Marvel Star Trek

[Saul]

If Early Voyages was cancelled suddenly there must have been some preliminary work already done for future issues. Would love to know what their idea was for the Klingon First contact.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

If Early Voyages was cancelled suddenly there must have been some preliminary work already done for future issues. Would love to know what their idea was for the Klingon First contact.

In the late 90s, John Ordover talked about the possibility of a novel that would conclude the final storyline, but nothing ever came of it.

 

[Saul]

I was interested in the smaller stories or one offs such as Pike's father, more from Admiral April rather than seeing an overall conclusion.

 

[Kor]

If Early Voyages was cancelled suddenly there must have been some preliminary work already done for future issues. Would love to know what their idea was for the Klingon First contact.

Yeah, it's hard to believe they didn't at least have a basic outline of how they wanted to conclude that storyline.

Kor

 

[Csalem]

Weren't they going to write a piece for the Early Voyages omnibus by IDW which would have described how the comic was going to conclude but that idea was dropped or there was not enough time to do it?

 

[Stevil2001]

Weren't they going to write a piece for the Early Voyages omnibus by IDW which would have described how the comic was going to conclude but that idea was dropped or there was not enough time to do it?

this would seem to imply IDW would put effort into its collected editions of pre-IDW material, which has never been their MO.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Yeah, it's hard to believe they didn't at least have a basic outline of how they wanted to conclude that storyline.

The writers knew, and wanted to have a single page added to synopsise the missing (but already-approved storyline's) ending, but what would be the last issue had already gone to approval before the axe fell, and there was no time to get any new material, even a synopsis, approved by Paula Block's team because the contract had ended. A synopsis of an approved story still needs approval.

I once corresponded with one of the writers, Ian Edginton, via email, and he had hopes to novelise the story for a MMPB or eBook, but obviously that never materialised. (I wrote to him when I heard that he had just been signed to write SCE #14, "Caveat Emptor", published March 2002.)

IDW also wanted to add an ending when they collected the Marvel/Paramount comics into a trade edition. Again, no luck.

 

[Saul]

So is there a synopsis (if not, an idea of one) floating around somewhere? In someone's box of papers?

 

[JonnyQuest037]

So is there a synopsis (if not, an idea of one) floating around somewhere? In someone's box of papers?

More likely on someone's hard drive or on a backup disc.

 

[Therin of Andor]

So is there a synopsis (if not, an idea of one) floating around somewhere? In someone's box of papers?

You'd have to ask Ian Edginton what he has. Certainly he seemed to have enough to contemplate doing the whole arc as a novel. Once upon a time.

 

[Kor]

this would seem to imply IDW would put effort into its collected editions of pre-IDW material, which has never been their MO.

Yeah, it basically just had a short paragraph saying something like "Too bad we didn't get to finish the story."

Kor

 

[E-DUB]

This seems the place to ask this question. Is anybody familiar with a story, set in the TOS era, in which Kirk and co face early not quite developed Borg. A reference to publisher, series, and issue # would be most appreciated.

 

[Christopher]

This seems the place to ask this question. Is anybody familiar with a story, set in the TOS era, in which Kirk and co face early not quite developed Borg. A reference to publisher, series, and issue # would be most appreciated.

I don't think Marvel did such a story, but there's one in TokyoPop's first ST manga, Shinsei Shinsei.

 

[E-DUB]

I don't think Marvel did such a story, but there's one in TokyoPop's first ST manga, Shinsei Shinsei.

Bingo. Thanks. I'll be getting your latest book soon, I promise!

 

[Therin of Andor]

Yeah, it basically just had a short paragraph saying something like "Too bad we didn't get to finish the story."

Which was Marvel/Paramount's short paragraph, not IDW's. IDW just reprinted it.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

This seems the place to ask this question. Is anybody familiar with a story, set in the TOS era, in which Kirk and co face early not quite developed Borg. A reference to publisher, series, and issue # would be most appreciated.

I don't think Marvel did such a story, but there's one in TokyoPop's first ST manga, Shinsei Shinsei.

This description could also fit issue #6 of John Byrne's New Visions, "Resistance." The company was IDW.

 

[JD]

Just as an FYI that one is actually done with manipulated photos from TOS and original CGI artwork, so if the one @E-DUB was looking is a regular hand drawn comics, then that's probably not it.

 

[E-DUB]

Actually I just heard about the story so either of those is possible.

 

[Christopher]

Bumping this because it turns out the birdwatching man involved in this trending story about the racist dogwalker is the same Chris Cooper who wrote the Starfleet Academy comic for Marvel, among others. Somehow only the comics/SF sites and Wikipedia have picked up on that fact.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Bumping this because it turns out the birdwatching man involved in this trending story about the racist dogwalker is the same Chris Cooper who wrote the Starfleet Academy comic for Marvel, among others. Somehow only the comics/SF sites and Wikipedia have picked up on that fact.

Yes, I was coming here to mention it. Facebook has had links to more detailed articles as the day has worn on. Specifically that Chris Cooper introduced Cadet Yoshi Mishima as Trek's first gay human in "Starfleet Academy".