Comics worth reading?
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I like some of it, but they sure did Gary 7 dirty...
Lol, talk about twisting words into something nonsensical. I'm not disputing the existence of anti-trust laws.
Hello, I've been collecting the Starfleet Academy comic series recently, because I've heard great things about it for years. The bundle I was able to get a hold of included the Klingon language version of one of the later issues, which is hilarious yet also exactly the version I didn't want, so I've ordered the English language version separately (for ease of reading!).
One thing I've come across is how the crossover story, The Telepathy War links into the Starfleet Academy (SFA) series. The DS9 issues and one of the Unlimited volumes strongly suggests that the SFA characters' story continues (resolves?) outside of the main series. And then I'm wondering if the Voyager issue that crosses over with it is tightly or distantly tied in?
Does The Telepathy War crossover storyline resolve storylines of the Academy series? Should the Voyager issue be included?
One thing I've come across is how the crossover story, The Telepathy War links into the Starfleet Academy (SFA) series. The DS9 issues and one of the Unlimited volumes strongly suggests that the SFA characters' story continues (resolves?) outside of the main series. And then I'm wondering if the Voyager issue that crosses over with it is tightly or distantly tied in?
Does The Telepathy War crossover storyline resolve storylines of the Academy series? Should the Voyager issue be included?
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The crossover was only issue 12 of SFA's 19-issue run, so no, it didn't resolve the series.
The Voyager issue of Telepathy War has only a tenuous, token connection to the rest, as Kes briefly senses the events going on in the other issues.
But the events of Telepathy War as a whole are a huge part of the ongoing Starfleet Academy storyline. You couldn’t just skip issue 12 completely, for example.
Pardon the misunderstanding, I worded my post imprecisely. I got the impression issue 12 of SFA kicks off the crossover, with the SFA characters in very serious legal jeopardy. One of the DS9 issues teases with a tagline of "Is this the end of...?" [of the SFA characters, Omega Squad]. And at least one of the Unlimited issues looks like it also has images of the SFA characters, kind of looks like in vein of Wanted posters. I meant to ask do those Telepathy War issues resolve the SFA character's legal peril? I wondered if SFA issue 13 picks up with the character's adventures having been resolved "off screen" in the Telepathy War crossover story, and is not resolved in the main SFA series. Thank you for the feedback about the Voyager episode, still not sure if I want to include it if it isn't needed for the SFA aspect of the Telepathy War.
The Telepathy War story arc encompasses Starfleet Academy #12, DS9 #12-13, and Unlimited #6 in that order (plus the passing mention in Voyager #13), and is resolved in the Star Trek: Telepathy War one-shot special. Academy #13 does indeed begin a new storyline.
Great! Thank you for your help, @Christopher and @ryan123450, much appreciated. I look forward to reading through SFA (and the branching storyline)!
I highly recommend the Mike W. Barr run of DC's first Star Trek series, #1-16, particularly "New Frontiers"/"The Mirror Universe Saga" that encompass issues #9-16. An eight-part storyline was pretty exceptional for the time, and Barr did a great job with it.
The first three Annuals are also all great. The first covers Kirk's first mission on the Enterprise, the second has the last mission of the 5YM of the TV era, and the third tells the story of the love of Scotty's life (not the Enterprise).
Isolated issues from the run that are fun are an issue guest-written by Walter Koenig & illustrated by the great Dan Spiegle focusing on Chekov (#19), the issues Diane Duane wrote (#24-25, 28), and issue #33, a 1986 story celebrating 20 years of Star Trek written by Len Wein, where the TV era crew met the movie era crew.
Peter David came in at the tail end of the first series and wrote a nice storyline that spanned from issues #48-55. He also wrote the first 15 issues of the revived series, as well as #19, but those weren't as good IMO, as David indulged in his tendency to get cutesy (again, just my opinion). And Marty Pasko did a great job in the last issue #56, with spectacular art by Gray Morrow.
The 1992 graphic novel Debt of Honor is worth picking up just for the spectacular art by Adam Hughes, in a story that spans every era of Kirk's crew, from back when Kirk was a Lieutenant to the late movie era. The story by Chris Claremont is very fanfic-y, but it's a fun fanfic-y.
There was a pair of miniseries from DC that tied together TOS and TNG called The Modala Imperative that was fun. The TOS story had Chekov as a new addition to Kirk's crew and the TNG story had the 24th Century era McCoy and Spock teaming up with Picard's crew (This was before Spock had been featured on TNG, BTW). That was written by Michael Jan Friedman (TOS era), Peter David (TNG era), and the entire thing was illustrated by Pablo Marcos. Great covers by Adam Hughes, too.
At Marvels' second run in the 1990s, I liked the Untold Voyages miniseries by Glenn Greenberg and Mike Collins, which fills in the era between TMP and TWOK, and the Star Trek: Early Voyages series by Ian Edginton, Dan Abnett, and Patrick Zircher. That series told the adventures of Pike's crew in the pre and post "Cage" era. Personally, I'd just recommend reading #1-15, as the last two issues start a never-resolved storyline that ends on a cliffhanger due to the abrupt cancelation of Marvel's Trek comics, and have substandard art, to boot.
At IDW, I second the recommendations for John Byrne's Star Trek comics, particularly his stories of the Romulan/Klingon alliance (collected in the trade paperback under the title Pawns of War), the five issue mini Crew (featuring Number One), the four issue Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor mini, and his Star Trek: New Visions series. Those are collected in a series of eight trade paperbacks. I particularly liked his initial special "Strange New Worlds" (no connection with the TV series of the same name), #1: "The Mirror, Cracked," and #10: "Mister Chekov," which tells how Mr. Chekov first came to Captain Kirk's attention. There was also a fun miniseries called Blood Will Tell that told the stories of TOS' Klingon episodes from the Klingons' point of view.
There are other Trek comics worth reading, but those are the big highlights for me.
The first three Annuals are also all great. The first covers Kirk's first mission on the Enterprise, the second has the last mission of the 5YM of the TV era, and the third tells the story of the love of Scotty's life (not the Enterprise).
Isolated issues from the run that are fun are an issue guest-written by Walter Koenig & illustrated by the great Dan Spiegle focusing on Chekov (#19), the issues Diane Duane wrote (#24-25, 28), and issue #33, a 1986 story celebrating 20 years of Star Trek written by Len Wein, where the TV era crew met the movie era crew.
Peter David came in at the tail end of the first series and wrote a nice storyline that spanned from issues #48-55. He also wrote the first 15 issues of the revived series, as well as #19, but those weren't as good IMO, as David indulged in his tendency to get cutesy (again, just my opinion). And Marty Pasko did a great job in the last issue #56, with spectacular art by Gray Morrow.
The 1992 graphic novel Debt of Honor is worth picking up just for the spectacular art by Adam Hughes, in a story that spans every era of Kirk's crew, from back when Kirk was a Lieutenant to the late movie era. The story by Chris Claremont is very fanfic-y, but it's a fun fanfic-y.
There was a pair of miniseries from DC that tied together TOS and TNG called The Modala Imperative that was fun. The TOS story had Chekov as a new addition to Kirk's crew and the TNG story had the 24th Century era McCoy and Spock teaming up with Picard's crew (This was before Spock had been featured on TNG, BTW). That was written by Michael Jan Friedman (TOS era), Peter David (TNG era), and the entire thing was illustrated by Pablo Marcos. Great covers by Adam Hughes, too.
At Marvels' second run in the 1990s, I liked the Untold Voyages miniseries by Glenn Greenberg and Mike Collins, which fills in the era between TMP and TWOK, and the Star Trek: Early Voyages series by Ian Edginton, Dan Abnett, and Patrick Zircher. That series told the adventures of Pike's crew in the pre and post "Cage" era. Personally, I'd just recommend reading #1-15, as the last two issues start a never-resolved storyline that ends on a cliffhanger due to the abrupt cancelation of Marvel's Trek comics, and have substandard art, to boot.
At IDW, I second the recommendations for John Byrne's Star Trek comics, particularly his stories of the Romulan/Klingon alliance (collected in the trade paperback under the title Pawns of War), the five issue mini Crew (featuring Number One), the four issue Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor mini, and his Star Trek: New Visions series. Those are collected in a series of eight trade paperbacks. I particularly liked his initial special "Strange New Worlds" (no connection with the TV series of the same name), #1: "The Mirror, Cracked," and #10: "Mister Chekov," which tells how Mr. Chekov first came to Captain Kirk's attention. There was also a fun miniseries called Blood Will Tell that told the stories of TOS' Klingon episodes from the Klingons' point of view.
There are other Trek comics worth reading, but those are the big highlights for me.
A few months ago I read the new DS9 miniseries from IDW, The Dog of War, which was absolutely fantastic. I'd especially highly recommend it if you're a dog person.
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My favorites after reading all the comics on the DVD:
Goldkey 32, 43, 56, EL4
Marvel TMP, 7, 18
DC 84 monthly (1-)4, 24-25, 28, 34-36, SFS, TVH, annual 1,2, who's who 1,2
DC 89 monthly 10-12, 41, 45, 49, 50, 53-57, 61-63, 73-75, TFF, TUC, annual 2, 6, special 3, DOH, AOE
DC TNG MI, monthly 3-4, 10-12, 16-24, 30-31, 45, 47-50, 55-58, 77-78, annual 3, 5, 6, special 1, AGT, GEN
Malibu DS9 monthly 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, 22, 26-31, TN, B&H, ROD
Marvel unlimited 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, UV 1, 2, 4, 5, DS9 8-11, 14, 15, VOY 9,10, VOY SD 1-4, EV 3, 4, 9-15, SFA 9-11, 14-17, FC, OA, MM, Riker
Wildstorm TNG ETW, TGC, VOY FC, EF, AR, New Frontier, Special
Goldkey 32, 43, 56, EL4
Marvel TMP, 7, 18
DC 84 monthly (1-)4, 24-25, 28, 34-36, SFS, TVH, annual 1,2, who's who 1,2
DC 89 monthly 10-12, 41, 45, 49, 50, 53-57, 61-63, 73-75, TFF, TUC, annual 2, 6, special 3, DOH, AOE
DC TNG MI, monthly 3-4, 10-12, 16-24, 30-31, 45, 47-50, 55-58, 77-78, annual 3, 5, 6, special 1, AGT, GEN
Malibu DS9 monthly 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, 22, 26-31, TN, B&H, ROD
Marvel unlimited 1, 3, 7, 8, 10, UV 1, 2, 4, 5, DS9 8-11, 14, 15, VOY 9,10, VOY SD 1-4, EV 3, 4, 9-15, SFA 9-11, 14-17, FC, OA, MM, Riker
Wildstorm TNG ETW, TGC, VOY FC, EF, AR, New Frontier, Special
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