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Assignment: Earth by John Byrne

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Gene Roddenberry's last episode of Star Trek in Season 2was a back door pilot for Assignment Earth. This book takes a look at five adventures of Gary Seven and his secretary Miss Lincoln.

In Issue 1, they have a mystery to solve as immediately after the Enterprise leaves they have to access a government research project where there's a Soviet Spy present. This is okay but really could have used more space.

In Issue 2, Gary Seven and Miss Lincoln deal with another visit from the Enterprise in their future from their first appearance, but in Earth's past. This is a wonky time travel tale that keeps our heroes on the periphery.

Next up is Issue 3 where they are investigating strange goings on at a University. On one hand, the military villain is pretty stereotypical. On the other hand, the war protestor character has some nuance.

Issue 4 has them trying to fight an alien invasion by a group called Counterstrike. This one was the weakest in the book. It's okay, but it needed more room to breathe.

The final issue involves Gary and Ms. Lincoln having to stop the Chinese from kidnapping Nixon and replacing him with a duplicate. This one was actually pretty funny and the best comic in the book.

This book is okay, but just okay. I'd give it 3.5 stars on the strength of the fake Nixon story. The more you're curious about this concept and all things Trek, the more you're actually going to enjoy this.



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