941. Prisoners of War?PUBLICATION: Star Trek v.2 #37, DC Comics, October 1992
CREATORS: Howard Weinstein (writer), Rod Whigham and Carlos Garzon (artists)
STARDATE: 8600.2 (follows the last issue)
PLOT: The Excelsior was lucky in routing the second Maroan attack, but Sulu doesn't take any more chances and calls the Enterprise for back-up. Because of the medical emergency fabricated by Maroans at the other system, McCoy refuses to leave. Once the Enterprise leaves, however, the Maroans send another toxic cloud to the planet, reveal themselves and claim the world as their own. McCoy and his doctor friend Abby Wilson are powerless to stop them...
CONTINUITY: As the previous issue.
DIVERGENCES: As the previous issue.
PANEL OF THE DAY - It's all about the special effects with you kids today.
REVIEW: In the middle of these arcs, there's the inevitable moment when we must spend an inordinate amount of time on a subplot or side-track. This is the one. While I'd much rather be spending time with the Excelsior crew, or maybe even the Enterprise's, I'm stuck with McCoy and his uninteresting friend. At least the Maroans appear to be worthy foes, both in design and intention. Purcell returns for an issue and shows a weakness with ship-to-ship action, the fight between Excelsior and the Maroans especially hard to follow. So still a better than average story, but this definitely feels like its lull.
Comments
I liked that one scene out of there, but that was about it.