Comments on: TrekInk: Review of John Byrne’s ‘Romulans: Pawns of War’

By: Trekboi

Trekboi — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:49:50 +0000

I didn’t buy the seperate issues & waited for a trade- finally got it & read it today.

Loved it- loved the old school art & storytelling-loved being back in the TOS timeline.

getting Crew & cant wait for the other TOS era JB stories!

By: Robby

Robby — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:01:02 +0000

I’ve always said that I’m more of a Trek fan than a comics fan, but IDW has really done well these last few years. So far, my least favorite has been the Mission’s End series. There was just something off about the feeling in that one.

But their other TOS stories have been wonderful. The TOS Mirror Universe book and Klingons:Blood Will Tell were both excellent. I’ve just read this Romulan trade from Byrne and I really enjoyed it. I’ve always had a soft spot for the Romulans and I think he did a great job. I think that Byrne has a wonderful feeling for the era and those characters. I always enjoy good ST stories that exist outside of the Enterprise, letting us see the rest of the ST universe from different perspectives. And I think Majel would have been thrilled with Number One’s performance (and rank)! Thumbs up! Even though Byrne’s dialogue can get a bit theatrical and his ending was a bit of a deus ex machina, the rest of the book certainly made up for it. Great job!

By: ryanhuyton

ryanhuyton — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:22:00 +0000

I hope they do another Mirror Universe series. Perhaps one telling a story of the last days of the Terran Empire.

By: Holger

Holger — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:59:58 +0000

With ‘Crew’ and this one, Byrne is hereby promoted to my favorite Trek comic author.

ST09 being a geenormous disappointment to me, it’s Phase II and these superb IDW comicbooks which keep Trek alive for me. I’m glad IDW is publishing such great quality on a regular basis.

By: Eli

Eli — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:40:37 +0000

Please, Alex… Proofread, proofread, proofread…

That first paragraph gave me a headache as I was trying to figure out what you were trying to say. SpellChecker can fix misspelled words, but not correctly spelled words used in the wrong places…

I definitely want to squirrel away some cash to pick this trade book up. Looks great!

By: Alex Fletcher / Sulfur

Alex Fletcher / Sulfur — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:34:26 +0000

@4: Actually, Byrne mentioned it before the original issue even came out.

I’d totally forgotten about it until I skimmed my prior reviews of the series and came across it. I compared the TPB with the issue, and the colors did change.

Three Byrne series coming this year from what I’m told: McCoy, Assignment Earth 2, and another “TOS series”

By: Saavik001

Saavik001 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:48:30 +0000

I loved this book. A big fan of Brynes work, espec ially on Star Trek. Waiting for Leonard McCoy: Frontier Doctor eagerly!

By: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:12:22 +0000

Probably Byrne hasn´t improved in 3 decades, but that doesn´t matter.
He´s s still a cultural patrimony of mankind and he´s doing us all a favor by still crafting cool comics set in the real TOS timeline.

By: Kahless

Kahless — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:04:48 +0000

Byrne’s simplistic artwork and amateurish writing hasn’t improved one iota in 30 years.

By: ryanhuyton

ryanhuyton — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:02:16 +0000

#5 He was at the gold medal hockey game between the U.S and Canada.
Then he was at the closing ceremonies giving a “speech” during the “I Am Canadian” segment of the show. Classic Shat. :-)