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Post by tonebone on Apr 10, 2024 20:20:22 GMT -5
I'm the only person I know who genuinely enjoyed the original Marvel run. I would never dare to claim it was particularly well done. In fact, it was done by a constantly rotating creative team that seemed to want nothing to do with the property. Still, it stood out for chronicling an era that few other licencees have ever bothered to explore: the era immediately following The Motion Picture and, as I love The Motion Picture, I really enjoy this run as well. I really enjoyed it as well. (See my above post) But I agree with you... I don't think the creators were really all that fond of the series. Thee were some standout issues, but most fell into the "Enterprise is haunted, oh no it's just a psychic alien" trope. A couple of years ago, I bought the IDW "omnibus" of the series, which was not only smaller than standard comic size, and not only skipped over the STTMP adaptation, but was scanned from the printed comics by a chimpanzee who "touched them up" in Photoshop, resulting in the absolute WORST reproduction in any comics collection, ever. It deserves so much better than that. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 10, 2024 21:16:39 GMT -5
I can't say I read that much Trek, in comics; but, the length that DC held the license speaks for itself and, I would give it to them on the strength of Chris Claremont & Adam Hughes' Star Trek: Debt of Honor, alone. It was just about everything I loved in Trek, and then Alien sandwiched into it. Pls...original Klingons!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2024 23:12:47 GMT -5
Gold Key's biggest advantage was the criminally underrated, realism-leaning adventure art of Alberto Giolitti, who illustrated the lion's share of Gold Key's 61 issues, moving toward the look of the source more than endless movie and TV adaptations which were either anchored with amateur-level art, or forced a garish superhero style on worlds readers experienced with live-action (Perez on Marvel's Logan's Run being a notable exception). Leaning into the space-opera style of storytelling often, Gold Key's Star Trek felt like sweeping adventure, yet managing to retain some essence of the TV series. By the final few years of the Gold Key run, it was clear Alden McWilliams had a greater amount of reference materials to use, which gave exposure to costumes, ships, weapons and characters straight from the TV series. This, and the scripting of the legendary Arnold Drake, George Kashdan and life-long Star Trek fan turned illustrator, make-up artist Oscar-winning visual effects artist and more--Doug Drexler--all brought a genuine aura of the source to the comic. Absolutely the same thoughts here, the Gold Key run is so enjoyable to me and captures the "feel" of that space opera more so for me than what came later. The inconsistencies with the show were never something even as a kid that detracted enough not to enjoy the beauty of what the series actually was including that lovely Giolitti art. I voted Gold Key as well. |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 11, 2024 4:38:14 GMT -5
While I am pleased to have seen DC get 9 votes, I am equally pleased to have seen views about other licensees. Thanks, folks!
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Post by Confessor on Apr 11, 2024 11:52:17 GMT -5
The mid-to-late 80s DC run by a country mile! It really captured the the "voices" and personalities of the main cast in a way that earlier comic series hadn't. I also appreciated that the Enterprise crew were dressed in the red naval-style uniforms they wore in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, which of course was the era in which the stories were set.
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 11, 2024 11:58:16 GMT -5
The mid-to-late 80s DC run by a country mile! It really captured the the "voices" and personalities of the main cast in a way that earlier comic series hadn't. I also appreciated that the Enterprise crew were dressed in the red naval-style uniforms they wore in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, which of course was the era in which the stories were set. They did indeed capture the “voices”. Good point. I’m gonna try and complete my collection (mainly TNG). |
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Post by Confessor on Apr 11, 2024 12:11:15 GMT -5
The mid-to-late 80s DC run by a country mile! It really captured the the "voices" and personalities of the main cast in a way that earlier comic series hadn't. I also appreciated that the Enterprise crew were dressed in the red naval-style uniforms they wore in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, which of course was the era in which the stories were set. They did indeed capture the “voices”. Good point. I’m gonna try and complete my collection (mainly TNG). I've toyed with the idea of trying to complete DC's Star Trek run myself. I have, maybe 15 random issues from 1987 and 1988 (distribution of American comics was often spotty in my neck of the woods back then). Both Len Wein and Mike Carlin did a great job on the stories and characterization. It's a fairly low priority for me, but you never know, maybe one day I'll decide to complete it. |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 11, 2024 12:14:04 GMT -5
Incidentally, in the most flippant and not-exactly-serious way I can put this, where on Earth were Kirk and others when the Anti-Monitor was causing havoc during Crisis? I mean, the Anti-Monitor was threatening all universes, right?  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 11, 2024 12:17:03 GMT -5
Incidentally, in the most flippant and not-exactly-serious way I can put this, where on Earth were Kirk and others when the Anti-Monitor was causing havoc during Crisis? I mean, the Anti-Monitor was threatening all universes, right? I think that question was actually raised in the letters page of DC comics back in the day... Darned if I can remember the explanation, though. My fannish response would be something like "oh, we just didn't see what happened in the Trek universe for lack of space". |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 11, 2024 12:19:30 GMT -5
Incidentally, in the most flippant and not-exactly-serious way I can put this, where on Earth were Kirk and others when the Anti-Monitor was causing havoc during Crisis? I mean, the Anti-Monitor was threatening all universes, right? I think that question was actually raised in the letters page of DC comics back in the day... Darned if I can remember the explanation, though. My fannish response would be something like "oh, we just didn't see what happened in the Trek universe for lack of space". I really must complete my collection just to see that letter.  I found DC editorial replies to be quite dry at times, so I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the reply was something pedantic (but factual) about licensing and all that, whereas a Marvel editor might have said something like, “Of course Kirk was fighting the good fight - but we couldn’t fit it in. Excelsior!” |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 11, 2024 14:33:49 GMT -5
Incidentally, in the most flippant and not-exactly-serious way I can put this, where on Earth were Kirk and others when the Anti-Monitor was causing havoc during Crisis? I mean, the Anti-Monitor was threatening all universes, right? I think that question was actually raised in the letters page of DC comics back in the day... Darned if I can remember the explanation, though. My fannish response would be something like "oh, we just didn't see what happened in the Trek universe for lack of space". That pesky Prime Directive, non-intervention rule. Plus, Kirk was busy shagging his latest yeoman. I'm sure the Next Gen crew just did something with the main deflector array, as usual. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 11, 2024 14:37:36 GMT -5
I think that question was actually raised in the letters page of DC comics back in the day... Darned if I can remember the explanation, though. My fannish response would be something like "oh, we just didn't see what happened in the Trek universe for lack of space". That pesky Prime Directive, non-intervention rule. Plus, Kirk was busy shagging his latest yeoman. I'm sure the Next Gen crew just did something with the main deflector array, as usual. We must reverse the polarization of the neutron beam to create a tetryon field that will cancel out the anti-monitor's RNA signature, Captain! Or some other damn thing. |
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 11, 2024 14:52:34 GMT -5
They could have just asked the Q Continuum for help…
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Apr 11, 2024 15:06:50 GMT -5
The crisis is over! The Borg have assimilated the Anti-Monitor!
Resistance is futile.
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Post by driver1980 on Apr 11, 2024 15:08:59 GMT -5
The crisis is over! The Borg have assimilated the Anti-Monitor! Resistance is futile. I like it. I see a crossover in my head. Anyone know the phone numbers for DC and IDW? |
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