I'm sure Scotty met a happy medium on Argelius II sometime...
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I'm sure Scotty met a happy medium on Argelius II sometime...
The opposite. The comics are a licensed tie-in, and have to follow the onscreen example.
But they do have the luxury of spending some time developing the supporting characters in the comics. At least, I hope they will. At present, of the third tier characters only Keenser and Cupcake have had any development; other characters have done little more than deliver a line or two. But there are encouraging signs that Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, Carol, and Scotty will be developed a bit. I don't expect to see Kirk and Carol get together in the comic unless officially sanctioned for the next movie though.
Since we haven't seen this type of Klingon before, this is variety. The story is attempting to ride the publicity trail of STiD. Why wouldn't they use the designs from that movie for this particular storyline?
The nature of a "media tie-in".
In all of Trek, like-marked Klingons do seem to congregate. Kor's people all had his skin tones in TOS. All the Klingons in TMP had the spinal column crest look. In ST V, they all had fine, twisty crests. In TNG they were often played by African American actors. And so on.
Actually the ones in "Friday's Child" and "The Trouble With Tribbles" did not. Fred Phillips apparently forgot how he'd done the makeup in "Errand of Mercy" (though he later remembered).
Differences in alien design are differences in artistic interpretation. No surprise that tie-ins to a specific part of the franchise would use its version of the designs.
Reminds me of DC comics' post-STII comics, which brought back Kor but with the TMP Klingon head and costume.
I should point out that we saw somewhat different Abramsverse Klingons (TOS uniforms and wrinkly ridges) in the Nero mini series.
Koloth first in issues 1-2, then Kor in 3-4, with both of their appearances changed. And they killed off Koloth, apparently, though he later came back without explanation, and in his original appearance.
You know, I wasn't 100% sure if it was Kor or Koloth. Now I know why!
I wasn't able to finish my post. As usual, when this topic comes up, I was supposed to add Koloth's people all had his skin tones, and Kang's people all had his skin tones.
But I was running late for me train.
According to Fred Phillips' Kor's makeup had green greasepaint in the mix, and Kang's had a reddish/brown tone.
for the ones that wanted more female characters it seems your wish was granted since the ongoing comic of January 2014 will feature female.. Kirk and Spock 
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-idws-star-trek-comic-books-for-january
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-idws-star-trek-comic-books-for-january
Star Trek #29 is also written by Mike Johnson and overseen by Roberto Orci (with art by Yasmin Liang and a cover by Cat Staggs). In it, the Enterprise's all-new five-year mission continues as Captain Jane Tiberia Kirk and her crew encounter a never-before-seen enemy in deep space. Jane Kirk? IDW promises that all will be explained in this upcoming two-part story that kicks off with Star Trek #29 (which will run 32 pages and cost $3.99).
Either this is an expansion on their "every parallel timeline exists" theory from their Mirror Universe storyline, or they're adapting Marshak & Culbreath's "The Procrustean Petard." 
Or maybe it's based on that Carol Burnett sketch...
And shouldn't the female equivalent of "Tiberius" be "Vipsania" or "Julia?"
Or maybe it's based on that Carol Burnett sketch...And shouldn't the female equivalent of "Tiberius" be "Vipsania" or "Julia?"
or they're adapting Marshak & Culbreath's "The Procrustean Petard."
My first thought seeing that was : Please don't let them begin to adapt Marshak & Culbreath stories.
But then again, wasn't there some shit in TPP that Vulcans weren't reversed but made ultra-strong?
it could definitely be an adaptation of that
at first look the cover with the two enterprise seem to suggest that the female versions are from another reality but that light in the middle could also mean that the characters from this reality are temporarily genderswapped
at first look the cover with the two enterprise seem to suggest that the female versions are from another reality but that light in the middle could also mean that the characters from this reality are temporarily genderswapped
I don't know about "Vulcans" in general, but Spock was given a second Y chromosome and became extra-masculine and aggressive as a result.
Jane Kirk seems to be drawn to resemble Jolene Blalock...
So they're taking a break from adapting TOS episodes and are now taking on Red Dwarf episodes?
for the ones that wanted more female characters it seems your wish was granted since the ongoing comic of January 2014 will feature female.. Kirk and Spock
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-idws-star-trek-comic-books-for-january
Star Trek #29 is also written by Mike Johnson and overseen by Roberto Orci (with art by Yasmin Liang and a cover by Cat Staggs). In it, the Enterprise's all-new five-year mission continues as Captain Jane Tiberia Kirk and her crew encounter a never-before-seen enemy in deep space. Jane Kirk? IDW promises that all will be explained in this upcoming two-part story that kicks off with Star Trek #29 (which will run 32 pages and cost $3.99).
Does this mean Uhura and Carol will be men?
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