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INDEX
SECTION:
DC Original Series Comics, volume 2.
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The
Return.
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DC Original Series comic
volume 2 #1. Cover date October 1989.
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Creators:
Written by x. Drawn by x. Lettered by x, colored by x. Edited by x. Cover
art by x.
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Galactopedia
Entries:
Argus; Casmus III; Fouton; Kamarag; Kroitz; M'Yra; Nasgul; Salla; Tuchinsky,
Sara.
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Date
& Chronology Information:
Stardate x, 2287. The stardate is specified in the Captain's log, the
year is based on the fact that the story takes place after the fifth Star
Trek movie.
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Synopsis:
x.
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Captain's
Review:
x deltas out of five.
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Captain's
Comments & Nitpicks:
This comic marks the return of Star Trek to the comic books racks after
a year long hiatus brought on by licensing concerns, and is the beginning
of an extensive storyline attempting to challenge Kirk for his actions
in this issue and also the previous three films. Peter David is, in my
opinion, the best Star Trek writer in the comic book format. However this
issue suffers from concerns greater than this. It appears to have originally
been written as a continuation of storylines from the previous series that
was interrupted by Paramount. Comment: x. Nitpick:
x.
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Recommended
Reading/Viewing:
The
following stories are related to, or are essential to this story: x.
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Debt
of Honor.
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DC Original Series graphic
novel. Published in 1992.
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Entries:
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Synopsis:
In the beginning of Kirk's career he encountered a strange and terrifying
species of monsters from another dimension. He has faced them twice again,
once as they fought Ronulans and once Klingons. Now, as he mourns the loss
of the original Enterprise,
Kirk and his crew team up with their oldest enemies to face the monsters
one last time.
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Captain's
Review : This is one of the best pieces of Star Trek that exists in
comicdom. The art of Adam Hughes captures perfectly the feel of the different
eras of Star Trek, as if you were watching lost episodes and films. His
technology is also stronger than many other Trek artists, capturing the
details of existing starships and props rather than inferring his own.
The story by Claremont suffers from its scope, however. Claremont could
easily have dragged this out over several books, but choosing to fit a
thirty year saga in 96 pages leaves you wondering where all the details
went. I've read Claremont before and i realize he is prone to wordiness,
but if you try to imagine some of the dialogue from this book it would
really not be sayable in the time alotted. Each panel with five word balloons
could have been four or five panels to pace all of the many many sentences!
The number of supporting characters is cumbersome. While I reveled in each
TOS cameo, the pages devoted to the dockmaster and various junior officers
on the Enterprise-A
could have been redistributed to help explain the story and help us understand
what Kirk was doing. I had to read this several times before i pieced together
the significance of the dreadnought gun and the watchtower to the overall
story. Only then did i begin to understand what Kirk was feeling, what
he thought he would accomplish by facing the monsters the final time. Some
exposition about the plot and main character motivation would have fit
better than all the little bits of stories that didnt get told. Or maybe
telling those stories also, over the course of several books
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Captain's
Comments & Nitpicks: Comment:
The
cameos by many original series and movie characters make sense in the scheme
of Kirk assembling a team to fight the creatures, however few of the characters
are featured in more than one panel. Besides the roll call, many of the
guest stars are referred to only in dialogue. Nitpick: K.T.
Riley says he is a captain with a command of his own, but a wealth of the
'Lost Years' novels depict him becoming an administrative commander, and
then joining the diplomatic corps as of "Probe." These sources far outweigh
one piece of sideways dialogue here and fit his character better.
Nitpick:
Stiles, the Romulan-hater from "Balance of Terror" is seen, but his name
is misspelled Styles (who was the officious captain of the Excelsior
in "The Search for Spock." Nitpick: Kor appears as he did
in the Original Series, and even makes reference to a change in power in
the Klingon Empire which banishes all of the 'old' Klingon race and allows
the Imperial Klingons (with the foreheads we know today) to come to power.
This would be a reliable explanation had Kor not appeared on Deep Space
Nine as an Imperial Klingon, forehead and all shortly after. Perhaps Kor's
explanation is cover for something more extreme that will cause him to
become bumpy-headed later (or revert to his original bumpy headed state?
Perhaps it is best we don't discuss it!). Nitpick: The tale
of the Farragut's destruction, being scuttled to destroy the invading
beasts, differs greatly from that shown in Shatner's "Ashes of Eden," where
the ship is actually destroyed by the Tycho cloud(!) and the survivors
marooned on that planet, but this one has less internal inconsistencies.
Shatner's depiction is established to be a holoprogram, so it may not reflect
the true events very well. Nitpick: Jaime Finney is depicted
as a very young cadet officer, probably 21 or 22 years old (in 2286) but
considering her age in "Court-Martial" (2266) she might be closer to thirty
as she was about 10-12 back then. Comment: T'Kir, the daughter
of T'Cel, is a young officer probably between the ages of 20 and 35 in
2286 (reckoning Vulcanoid aging). She was probably concieved in the 2250s
or 2260s, and one might notice that Kirk and T'Cel met each other twice
in that time period, spending some time together on Watchtower 13 and again
a decade later aboard T'Cel's Phoenix. A case for paternity? Comment:
Jim Kirk injures his knee fighting the goonies, and is (walking with a
cane) seen parting ways with Dr. McCoy before meeting with Nogura. The
novel "Crisis on Centaurus" established Kirk first injured his knee in
an earlier battle aboard Farragut, and that is the first time he
met McCoy, who was specializing in joint regeneration. Kirk reinjured his
knee a third time at the Battle of Ghioghe while commanding the Lydia
Sutherland, and again is treated by McCoy, whom he asks to become his
CMO in "Enterprise: The First Adventure." A really nice continuity
thread.. Comment: Another nice touch, Kirk and Gillian share
a bottle of Chateau Picard after the birth of George and Gracie's humpbacks.
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