Hey everyone, how's it going? I'm doing pretty well. I've got a comic book related post for you today. It's been a while and I picked a special one to talk about. So let's get into it.
Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Saga is one of the few collected editions that DC Comics published in the early '90s. It collects issues #9-16 of the original Star Trek comic book series that DC published from 1984 to 1988. It was also my first collected edition and my first trade paperback collected edition.
The book takes place between Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and acts as a sequel/followup to the TOS season 2 episode, "Mirror, Mirror", about a decade before DS9 would do its first sequel to that episode, "Crossover" from late in its second season. So obviously, everything that happened in the TV show version of the Mirror Universe in DS9, hadn't happened yet, or didn't happen up to that point, as this version of Mirror Spock never challenged Mirror Kirk and took command of the Enterprise.
The reason this book is so special to me, beyond the fact that, for decades, it was the only Star Trek comic collected edition I owned, is that I got it from a very special group of people. It was given to me as a gift by the cast and crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation, when I visited the set back in January, 1993. Along with several other comic books, including the comic book adaptation of the 1992 film, Cool World, which I reviewed on the Review Basement back in 2020. I still have this copy in my collection. I never got rid of it because it was given to me by the cast and crew of TNG and I really like the story.
Being that this is a collection of comics from the original 1984 Star Trek comic book series, the artwork isn't great. The characters are fine, but the interiors of the ships look more generic Sci-Fi ship interiors than starship interiors from the TOS movies. That would change with the 1989 series, which is mainly set between Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), but this was a problem that the original comics published by Gold Key in the '60s and '70s had as well.
Because I still have my original copy that I got in 1993, I haven't been on the search for a copy to include in my collection. However, I have come across the original DC published edition it at comic book sales, geek sales, and conventions at least once. IDW also re-published it in 2022 as part of their Star Trek Classics series, and had previously re-published the entire story arc in Star Trek Archives: Best of Alternate Universes, which was volume 6 in the Archives series, in 2009. So it should be pretty easy for you to pick up if you're interested in checking out these classic Star Trek comics.
That's it for me for today my friends. I'll be back next time with another post. I haven't quite decided what I'm going to talk about next week. I'm also returning to the VHS Club Podcast next week to chat about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie with Katie. The podcast has been on hiatus for the last month, so it'll be awesome to not only have the show back, but to also be the first guest host for their return. I should have a blog post up before Thursday, April 10th though. That's my plan anyway. Until then have a great rest of your week and I will talk to you all later. Take care.
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