{"id":761,"date":"2010-07-06T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/07\/06\/comic-book-report-star-trek-archives-volume-1-best-of-peter-david\/"},"modified":"2010-07-06T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T17:41:00","slug":"comic-book-report-star-trek-archives-volume-1-best-of-peter-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/07\/06\/comic-book-report-star-trek-archives-volume-1-best-of-peter-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Report: Star Trek Archives Volume 1: Best of Peter David"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This was an “impulse buy” at the library, found while browsing the comic books (which always appear to be shelved in the “teen” section, unless they’re black-and-white indie titles–but that’s another topic).<\/p>\n

I think I actually own most of the original issues collected here, but this was much more convenient than digging through my parents’ garage. The first story is the best; it’s commonly known within Trek fandom as “Scotty’s Story,” and it is an unabashed tearjerker. Some say that Trek is best when it’s not being Trek–i.e., when it’s not telling a straight science fiction story, but simply using the setting as a backdrop and mining the well-established characters and relationships for drama–and this is a perfect example.<\/p>\n

The other two stories in this collection are okay, but not great. The “Worthy” three-parter, co-written by Bill Mumy, strains credibility and falls pretty flat if you don’t pick up on all the Lost in Space<\/i> references. “Once a Hero” does a decent job of dramatizing the plight of the redshirt<\/a>, but the TNG episode “Lower Decks”<\/a> did it much better.<\/p>\n

Buy the book:<\/span> Powell’s<\/a>, Amazon<\/a> (affiliate links)<\/p>\n

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