Firefly "Blue Sun Rising" Part 7 Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Illustrated by Dan McDaid (w/ inks by Vincenzo Federici) Colored by Marcelo Costa Lettered by Jim Campbell Cover A by Nimit Malavia November 2020

The crew has their showdown with Blue Sun and Director Sang.

Notes from the Firefly/Serenity Chronology

    This issue wraps up the Blue Sun Rising storyline with Mal no longer sheriff of the Georgia system and most of the crew staying on Haven, at least for a time, to build a home there. Only Mal, Jayne, Kaylee, and Leonard Chang-Benitez leave on Serenity, feeling the pull of adventure, though Zoe and Wash seem to imply they will join them again once they make sure the folks setting up the homestead on Haven are safe. But the gang is all together again aboard Serenity by the time of "Those Left Behind" Part 1, with Inara preparing to leave "for good" (which she does in "Those Left Behind" Part 3). Also in "Those Left Behind" Part 3, Shepherd Book informs Mal that he is leaving Serenity, setting up his absence from the ship and residency on Haven. These two leavings set up the situation aboard Serenity just as seen in the Serenity feature film (beginning in "Triggered").

   This, of course, leaves Leonard's absence from most of the Firefly/Serenity stories from here on unexplained, but we must assume that some new events transpired that causes his absence and brings the rest of the crew back on board for "Those Left Behind" Part 1 (though Leonard is back with the crew again by the time of "Return to Earth-That-Was" Part 1, "a few years down the road").

Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue

Agent Manahatta

Mal

Jayne

Kaylee

Shepherd Book

Wash

Zoe

Leonard

Boss Moon

Simon

River

Boss Moon's mother

Inara

Director Sang

Stev LeRoux

Sang's assistant

Stever (mentioned only)

Agent Carpenter

Ma Reynolds 

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