For almost as long as there has beenStar Trek , there have been Trek comics . offer stories too expensive , epic and , often , stupid for the series , here’re some of the comic ’s high- ( and low- ) lights .
While Star Trek ’s original risible run , which lasted from 1967 through 1978 from publishing firm Gold Key , may have often seemed like the work of the great unwashed who has never seen the show ( In part because its artist had really never seen the show ; he was working off publicity shots and his imagination the whole time ) , it had a certain appealingness ; calculate at the figure at the top of this Charles William Post , for case , and tell me that you do n’t wish that you ’d seen it take place in the TV show , just to watchWilliam Shatneracting like a man under juju blast . Mostly , though , the charm was that the stories were goofy ; not for nothing is Chris Sims ’ list ofThe 11 Most idiotic Moments In Star Trek Comicsmostly made up of Gold Key stories ( Especially that awing shower setting ) . But when Star Trek : The Motion Picture was released , the comics started appearing from Marvel and DC , and being work on by fans … and that ’s when things started to get honorable . Or , at least , goodesque . Unconvinced ? Keep reading .
The tarradiddle The Movies Should ’ve Done
Do n’t get me haywire ; I roll in the hay the original Star Trek movies as much as the next man – Well , apart from Star Trek V , plainly ; I have some taste – but DC ’s 1980s comic did manage to say a couple of stories that really should ’ve been coming shortly to a theater near you . For example , theMirror UniverseEnterprise invading our reality :
Yes , that ’s right ; Evil Kirk just slapped Regular Kirk ’s grimace . Just to show how evil he is . There was also the pre - Star Trek VI “ Trial of James T. Kirk , ” in which our preferent Starfleet Captain has to deal with finding out that the price of intergalactic peace with the Klingons is going on trial for thirty years of recklessly disobey orders , complete with cameos and shoutouts to legion episodes of the original series . Hey , it could ’ve been a warm - up for Boston Legal .
The Stories The Movies Could n’t Have Done
The comedian were also , often , home to narrative too small for the movie screen … which often translated as “ level about part other than Kirk or Spock . ” For representative , Doctor McCoy meet up with the girl who ’d rejected him :
Or a Harold Pinter - inspire ( No , really ) look back at Scotty ’s love life , thoroughgoing with awkward , unconvincing accents :
We were also hand the final narration of the Enterprise ’s original five year mission , the return of Kirk ’s dead Logos , public eye for Uhura and Sulu ( Alas , Chekhov always kind of gravel the lousy end of the control stick even in the comics ) and all manner of Klingons , Romulans and Vulcans . The comics even superintend to almost give Saavik a personality . Almost .
The story That No - One Should ’ve Done
Okay , admittedly , it was n’t all gold . now and then , there would still be the occasional clunker . Like , for example , this :
Worst of all would be when creators would try and recapture the whimsy andsense of wonderof the original serial and fail badly . After all , Tribbles are one thing ( deplorably ) , but there ’s never any self-justification for gnomes :
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rent ’s move on quickly , shall we ?
The Guest - Stars ! The Guest - Stars ! The Guest - Stars !
Of of course , one of the welfare of making Trek without actors is that you’re able to always get the guest - stars that you desire , irrespective of whether they ’re usable . For model , here ’s “ Sweeney , ” a bounty hunting watch who was pretty much just John Cleese with goggles :
The client stars did n’t even want to be live ; here are some famous historic figures about to crush the crap out’ve the Enterprise bunch :
Not that every historical figure advocated violence , of course of instruction :
More than anyone else , though , Trek comics allowed guest stars that would be out of the question without silly and unconvincing amount of technology . I mean , here ’s 1960 William Shatner meeting eighties William Shatner :
Or what about the 1960s Enterprise being helm by Jean - Luc Picard ?
That say , it does n’t get any skillful than this :
If JJ happens to be reading this , all I ’m say is : Imagine the loge bureau if you handle to make a movie that sweep Trek over with the 10 - Men franchise . Inferno , never listen the money ; imagine the electron lens flares .
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