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A review by marthmuffins
Star Trek Other Realities by K.W. Jeter
3.0
Star Trek: Other Realities - 3/5
A collection of 3 Star Trek stories focusing on different eras of the Trekverse, ranging from The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, and the book original series New Frontier.
All Of Me, written by Tony Isabella and Bob Ingersoll, art by Aaron Lopresti.
A decent comic with a very TOS premise. You've got a mix of mad scientists, a cosmic entity, fist fights, and cowboy diplomacy which all comes together in a fun, if a little forgettable, TOS adventure that I think really captures that show in comic form. The art is also decent, with the crew and the scenery all looking pretty good, and the artist does put in a fair amount of cheesecake art, most of which centres on the female characters but Kirk does get some scenes too, so if that's your thing then all the better. Overall, a fun, if not the most engaging, story.
N-Vector, written by K.W. Jeter and art by Toby Cypress
Whilst this is both the longest and the weakest part of the comic I still found this to be an enjoyable read. Set just after the end of the show, it's fun to see Kira in the very early days of her command of the station (I believe it is very loosely tied into the early DS9 Relaunch books from this era) and I do think it's an interesting enough one-off story to focus on for the DS9 crew, even if it's not the most earth-shattering story ever written. It does get a bit muddled in the latter two issues, resolving fairly unsatisfactorily in the end, but I did still enjoy my time reading it. A lot of people don't seem to like the art and whilst the characters don't really look like the cast and sometimes the backgrounds can leave a bit to be desired I thought the general style was quite good and that it did a decent enough job illustrating the story. Overall, a bit weak but still a decent enough read if you decide to seek it out.
Double Time, written by Peter David and art by Michael Collins
The best story of the collection, this comic story captures the whole feel of the New Frontier book series, which makes sense given Peter David was the lead creative force behind everything in this line of stories. This is the one which is the most engaging on a plot, character, and thematic level, vaguely dealing with the ideas of historical interference and it's merits and drawbacks. It also continues the character conflicts that were going on in the books around this time (which were admittedly already growing a bit stale by now) and neatly solves the issue of why the Excalibur and crew weren't involved heavily with the Dominion War. The art is probably at it's best here too, and it's nice to see all the characters visually realised outside of the book covers. Overall a very satisfying comic for New Frontier fans that manages to feel like a key part of the story rather than some last minute addition.
A collection of 3 Star Trek stories focusing on different eras of the Trekverse, ranging from The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, and the book original series New Frontier.
All Of Me, written by Tony Isabella and Bob Ingersoll, art by Aaron Lopresti.
A decent comic with a very TOS premise. You've got a mix of mad scientists, a cosmic entity, fist fights, and cowboy diplomacy which all comes together in a fun, if a little forgettable, TOS adventure that I think really captures that show in comic form. The art is also decent, with the crew and the scenery all looking pretty good, and the artist does put in a fair amount of cheesecake art, most of which centres on the female characters but Kirk does get some scenes too, so if that's your thing then all the better. Overall, a fun, if not the most engaging, story.
N-Vector, written by K.W. Jeter and art by Toby Cypress
Whilst this is both the longest and the weakest part of the comic I still found this to be an enjoyable read. Set just after the end of the show, it's fun to see Kira in the very early days of her command of the station (I believe it is very loosely tied into the early DS9 Relaunch books from this era) and I do think it's an interesting enough one-off story to focus on for the DS9 crew, even if it's not the most earth-shattering story ever written. It does get a bit muddled in the latter two issues, resolving fairly unsatisfactorily in the end, but I did still enjoy my time reading it. A lot of people don't seem to like the art and whilst the characters don't really look like the cast and sometimes the backgrounds can leave a bit to be desired I thought the general style was quite good and that it did a decent enough job illustrating the story. Overall, a bit weak but still a decent enough read if you decide to seek it out.
Double Time, written by Peter David and art by Michael Collins
The best story of the collection, this comic story captures the whole feel of the New Frontier book series, which makes sense given Peter David was the lead creative force behind everything in this line of stories. This is the one which is the most engaging on a plot, character, and thematic level, vaguely dealing with the ideas of historical interference and it's merits and drawbacks. It also continues the character conflicts that were going on in the books around this time (which were admittedly already growing a bit stale by now) and neatly solves the issue of why the Excalibur and crew weren't involved heavily with the Dominion War. The art is probably at it's best here too, and it's nice to see all the characters visually realised outside of the book covers. Overall a very satisfying comic for New Frontier fans that manages to feel like a key part of the story rather than some last minute addition.