Star Trek Comics Classics: To Boldly Go (v. 1) [Paperback]

Mike W. Barr (Author), Tom Sutton (Illustrator), Ricardo Villagran (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: September 1, 2005 | Series: Star Trek Comics Classics

These are the classic comics adventures of Kirk, Spock and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, now collected in graphic novel format with exclusive new background material!

In the aftermath of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, when the Klingons begin making lethal strikes against Federation ships, Kirk and his crew must discover how they appear from nowhere — before the Enterprise becomes their next target!

Following the exploits of the movie-era Kirk, Scotty and Bones, this volume also features exclusive interviews with William Shatner and DeForest Kelley!

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About the Author

Mike W. Barr is writer of the critically acclaimed Camelot 3000, as well as Green Lantern, Batman and The Outsiders titles. Tom Sutton has pencilled The Avengers, Batman, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider and many others, as well as much work for Creepy comics, in a career spanning decades. Ricardo Villagran has pencilled and painted a host of comics including Classics Illustrated, Clive Barker's Hellraiser and Savage Sword of Conan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845760840
• ISBN-13: 978-1845760847
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 10.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,626,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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It is so much fun to go back and see what fans thought Star Trek was about before it was finished. Like those old Star Wars comics Marvel produced. Both comic series get the stories way wrong, but both are in possession of that most elusive element that the modern sequels and prequels neglect: Adventure.

Sure, there's violence in the new movies. But where's the mystery and the search for the unknown?

It's in this comic, originally run right after Wrath of Khan. Strange alternate-universe fun awaits you. Spock, having died in the movie, is not present on the Enterprise. The first nice Klingon shows up, years before Worf. A racist Native American crewman slurs his way through. It's all interesting and none of it could have any bearing on the direction the films went in. It just gives you a vision of what Trek meant to people in the early eighties.