I picked it up yesterday. I really liked Matthew Dow Smith's story "Histories," which is unconventional. It deals with legends, history, and the gap between the two.
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I hope there are plans afoot to reveal more about that Andorian incident!
I just saw on the Trek Collective that there is going to be another one off Waypoint special in March. I wonder if this means these will be either an annual thing, or just every few months?
Scott Bakula and Enterprise Comics
Apparently Scott Bakula is a nightmare to deal with when it comes to his likeness approval.
Apparently Scott Bakula is a nightmare to deal with when it comes to his likeness approval.
I read the first couple issues over the last week or so, I already posted my thoughts on the first one over the What Are You Reading thread, so I'll just skip to #2.
I've never actually read any of the Gold Key comics, but I am familiar enough with their reputation that I was able to get a kick out of the first story. They didn't go for some of the really crazy stuff that I've heard about in the first few issues, like white Uhura, or blond Sulu, but I guess some of that was probably just a little to far away from the canon for @Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore to be able to get away with today. The story was still pretty fun, and I thought they did a good job of giving it a retro feel, and the art was nicely retro too.
The second story was good t, I honestly never realized before that the story's main character, Yoeman Leslie Thompson, was the only female redshirt to die in TOS. I liked the way the writer, Sam Maggs, worked her into the off screen events of a whole bunch of other episodes. It also had a pretty good message about what you do vs what history remembers you for.
I really liked the art, bu there was one thing that bugged me. The last page had what appeared to be Janeway in one of the Kelvinverse movie cadet uniforms, when she probably should have been in one of the TNG cadet uniforms. We've never seen those uniforms in the Prime Universe, but even if we had I find it hard to believe they wouldn't have changed cadet uniforms in the 100+ years that would have passed between when the Kelvinverse movies happened and when Janeway would have been at the Academy, especially when the regular duty uniforms changed 3 times in that period. I also find it very doubtful that Janeway was at the Academy in the 2250s, when Voyager takes place in the 2370s. It's a fairly minor thing that only appears in one splash page, but it still bugged me.
I've never actually read any of the Gold Key comics, but I am familiar enough with their reputation that I was able to get a kick out of the first story. They didn't go for some of the really crazy stuff that I've heard about in the first few issues, like white Uhura, or blond Sulu, but I guess some of that was probably just a little to far away from the canon for @Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore to be able to get away with today. The story was still pretty fun, and I thought they did a good job of giving it a retro feel, and the art was nicely retro too.
The second story was good t, I honestly never realized before that the story's main character, Yoeman Leslie Thompson, was the only female redshirt to die in TOS. I liked the way the writer, Sam Maggs, worked her into the off screen events of a whole bunch of other episodes. It also had a pretty good message about what you do vs what history remembers you for.
I really liked the art, bu there was one thing that bugged me. The last page had what appeared to be Janeway in one of the Kelvinverse movie cadet uniforms, when she probably should have been in one of the TNG cadet uniforms. We've never seen those uniforms in the Prime Universe, but even if we had I find it hard to believe they wouldn't have changed cadet uniforms in the 100+ years that would have passed between when the Kelvinverse movies happened and when Janeway would have been at the Academy, especially when the regular duty uniforms changed 3 times in that period. I also find it very doubtful that Janeway was at the Academy in the 2250s, when Voyager takes place in the 2370s. It's a fairly minor thing that only appears in one splash page, but it still bugged me.
That wasn't Gold Key, that was the first of the Power Records comics, where they had to alter Sulu and Uhura's appearances (actually Sulu was made black) for some sort of likeness-rights reason. And Neal Adams clearly drew them correctly but they were altered in the inking/coloring stage.
Yeah, you can tell it's Takei's face, but with an Afro.
The first (or more?) issue of Gold Key did make Scotty blond (retconned as a dye job in Indistinguishable from Magic), and colored Rand's beehive hairdo as a red hat.
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And if you ignore the colors, the blonde Uhura is clearly drawn as Nichelle Nichols. I've always wanted to see that art recolored correctly. Someone skilled with a paint program could probably do that pretty easily.
Read #3 yesterday, and I really enjoyed it.
The first story, The Wildman Maneuver, written by Mairghread Scott, with art by Corin Howell, and colors by Jason Lewis, was an absolute blast. The whole idea of it being a comic made by Naomi Wildman was pretty fun, and "her comic" was an absolute blast to read. It really felt like something Naomi would have made.
The other story, Mother's Walk, written by Cecil Castelluci, with art by Megan Levens, and colors by Sarah Stern, was also really good. I've always liked Kira and the Bajorans, so I really liked that they were the focus. The whole story behind the Mother's Walk was good, and so was the stuff with Kira. I liked the art too, it was stylized, but not so much that the characters weren't recognizable.
The first story, The Wildman Maneuver, written by Mairghread Scott, with art by Corin Howell, and colors by Jason Lewis, was an absolute blast. The whole idea of it being a comic made by Naomi Wildman was pretty fun, and "her comic" was an absolute blast to read. It really felt like something Naomi would have made.
The other story, Mother's Walk, written by Cecil Castelluci, with art by Megan Levens, and colors by Sarah Stern, was also really good. I've always liked Kira and the Bajorans, so I really liked that they were the focus. The whole story behind the Mother's Walk was good, and so was the stuff with Kira. I liked the art too, it was stylized, but not so much that the characters weren't recognizable.
I had the same "is that Janeway?" though process you did, and at the time ended up concluding it was supposed to be a sort of Everywoman Female Cadet, to represent the many women who had been inspired by Thompson's sacrifice over the years.
But I actually just went and rechecked my copy, which shows the date of that tag scene as 2353, not 2253. So that would track with the Voyager timeline, I guess it is Janeway after all!
As for the uniforms, god only knows what's been behind all the weird Starfleet wardrobe decisions over the years. But I look forward to eventually finding out, when CBSAA launches Star Trek: Fashion Division (that one will be a sexy soap opera)...
Glad to know I'm not the only one who was confused by Janeway at the end of the Yeoman Thompson story.
I read #4 yesterday, and I enjoyed it overall, but I have kind of mixed feelings about the first story.
The first story is The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty, written by Vivek J. Tiwary, with art by Hugo Petrus, colors by Fran Gamboa, and letters by Andworld Design. I have kind of mixed feelings on this one, it was a pretty good story overall, but as the first ever Enterprise comic it was disappointing. I'm a dog person, so I got a big kick out of the fact that Porthos was more or less the hero here, but as I really would have liked a story that actually focused on the whole Enterprise crew, rather than this. With that aside, it was a nice story, with good writing and art, and the Temporal Cold War aspect was a nice connection to the series. I also did catch either a mistake or typo, it starts off with an entry in young Archer's journal, and it is dated December 2020 when it should probably be 2120.
The second story is Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, written by Scott Bryan Wilson, with art by Casper Wijngaard, and letters Andworld Design. I did like this one better than the Ent. story, the whole thing with the mirror duplicating everyone was interesting, and I thought the solution at the end was pretty good. It really did feel to me like the kind of story we could have seen on the series. It was well written, with nice art.
I read #4 yesterday, and I enjoyed it overall, but I have kind of mixed feelings about the first story.
The first story is The Fragile Beauty of Loyalty, written by Vivek J. Tiwary, with art by Hugo Petrus, colors by Fran Gamboa, and letters by Andworld Design. I have kind of mixed feelings on this one, it was a pretty good story overall, but as the first ever Enterprise comic it was disappointing. I'm a dog person, so I got a big kick out of the fact that Porthos was more or less the hero here, but as I really would have liked a story that actually focused on the whole Enterprise crew, rather than this. With that aside, it was a nice story, with good writing and art, and the Temporal Cold War aspect was a nice connection to the series. I also did catch either a mistake or typo, it starts off with an entry in young Archer's journal, and it is dated December 2020 when it should probably be 2120.
The second story is Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, Mirror, written by Scott Bryan Wilson, with art by Casper Wijngaard, and letters Andworld Design. I did like this one better than the Ent. story, the whole thing with the mirror duplicating everyone was interesting, and I thought the solution at the end was pretty good. It really did feel to me like the kind of story we could have seen on the series. It was well written, with nice art.
The dog was the only good character, though.
I read #5 over yesterday and Friday.
The first story was Frontier Medicine written by Cavan Scott, with art by Jason Lewis and letters by Andworld Design. Bashir, O'Brien, and Odo are three of my favorite DS9 characters, so I was happy the story focused so much on them. The twist with the alien woman was pretty cool, and the way it connected to the other aliens showing up was a unexpected.
The second story Come Away, Child with writing and art by Simon Roy, was pretty interesting. I was a little surprised it actually focused on an original character rather than one from the shows, the stories before this had all focused on characters who made at least one appearance on the TV series. The aliens in the story were interesting, and I was surprised by the fate of the scientist who had been observing them.
The first story was Frontier Medicine written by Cavan Scott, with art by Jason Lewis and letters by Andworld Design. Bashir, O'Brien, and Odo are three of my favorite DS9 characters, so I was happy the story focused so much on them. The twist with the alien woman was pretty cool, and the way it connected to the other aliens showing up was a unexpected.
The second story Come Away, Child with writing and art by Simon Roy, was pretty interesting. I was a little surprised it actually focused on an original character rather than one from the shows, the stories before this had all focused on characters who made at least one appearance on the TV series. The aliens in the story were interesting, and I was surprised by the fate of the scientist who had been observing them.
Read #6 on Sunday.
The two stories in this one are The Rebound Effect, written by Corinna Bechko, with art by Christopher Herndon, and letters by Andworld Design, and The Fear, written by and art by Gabriel Hardman, colors by Dee Cunniffe, and letters by Andworld Design.
The story for Rebound Effect was really good, but I didn't really care for the art at first. It did grow and me and by the end I actually did like it. I liked that it focused on Christine Chapel, and the stuff with the virus was pretty good.
I definitely preferred The Fear, I especially liked the art a lot better. It was a little stylized, but not the the extreme that The Rebound Effect's was. The story was really good, and the twist that the alien who escaped the Romulans was actually friendly felt very Trek. The whole thing with it being a Phase 2 story added an extra uniqueness to it, and now I kind of wish we could get more Phase 2 stories.
The two stories in this one are The Rebound Effect, written by Corinna Bechko, with art by Christopher Herndon, and letters by Andworld Design, and The Fear, written by and art by Gabriel Hardman, colors by Dee Cunniffe, and letters by Andworld Design.
The story for Rebound Effect was really good, but I didn't really care for the art at first. It did grow and me and by the end I actually did like it. I liked that it focused on Christine Chapel, and the stuff with the virus was pretty good.
I definitely preferred The Fear, I especially liked the art a lot better. It was a little stylized, but not the the extreme that The Rebound Effect's was. The story was really good, and the twist that the alien who escaped the Romulans was actually friendly felt very Trek. The whole thing with it being a Phase 2 story added an extra uniqueness to it, and now I kind of wish we could get more Phase 2 stories.
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