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Double Time (Star Trek: New Frontier)

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Peter David's crew of the USS Excalibur, commanded by the alien Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, has been extremely popular in the original Pocket Books series. Now this latest addition to the Star Trek phenomenon moves into comic books.

"Double Time" is an often hilarious, often tragic, romp through time. It dovetails into the ongoing soap opera style of the novels and gives most of Calhoun's eccentric Starfleet crew a chance to shine. Peter David collaborated with the illustrators on the "look" of his characters in this comic, and for the most part, the art is exception. Watch out for the cameo of Ensign Janos, the resident Mugato security officer.

While the covers to MARTYR and FIRE ON HIGH provided some idea as to what the non-TV-appearance characters looked like, this expanded on their looks even further--this is now being considered the definitive source on character looks--and also provided a look at Excalibur's interiors (equal parts Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E, and Voyager), the Danteri, the Redeemers, Katerina Mueller, Mick Gold, and "Hash" Takahashi; even Shelby and Lefler look like their original actresses Elizabeth Dennehy and Ashley Judd. Kebron's ultra-dry wit remains in full force with instances like "Bartender? Another one if you're not too busy," when the ship is performing radical manuevers and everyone else is being flung across the compartment. Shelby and Calhoun's pre-Excalibur relationship is explored a little as well. There's even a visit from a VOYAGER character, and a subtle reference to the BABYLON 5 spinoff CRUSADE.