ChrisIII
12-09-2007, 11:36 AM
Anybody remember when DC had the license? After so-so runs at Gold Key and Marvel, DC got the license in the mid-80s shortly after Wrath of Khan. They sort of went off on their own tangent in the years between III and IV, with Kirk and co. getting the Excelsior and Spock getting his own ship (Things were quickly undone to fit into Star Trek IV, though-although according to Paramount it's all non-canon anyway). The first run also featured some new crewmembers such as the Klingon Konom (A couple of years before Worf)The Native American Bearclaw, and a few others, including returning characters from the animated series such as the cat-woman M'ress. After Trek IV a few issues continued with the Enterprise-A before the title was canned.
They also published a limited series TNG comic in '87, which was then followed by an ongoing series in '89.
In 89 the TOS crew was also relaunched post-Star Trek V, but Konom/Bearclaw etc. were written out entirely. The art looked a little better but despite writing by Peter David it didn't have the creative freedom the past title did. (Apparentally this was due to some wrangling from Paramount). It did try to deal with some of the changes between V and VI, such as Sulu leaving (replaced by Saavik in the interim before Valeris shows up in VI)
After a short return to Marvel, the comics returned to DC (Sort of) when they were published by Wildstorm. For the first time the comics attempted to tie-in with the novels, specifically the Deep Space Nine relaunch, New Frontier, and the Elite Force, but this only lasted for a short time. There were no ongoings, just a couple of limited series.
Any thoughts?
They also published a limited series TNG comic in '87, which was then followed by an ongoing series in '89.
In 89 the TOS crew was also relaunched post-Star Trek V, but Konom/Bearclaw etc. were written out entirely. The art looked a little better but despite writing by Peter David it didn't have the creative freedom the past title did. (Apparentally this was due to some wrangling from Paramount). It did try to deal with some of the changes between V and VI, such as Sulu leaving (replaced by Saavik in the interim before Valeris shows up in VI)
After a short return to Marvel, the comics returned to DC (Sort of) when they were published by Wildstorm. For the first time the comics attempted to tie-in with the novels, specifically the Deep Space Nine relaunch, New Frontier, and the Elite Force, but this only lasted for a short time. There were no ongoings, just a couple of limited series.
Any thoughts?