I’ve been circling starting this novel for a couple of decades now. I love how the Enterprise looks on the cover; I love the idea that the story takes place between The Motion Picture and The Wrath of Khan. I’m not going to lie, I was hoping they would be in the TMP uniforms for…
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Star Trek: #26 – The Trouble with Transporters (1986)
Bob Rozakis serves as the author for issue 26 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. He wrote The Trouble with Transporters! which continued to feature pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. It was on comic spinners until May of 1986. After having had a run of issues checking in with supporting…
Star Trek: #25 – Double Blind Part 2 (1986)
So how is Diane Duane going to get Kirk and the Excelsior crew out of the problems with the Ajir and the newly arrived Grond? We’ll find out in issue 25 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. Available for April of 1986, the script was by Duane, and once again featured Tom Sutton on…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021/2022) – Wej Duj, First First Contact, and Grounded
Wej Duj, Klingon for ‘three ships,’ was written by Kathryn Lyn and was the penultimate episode of season two. It debuted on 7 October, 2021. A Vulcan ship and a Klingon ship have troubling encounters with another starship, and the Cerritos may be next in line. But first, it’s rather quiet on the Cerritos as…
Star Trek: #24 – Double Blind (1986)
Double Blind, a two-part story, was written by Trek author Diane Duane, with the first part being found on comic spinners until March of 1986. DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series continued to feature pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. The cover was done by Jim Starlin. Duane had written a couple…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021) – The Spy Humongous, Where Pleasant Fountains Lie, and I, Excretus
The Spy Humongous debuted on 16 September, 2021. It was written by John Cochran. The Pakled situation is continuing to be a minor problem for the Federation. So the Cerritos and Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) are sent to work on negotiating a peace. Things are complicated by the arrival of a Pakled on the Cerritos…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021) – We’ll Always Have Tom Paris, Mugato, Gumato, and An Embarrassment of Dooplers
M. Willis wrote We’ll Always Have Tom Paris which first aired on 26 August, 2021. The episode features the return of Robert Duncan McNeill not only as Voyager’s Tom Paris, but he also played Nick Locarno from TNG as well, important? We’ll find out. There are tons of Voyager nods, from episode references to music…
Star Trek: #22 – Wolf on the Prowl (1986)
Tony Isabella writes a two-part story that brings back Redjac from Wolf in the Fold. The Wolf, issue 22 in DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series, was on shelves for January of 1986. It featured pencils by Tom Sutton and inks by Ricardo Villagran. Does the comic pull off a worthy successor to the classic…
Star Trek: #20 – Giri (1985)
For issue 20 of DC Comics ongoing Star Trek series, which was on stands until November 1985, Wenonah Woods pens a Sulu story that saw Tom Sutton on pencils and Ricardo Villagran on inks. This will be the third issue exploring supporting character stories, which is good, I just hope it’s a solid tale. Let’s…
Star Trek: Annual #1 The First Mission (1985)
Star Trek’s first annual from DC Comics was on shelves for October of 1985. Mike W. Barr delivers the story, perhaps explaining why he wasn’t around for the last few issues. And the art, which is intent on making the environments, uniforms, and characters look like their counterparts from the various eras, and done well,…
