The Mirror Universe saga concludes with Issue #15, “The Beginning Of The End.” At least, I think it does, because that title feels a little leading compared to the events that take place over the course of the book. (I’m blogging each and every issue of the DC Comics Star… read more »
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The Mirror Universe plot line sees an action injection with Issue #14, ‘Behind Enemy Lines!’ After the previous chapter’s exploration of the alternate universe’s societal structure and an introduction to the rebel forces working to up-end it, #14 comes across as a fast-moving and somewhat light piece of connective tissue… read more »
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When we last left Kirk & crew, they had just trans-warped themselves into the Mirror Universe to head off an invasion fleet seemingly destined to take over the primary timeline. Issue #13—Masquerade!—takes readers deeper into the dark side of Star Trek’s fascist stand-in society than the television show ever did,… read more »
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‘The Tantalus Trap’ picks up immediately following the cliffhanger from the previous issue (‘Mind Meld’). The Enterprise crew is trapped on the ‘Mirror’ Enterprise after Evil Kirk remotely activated the self-destruct sequence (which can’t be overridden). Stop me if you’ve heard any of this before—actually, don’t, because if you walked… read more »
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The third entry in the DC Comics Star Trek ‘Mirror Universe’ saga, ‘Mindmeld’ is surprisingly one of the better issues in the book’s early run. For the most part avoiding the tired Trek retreads so generously sprinkled through previous volumes (although not entirely, as we’ll see), ‘Mindmeld’ also manages to… read more »
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It’s finally here — the moment of reckoning where two timelines, movie and comic book, collide in a massive explosion of chronological chaos. DC Comics Star Trek #9 (New Frontiers Chapter 1: …Promises To Keep) is the first issue immediately following the theatrical run and comic adaptation of ‘Star Trek… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #8 (Saavik’s Story Chapter Two: Blood Fever) picks up immediately where the previous issue’s cliffhanger left off, which means Saavik is doing her best to destroy the Enterprise using a ship she stole from Vulcan that, surprisingly, seems to be more than a match for one… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #7 (Saavik’s Story Chapter One: Pon Far!) gives readers their first taste of in-series character building with a deep dive into Lt. Commander Saavik, the half-Romulan, half-Vulcan officer who was the protégé of Mr. Spock. This time, the series builds on, rather than borrows from, Star… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #6 (Who Is…ENIGMA?) is the second quasi-original tale in a row from a series that is maybe, finally, starting to find its own legs. Still, much of what shifts this issue’s plot away from being a mirror image of Star Trek stories we’ve seen before seems… read more »
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DC Comics Star Trek #5 (Mortal Gods) directly answers my criticisms about the previous issue by giving us a story that, if not wholly original, is at the very least non-derivative of an episode from The Original Series. That being said it does pose a number of chronology problems that… read more »
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