Some to watch
Star trek mirror images
fantastic four; death of the invisible woman
Secret Invasion
Parallel universe stories have a long and complex history with comic books. On the one hand you had the classic majesty of the pre-Crisis (and funnily enough, post- Infinite Crisis, as well) and on the other hand you had the confusion of the Marvel Universe's ongoing flirtation with it's own non-standardised (well, until the recent semi-formal effort to structure things in a consistent fashion based around Alan Moore's numbering system from Captain Britain stories and the introduction of the Ultimate line) multiverse.
But now we have a return to one of fandom's most beloved of 'cool' instances revisited, ie, that of the 'Mirror, Mirror' TOS episode which threw the ever-popular alternate universe into the already potent Trek mix and introduced such weird and wacky concepts to a salivating fanbase as Spock's 'evil' beard, a demented Captain Kirk with his alien death camera ray mirror thingy, cool 'evil' outfits, poor Mr.Pierce and the 'agoniser' and the knowledge that there was an 'evil' Enterprise out there who did not tolerate one iota of Mr.Rodenberry's optimistic humanistic pacifistic (well, pacifist AFTER young Bill Shatner has kicked you in the face to THAT music) and that was jolly exciting to all fans.
The orginal show never capitalised on this most beloved of concepts and episodes unfortunately (how fantastic would a movie have been with the return of the 'evil' crew? ), leaving it to a novel by Diane Duane ('Dark Mirror') to touch upon that territory for TNG, some reasonably interesting but not too exciting DS9 follow-ups and an excellent two-parter from 'Enterprise' .
Now, comics are going back where Desilu studios didn't dare, and the first issue is a bloody good read. It's everything that you want out of a licensed property comic- a story that takes you right to the heart of the essence of the property in question, characters you know being written as they would act and taking it a step further, adding something new to the experience.
David Messina making his concise lines expressive enough to make every familiar character instantly recognisable whilst also giving us his own flair to add something to each scene.
The story takes us right back into the heart of our fascination with this whole alternate universe idea and, somewhat like the two-part Enterprise episode, shows us so much more of the culture and behaviors of the Imperial universe counterparts. The comic promises a lot and if the next few issues live up to this impressive start, it will go down as a thoroughly enjoyable addition to the TOS canon.
fantastic four; death of the invisible woman
Secret Invasion
Parallel universe stories have a long and complex history with comic books. On the one hand you had the classic majesty of the pre-Crisis (and funnily enough, post- Infinite Crisis, as well) and on the other hand you had the confusion of the Marvel Universe's ongoing flirtation with it's own non-standardised (well, until the recent semi-formal effort to structure things in a consistent fashion based around Alan Moore's numbering system from Captain Britain stories and the introduction of the Ultimate line) multiverse.
But now we have a return to one of fandom's most beloved of 'cool' instances revisited, ie, that of the 'Mirror, Mirror' TOS episode which threw the ever-popular alternate universe into the already potent Trek mix and introduced such weird and wacky concepts to a salivating fanbase as Spock's 'evil' beard, a demented Captain Kirk with his alien death camera ray mirror thingy, cool 'evil' outfits, poor Mr.Pierce and the 'agoniser' and the knowledge that there was an 'evil' Enterprise out there who did not tolerate one iota of Mr.Rodenberry's optimistic humanistic pacifistic (well, pacifist AFTER young Bill Shatner has kicked you in the face to THAT music) and that was jolly exciting to all fans.
The orginal show never capitalised on this most beloved of concepts and episodes unfortunately (how fantastic would a movie have been with the return of the 'evil' crew? ), leaving it to a novel by Diane Duane ('Dark Mirror') to touch upon that territory for TNG, some reasonably interesting but not too exciting DS9 follow-ups and an excellent two-parter from 'Enterprise' .
Now, comics are going back where Desilu studios didn't dare, and the first issue is a bloody good read. It's everything that you want out of a licensed property comic- a story that takes you right to the heart of the essence of the property in question, characters you know being written as they would act and taking it a step further, adding something new to the experience.
David Messina making his concise lines expressive enough to make every familiar character instantly recognisable whilst also giving us his own flair to add something to each scene.
The story takes us right back into the heart of our fascination with this whole alternate universe idea and, somewhat like the two-part Enterprise episode, shows us so much more of the culture and behaviors of the Imperial universe counterparts. The comic promises a lot and if the next few issues live up to this impressive start, it will go down as a thoroughly enjoyable addition to the TOS canon.