerf (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Nexu (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Battle droid (Arm only)
- B-series battle droid (Arm only)
  - B1-series battle droid (Arm only)
Repair droid
- DUM-series pit droid
Spider-droid (In flashback(s))

Events

Imperial Era
- Mimban Campaign (Indirect mention only) (In flashback(s))
- Scourge of the droids

Locations

The galaxy
- Kirkeide Station (First identified as Kirkeide Station)
- Mimban (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
- Outer Rim Territories
  - Canto Bight (Mentioned only)
  - No-Space
    - Kligson's Moon's sector
      - Kligson's Moon (In flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

Assassin
Bounty hunter
Findsman
Kligson clan
Lord (In flashback(s))
Pilot
Prophet (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
Syphacc's Bountiful Bounties
T'onga's crew
T'onga's people
- T'onga's family
Valance family

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Space station
- The Haven
  - Section Four (First mentioned)
  - Section Nine (First mentioned)
  - Section Twelve (First mentioned)
Starship
- Freighter
  - Light freighter
    - YT-series
      - Enigma Catalyst
- Shuttle
- Vukorah's ship (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Armor
- Helmet
  - Unbroken Clan helmet
Autopilot (In flashback(s))
Blaster
- Blaster pistol
  - Bryar pistol
    - K-16 Bryar Pistol
  - DH-17 blaster pistol (Cover only)
- Palm blaster
Cybernetics
Droid
Hyperdrive (Mentioned only)
Melee weapon
- Knife

Miscellanea

Anti-droid sentiment
Blood
Clothing
- Flak vest
- Flight suit
- Robe
Cyborg
Death
Docking bay
Entry ramp
Feline
Fire
Force-sensitive
Galaxy
Hand-to-hand combat
Hybroid
Language
- Galactic Basic Standard
  - "Dank farrik"
  - "Kriffin"
- Huttese
  - "Sleemo"
Marriage (Indirect mention only)
Memory wipe (Indirect mention only)
Milk (Mentioned only)
- Blue milk (Mentioned only)
Moon (In flashback(s))
Scourge
Species
Synthflesh
Tattoo
Time
- Standard day
- Standard hour
- Standard week
- Standard year

Sources

Dark Droids 1

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) #39 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 39 is part of the Dark Droids event, its events must take place around 3 ABY.

External links

Star Wars: Bounty Hunters (2020) #39 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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Dark Droids: D-Squad
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
1 · 2 · 3 · 4
Crossover
Star Wars: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Bounty Hunters: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Darth Vader: 37 · 38 · 39 · 40 · 41
Doctor Aphra: 35 · 36 · 37 · 38 · 39
Collections
Dark Droids · D-Squad
Crossover: Star Wars Vol. 7 · Bounty Hunters Vol. 7 Darth Vader Vol. 8 · Doctor Aphra Vol. 7
Related media
The Book of Ajax
Han Solo & Chewbacca (9 · 10) 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) #39 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 39 is part of the Dark Droids event, its events must take place around 3 ABY.

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