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Star Trek: Revisitations
Star Trek: Revisitations is an omnibus edition that combines two multiple-issue stories from the DC Comics "Star Trek" series, both of which feature the return of popular supporting characters from the original TV show. In the first, Harcourt Fenton ("Harry") Mudd runs afoul of the zealously religious alien Nasgul, and only Captain Kirk can rescue him from their vengeance and prevent a declaration of interplanetary war. In the second, the enigmatic Gary Seven turns up to warn Kirk and Spock against testing the Federation's new protomatter weapon, and when they press him for more details about his sources of information, Gary Seven's secrets are revealed at last.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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November 25, 2020
Whenever I need to buy one more book to get free shipping at my favorite online booksellers, I browse their graphic novel pages. That is how I found two DC Star Trek books recently. I read The Best Of Star Trek in October, and devoured Revisitations last night.
It was just by accident that I read them in what I would call proper order, but I am glad that this book did not arrive before the other one. You see, the first story here, Mission Muddled, dealt with characters that I met in TBOST and if I had read this book first I would not have understood the details as much as I did.
It was fun to see Mudd again. He had been such a lovable pain in the neck during the original series! And he proved himself true to character here with his amazing ability to get into trouble and make everyone angry with him, no matter what planet they came from.
The second story, Peacekeeper, dealt with a new weapon that was supposed to be what people of the past would call the Big Stick that keeps everyone else in line. Funny how even in Star Trek governments kept insisting that the only way to have peace in the universe was to have a bigger bomb than everyone else had.
Anyway, more characters from the past shows up in this story: Gary Seven and his black cat Isis. They are trying to fix a little problem from the future, just as they wanted to do in the original series episode, which kept flashing into my brain as I read. Will Kirk listen to them this time too?
As I said in my review of TBOST, I never knew that there were Star Trek comic books, but I am very glad I discovered them in time to beam me out of star date 11-2020 for a much-needed mental health break, and the hope that Someday humanity might just catch up with the ideals of Star Trek.
I can dream, can't I?
It was just by accident that I read them in what I would call proper order, but I am glad that this book did not arrive before the other one. You see, the first story here, Mission Muddled, dealt with characters that I met in TBOST and if I had read this book first I would not have understood the details as much as I did.
It was fun to see Mudd again. He had been such a lovable pain in the neck during the original series! And he proved himself true to character here with his amazing ability to get into trouble and make everyone angry with him, no matter what planet they came from.
The second story, Peacekeeper, dealt with a new weapon that was supposed to be what people of the past would call the Big Stick that keeps everyone else in line. Funny how even in Star Trek governments kept insisting that the only way to have peace in the universe was to have a bigger bomb than everyone else had.
Anyway, more characters from the past shows up in this story: Gary Seven and his black cat Isis. They are trying to fix a little problem from the future, just as they wanted to do in the original series episode, which kept flashing into my brain as I read. Will Kirk listen to them this time too?
As I said in my review of TBOST, I never knew that there were Star Trek comic books, but I am very glad I discovered them in time to beam me out of star date 11-2020 for a much-needed mental health break, and the hope that Someday humanity might just catch up with the ideals of Star Trek.
I can dream, can't I?
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July 15, 2025liked it very quick to read I liked the peacekeeper parts 1 and 2 story must admit didn't like the Harry mudd story
May 12, 2017
This is a nice collection of Star Trek stories, taking place after the first few movies. Collected from the 1990s Star Trek comics, this volume includes a Harry Mudd story and another sequel to a much less stellar Original Series story, but the overall effect is good science fiction within the Star Trek universe. The introduction by David Gerrold is worth the price of the book, but in fact Howard Weinstein was one of the best Star Trek comics writers ever, and he deserves credit for the strength of this volume. The Harry Mudd story in particular was perfectly in tune with the original series character because, even though he's actually a horrible evil criminal by most standards, it's hard to stay mad at him. Part of the reason is that, at least in this story, there's an attitude of "a bad thing is going to happen no matter what, so I just want to make money out of the train wreck." That does have a certain criminal logic to it that's hard to fault.
The other story is a convoluted story relating to Gary Seven, not my favorite tale from the original series because it was a blatant pilot for an unrelated series, shoehorned in. Time travel stories are not my favorite, and this was a clumsy one. Weinstein's take on the story, however, points out the logical and philosophical dangers of "fixing" the broken bits of the past. In addition, he hints that the folks backing Gary Seven are only one of the factions out there mucking with things, which is the basis of the Larry Niven time travel paradox. At least Weinstein was thinking about these things...
Overall, this is a very good collection for fans of either the original series or the movies with the original crew.
The other story is a convoluted story relating to Gary Seven, not my favorite tale from the original series because it was a blatant pilot for an unrelated series, shoehorned in. Time travel stories are not my favorite, and this was a clumsy one. Weinstein's take on the story, however, points out the logical and philosophical dangers of "fixing" the broken bits of the past. In addition, he hints that the folks backing Gary Seven are only one of the factions out there mucking with things, which is the basis of the Larry Niven time travel paradox. At least Weinstein was thinking about these things...
Overall, this is a very good collection for fans of either the original series or the movies with the original crew.
February 5, 2018
This was a fun romp with two endearing characters from the original series, each in their own story. We get Harry Mudd and Gary Seven each doing what they do best. One being irascible and the other being enigmatic. No new ground is being broken here, but you will enjoy spending time with the crew on these two adventures.
June 28, 2021
Two really fun and entertaining Star Trek stories! They really felt like they could have been episodes and it was neat to see Harry Mudd and Gary Seven again. Also fun to see aliens that aren’t humanoids, that’s the beauty of Star Trek comics. Some artwork could have been better in spots in the second story, but overall I enjoyed reading this as a fan of the original series and movies.
May 6, 2018
Howard Weinstein writes the original crew well, and even better, the art on these issues is superb, something you don't often see on licensed comics.
February 6, 2012
Disappearing and narrow in its scope.
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