Comments on: Review: Star Trek: Year Four #2

By: ed

ed — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:50:32 +0000

Kirk knocks over what looks like a *marble pillar* (I stared at the art in disbelief for about 30 seconds) to beat the rebel?!? That one panel alone says more than I possibly could about what’s wrong with this series.

By: scottevill

scottevill — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:45:23 +0000

I think they’ve achieved a lot here — the formula of TOS is absolutely present. And I like the focus in this issue on a cold war morality play — but the resolution was CLEARLY revisionist. Kirk’s morality was that of a mid-20th century American cold warrior. He would not have walked away from all that dilithium — which the Klingons would then access by whatever means necessary.

He would’ve propped up the dictator to make sure that they didn’t get their hands on it. In several TOS episodes, he did similar (i.e., supplying the natives with flintlocks).

By: TOS Fan Forever

TOS Fan Forever — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:02:50 +0000

#9 – I concur.

IDW: Like Gold Key did, outsource your art chores to Italy! ;-)

The artwork in these ST books is dreadful.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:01:31 +0000

You know, I think Tischman is pretty good at recreating the characters and tone of TOS, but every issue feels super rushed, and for a buck extra comic book, I’m not sure it’s worth it. I wish there were more than four panels a page, and that it took me more than 3 minutes to read an issue.

Can’t IDW spring for some Peter David cash? That’d be nice.

By: COMPASSIONATE GOD

COMPASSIONATE GOD — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:20:25 +0000

Terrible artwork. 40 years after Gold Key’s Trek comic, and this is the best current artists can do?

Whoo-boy!!!

By: Sleeper Agent X

Sleeper Agent X — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:29:54 +0000

I stopped reading this series after the first issue. It suffers from the same flaws as the “Space Between” TNG books.

By: CmdrR.

CmdrR. — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:38:39 +0000

“a very attractive Aarakaian” ?
Sure, it got lonely in college sometimes, but I don’t think I dated any chicks that were corpse grey.

By: billy don't be a hiro

billy don't be a hiro — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:44:33 +0000

I believe that’s him.

By: SNAKE

SNAKE — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:07:14 +0000

Wasnt Gordon Purcell the artist for the 2nd DC run?

thats a name i aint heard in a good while

By: 8of5

8of5 — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:58:06 +0000

Interesting note at the bottom of the letters page in this issue: Gordon Purcell will being doing that artwork in the next issue.

I enjoyed this one, it was a nice parallel to the current US/oil/middle east situation. But agree it was a bit confusing why the government working with the feds would turn on the Enterprise. My take is that they were trying to implicate the terrorists to draw the Federation into the conflict and quickly crush the insurgency.