My Epic Trek Comic Book Read #6

In Gold Key issue 6, "When Planets Collide," (December 1969), our brave crew of space pioneers risk themselves and the Enterprise to save two planets about to, well, collide. When you pitch it that way it sounds relatively straightforward, however, let's see, how can I put this . . . Okay, if you read the …

My Epic Trek Comic Book Read #5

Gold Key issue 5 (September 1969), “The Ghost Planet,” serves up equal helpings of a classic Star Trek moral quandary and prime Gold Key nonsense. In "Galaxy Zelta" the Enterprise comes across some Saturn-like rings which may conceal a planet at the center. They cross through a turbulent "two lunar miles" of the rainbow-colored rings …

My Epic Trek Comic Book Read #4

In Gold Key issue 4, "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" (June 1969), Spock discovers a highly unstable planet in "Galaxy Telpha Z." The constantly shifting surface is dangerous, but Spock has also detected tiantianium ore, "an ounce of which can propel a spaceship for a year," as Kirk says, so a landing party is …

My Epic Trek Comic Book Read #3

Gold Key issue 3 (December 1968), “Invasion of the City Builders,” serves up a passable automation-gone-too-far story, but once again it’s wrapped in a tortilla with a large side of WTF sauce. The Enterprise, continuing the galaxy-hopping trend of the two previous issues, is now “at the edge of a distant galaxy.” Impossible travel times …

My Epic Trek Comic Book Read #2

Gold Key issue 2 (March 1968), “The Devil’s Isle of Space,” finds a landing party including Captain Kirk trapped on a prison asteroid where the condemned are about to be executed en masse when the planet-sized unstable rock explodes. It’s not a bad concept for a story, and it raises Prime Directive issues even though …

My Epic Trek Comic Book Read #1

I’ve decided I should dive into a comprehensive read of the Star Trek comic books. I’ve read a lot of them over the years, but far from all of them, not like the books, which, except for a handful of more recent titles, I’m all caught up on. There’s no better place to start such …

Zombies! A Comic Book Review

The 2011 ten-part crossover Infestation from IDW Publishing is basically a zombie story. I loves the zombies, as The Walking Dead knows, but I generally find crossovers to be a forced conceit. Nevertheless, I'm often drawn in by their epic geekiness, and what drew me into this one was my long-standing love of Star Trek. IDW's original series CVO (Covert …

Androids! A Comic Book Review

I recently got around to reading a couple of big comic book series, 2010's eight-part Dust to Dust, an authorized prequel to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? from Boom! Studios, and 2011's ten-part crossover Infestation from IDW Publishing. I liked Dust to Dust well enough. It certainly looks good, taking its visual cues from Blade …