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COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS 5-page preview

Saul said:
Nobody will care what an augment is. They will care what JJ and Co call it, I don't think JJ and co will take pointers from 'Enterprise'. I think it's more likely to take something from Space Seed and TWOK.
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I don't.

Isn't 'eugenics' a bit of an outdated concept?
 
The whole reason they renamed them "Augments" was probably to prevent DC comics getting grumpy over use of "Supermen."

They used Archer and beagle from ENT. Their word for genetically-enhanced humans is as good as any, and it has the virtue of being unique to Trek, AFAIK.
 
King Daniel said:
Their word for genetically-enhanced humans is as good as any, and it has the virtue of being unique to Trek, AFAIK.
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There was a time, back in the '90s, I think, when I considered the possibility of "Augmen" (as in "augmented" plus "-men") as a name for a group of genetically enhanced superhumans in an SF or comic-book context. I gave up on it because I realized it was a pretty ugly and awkward word. (And what would the singular have been? An Augman? And what about Augwomen? It wasn't a very good wordplay because it only worked in one possible form of the word.) But "Augments" actually works pretty well, and I like it partly because of its similarity to (and improvement on) one of my ideas.
 
Another thing that came to mind in going over the issue was: if "April's Enterprise" was decommissioned 2 years before and April has been presumed dead for 20 years, could Pike have been Captain of that Enterprise as well?

In thinking about it, Pike, Spock and crew could have gone to Rigel and Talos IV already in this universe as well!
 
KirkusOveractus said:
Another thing that came to mind in going over the issue was: if "April's Enterprise" was decommissioned 2 years before and April has been presumed dead for 20 years, could Pike have been Captain of that Enterprise as well?
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It could have been all Marcus.
Or first Marcus and then Pike for a few years.
 
Issue #3 out today! Some interesting reveals:

  • Mudd is the daughter of a "disreputable businessman" -- Harcourt Fenton Mudd, no doubt (though he is not named, April clearly knows him and understands his love of money)
  • April is in a proxy war with the Klingons, who are supplying the opposite side with weapons (rehashing "A Private Little War" plot)
  • April takes over Kirk's Enterprise using a sleeper program he inserted in the old Enterprise
  • Last frame has April saying "It's good to be back in the chair!", looking suspiciously like Harrison does in the scene where he's sitting "in the chair"
So, we'll likely see the old Enterprise in the movie. And clearly April is involved, and has it in for the Klingons... just as does Harrison.
 
WarpFactorZ said:
Issue #3 out today! Some interesting reveals:

  • Mudd is the daughter of a "disreputable businessman" -- Harcourt Fenton Mudd, no doubt (though he is not named, April clearly knows him and understands his love of money)
  • April is in a proxy war with the Klingons, who are supplying the opposite side with weapons (rehashing "A Private Little War" plot)
  • April takes over Kirk's Enterprise using a sleeper program he inserted in the old Enterprise
  • Last frame has April saying "It's good to be back in the chair!", looking suspiciously like Harrison does in the scene where he's sitting "in the chair"
So, we'll likely see the old Enterprise in the movie. And clearly April is involved, and has it in for the Klingons... just as does Harrison.
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So all this happens in the 5 page preview? I thought issue #3 was not suppose to be in stores until next week or the week after.

Can you please post the link.
 
Marten said:
If it is to be published every four weeks, it should be released next week.
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Part 2 was published February 13th, so Part 3 should have been out yesterday. And I'm sure I read something about a March 13th release date earlier.
 
It's not available via the Star Trek Comics app. The only thing showing available under the 3/13 date is Volume 2 of the Dr. Who/TNG crossover.
 
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