Hitting comic spinners until May 1985 was the sixth chapter in DC comics’ ongoing Star Trek mirror universe saga. Once again, it was written by Mike W. Barr and featured pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. And if the cover is anything to go by, it looks like both Spocks and Konom…
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Star Trek: #12 The Tantalus Trap (1985)
The Mirror Universe story continued in issue 12 of DC Comics’ Star Trek series. Mike W. Barr penned the script for the fourth installment in this eight-part story, whose overall arc title is New Frontiers. Tom Sutton delivers pencils, Ricardo Villagran delivers ink, and the pair of them deliver one of my favourite covers, which…
Star Trek: #11 Deadly Reflection (1985)
The third part of the Mirror-Verse story was on DC Comic racks for February 1985. Mike W. Barr continues delivering a solid script, while Tom Sutton handles pencils, and Ricardo Villagran handles inks. The pair also deliver the issue’s cover. Stardate: 8217.2 The splash page shows the two Kirks confronting each other, with the Prime…
Star Trek: #10 Double Image (1985)
The Human Adventure continues with DC’s ongoing Star Trek series. Double Image is the second part of an eight part story, written by Mike W. Barr. The comic once agin features pencils by Tom Sutton, and inks by Ricardo Villgaran, both of whom created the cover, which was on stands for January 1985. Stardate: 8216.4…
Star Trek: #9 Promises to Keep (1984)
Script writer Mike W. Barr starts part one of an eight-part arc, with Promises to Keep. DC Comics continues to boldly go with its ongoing Star Trek series. This issue, which was on the racks until December of 1984, featured pencils by Tom Sutton, and inks by Ricardo Villagran. The pair also delivered the cover,…
Star Trek: Dark Victory (1999) – William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Shatner continues his mirror universe trilogy, with Dark Victory. It seems not only has Captain James T. Kirk survived into the 24th century, so has his mirror universe counterpart, Emperor Tiberius. And they are on a collision course. Wrapping up the cliffhanger of the previous book, Picard and his crew are reunited, and Kirk and…
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) – Olatunde Osunsanmi
Debuting on Paramount+ today is Star Trek: Section 31, a made-for-streaming film that brings back Michelle Yeoh as Georgiou. And the real question some of the fans will be asking is ‘but is it Star Trek?’ I fall into the group that feels that all Trek is Star Trek, and while this iteration may not…
Star Trek: Spectre (1998) – William Shatner with Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens
William Shatner doles out another ‘Kirk is the best captain ever’ tale with the Reeves-Stevens helping him out. I make it sound like I didn’t like the book, I did, but I hate how even now, Shatner, goes out of the way to make sure that Kirk is portrayed as the smartest, strongest, most attractive…
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1981) – The Hand of the Goral, and Testimony of a Traitor
Francis Moss pens The Hand of the Goral, which first aired on 26 March, 1981. Buck (Gil Gerard) who still looks a little rough around the edges, but not so bad as the last episode, Hawk (Thom Christopher), and Wilma (Erin Gray) arrive on a far distant world known commonly as the Planet of Death….
Star Trek: Discovery (2018) – Will You Take My Hand?
Captain’s log: 2257 Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts write the teleplay for the first season finale of Star Trek: Discovery from a story by Berg, Harberts and Akiva Goldsman, who also directs. It first aired on 11 February, 2018, and ended with a moment that excited some fans, and infuriated others. With Georgiou (Michelle…
The Mind Reels 