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Star Trek: The Next Generation (IDW) #8
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Through the Mirror
The Mirror Universe Next Generation crew is looking for new worlds to conquer, and they're crossing over to the Prime Star Trek Universe to find them!
When the Enterprise-D discovers a burned-out, pillaged Andorian vessel, the search for the culprits behind it leads to some startlingly familiar faces. But, how did the Mirror Universe crew find their way to ours, and what does Emperor Spock have to do with it? Plus, it's interstellar espionage aboard the Enterprise-D when the Mirror Universe crew infiltrates Captain Picard's ship!
By writers Scott Tipton and David Tipton with artists Marcus To, Chris Johnson, Josh Hood, Carlos Nieto, Debora Carita, and J.K. Woodward.
When the Enterprise-D discovers a burned-out, pillaged Andorian vessel, the search for the culprits behind it leads to some startlingly familiar faces. But, how did the Mirror Universe crew find their way to ours, and what does Emperor Spock have to do with it? Plus, it's interstellar espionage aboard the Enterprise-D when the Mirror Universe crew infiltrates Captain Picard's ship!
By writers Scott Tipton and David Tipton with artists Marcus To, Chris Johnson, Josh Hood, Carlos Nieto, Debora Carita, and J.K. Woodward.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 9, 2018
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July 8, 2021
Also highly entertaining though, with the story centered on the regular Trek-verse confronting their malevolent mirror counterparts not as much time is spent with the baddies as the previous volume. All to the good, in the end, as the showdown lives up to expectations!
Will definitely want to check out Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita next!
Will definitely want to check out Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita next!
July 24, 2020
The main story was nice, finally some motivation other than just being evil for the mirrorverse characters. But the backstory - despite AMAZING artworks - was frustrating as it changed what Mirror!Spock was all about. Claiming that he liked conquest is incoherent with the TOS episode.
Also some inconsistency problems during the comics in colours of the uniform, on which side Mirror!Data has his Borg-like arm (the panels where he has it at all),... So, this could have been better. But so far it's still the best mirrorverse comic (because the others really, really sucked and were just a lame excuse for the authors to glorify violence and ignore any internal logic or character motivation).
Also some inconsistency problems during the comics in colours of the uniform, on which side Mirror!Data has his Borg-like arm (the panels where he has it at all),... So, this could have been better. But so far it's still the best mirrorverse comic (because the others really, really sucked and were just a lame excuse for the authors to glorify violence and ignore any internal logic or character motivation).
April 7, 2024
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror
The 'U.S.S. Enterprise' crew find evidence of theft from Federation facilities by people from an alternate universe, who will stop at nothing to acquire the parts and data they require.
The Mirror Universe adventure continues and readers are finally rewarded with a face to face confrontation between both crews. The story is tight and ends on a great cliffhanger. The additional back story on Emperor Spock allows for some fabulous art of Leonard Nimoy.
The 'U.S.S. Enterprise' crew find evidence of theft from Federation facilities by people from an alternate universe, who will stop at nothing to acquire the parts and data they require.
The Mirror Universe adventure continues and readers are finally rewarded with a face to face confrontation between both crews. The story is tight and ends on a great cliffhanger. The additional back story on Emperor Spock allows for some fabulous art of Leonard Nimoy.
December 13, 2018
Do I love the mirror universe, not really. I think it's a cool idea and I enjoy it a little bit, but love? No. Did I enjoy this mirror universe story? Yes!!! It was better than the first comic, but built upon it and made it even more fun. I loved seeing the two universe final met in the next gen timeframe. I love that Barclay isn't just a background character in the mirrorverse or in this comic. I could not put this story down. I was compelled to find out what happened. I don't read a lot of comics like that these days.
If you like Star Trek the next gen, you should read this.
If you like Star Trek the next gen, you should read this.
July 7, 2019
Silly, but fun. The quality of the art is a bit all over the place.
August 16, 2020
I liked this one better than the first volume, especially in terms of the art - not so much with the last one shot (which was similar to "Mirror Broken"), but the issues of the story brought an art style I like more, more sharp and with not such dark tones.
Besides the art, I also really like how those first issues bring our heroes into the story, and you get the conflict between both sides, and the hijinks related to having people who look alike in the same place :)
Great comic to any Star Trek: The Next Generation fans :)
Besides the art, I also really like how those first issues bring our heroes into the story, and you get the conflict between both sides, and the hijinks related to having people who look alike in the same place :)
Great comic to any Star Trek: The Next Generation fans :)
April 27, 2020
Beautiful, but weird with no seeming conclusion...
June 8, 2019
Okay, okay, ich werde mich irgendwann auch noch um "Terra Incognita" kümmern. ;)
January 28, 2022
When worlds collide
When I say that I don't just mean the Next Generation Enterprise crew and their mirror doppelgangers from the mirror universe. Right at the begging of the book we find ourselves at Naia IV (Or is it Naia VII since the conversation says one thing and the first panel says another) which according to he editors note refers to an issue found in the book Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 1 and although a certain time lord does not show up in this book I wonder what a mirror universe Doctor would be like. Maybe the author could consider this if BBC allows them to try it. :)
With the discovery of a Enterprise crew member who shouldn't be at the mining facility the crew of the Enterprise finds clues leading to the discovery of evil versions of themselves as they do their best to hinder the damage left in the wake of their alternative selves before they themselves will be targeted by a trap set by their duplicates. Who will win and who will flee is for you dear readers to discover as mistaken identities can lead to dangerous situations.
When I say that I don't just mean the Next Generation Enterprise crew and their mirror doppelgangers from the mirror universe. Right at the begging of the book we find ourselves at Naia IV (Or is it Naia VII since the conversation says one thing and the first panel says another) which according to he editors note refers to an issue found in the book Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 1 and although a certain time lord does not show up in this book I wonder what a mirror universe Doctor would be like. Maybe the author could consider this if BBC allows them to try it. :)
With the discovery of a Enterprise crew member who shouldn't be at the mining facility the crew of the Enterprise finds clues leading to the discovery of evil versions of themselves as they do their best to hinder the damage left in the wake of their alternative selves before they themselves will be targeted by a trap set by their duplicates. Who will win and who will flee is for you dear readers to discover as mistaken identities can lead to dangerous situations.
November 14, 2019
This is an okay "Star Trek: The Next Generation" book, but it was really just an excuse to go to the mirror universe and adds virtually nothing to the story or the characters.
May 24, 2019
I’m a fan of alternate universes. This comic is set in Star Trek’s Mirror universe and in the same timeline as the Deep Space 9 Mirror episodes. It’s a sequel to the Mirror Broken comic.
The story starts with Worf and a couple of Enterprise-D’s security people doing an inspection of Starfleet mining facility on Naia VII. Someone has been stealing equipment and the mined resources. At first, the Enterprise people don’t notice anything strange but then Worf sees an Enterprise crewman, Jones, who shouldn’t be there. And he’s has goatee! When Worf tries to talk with Lieutenant Jones, he fires on Worf and his people. They chase him but he managed beam away, together with Commander Riker, who has two braids on his beard and La Forge who has artificial eyes instead of his visor.
Back on the Enterprise, Lieutenant Jones denies leaving the Enterprise and the logs back him up. However, the Enterprise receives a distress call from an Andorian battle cruiser. They’re very tough so the crew has bad feelings about it. They find the cruiser has only a few survivors and they accuse humans of attacking them. The ship has been stripped of everything of use. On the security logs, Riker and Picard are shocked when they see their own faces.
Then we switch to the Mirror universe crew. Their Picard has a bold plan: to infiltrate Enterprise-D, force the crew to abandon ship, and take the Enterprise for himself. To do that, he sends inquisitor Troi and Lieutenant Reg Barcley to Enterprise-D.
This was fun. Our crew figured pretty quickly what was going on. The Mirror universe crew used a (regrettably short but hilarious) holoprogram to train Barcley to interact in our universe, or at least the way they thought the “our” universe would be like. Everyone would complement everyone all the time. Also, the infiltration duo has first season’s uniforms so Troi is in the short skirt uniform with a head band. That was really a blast from the past! Unfortunately, the interactions between the Mirror crew and the Prime crew were far too short. Beverly was barely there at all and even Wesley was just working on the background.
The final story is “Ripe for Plunder” which is set some months before the main story. In it, Data goes looking for Emperor Spock. This was also a fun little story, with only Picard and Data appearing from the TNG crew. It was a little shocking to see how ruthless this Data is.
“Ripe for Plunder” is the only story with painted art and for some reason it seemed to fit the story and characters much better than in the previous collection. The main story has more ordinary art by several artists which was mostly ok.
I felt that the story was too brief. I would’ve loved to see more interaction between the crews. Especially when Troi went to Enterprise-D, I was looking forward to her confronting “our” Troi but that didn’t happen. She did meet Riker but that was far too brief. I was kind of disappointed with Barcley’s big role because I would have wanted to follow a more prominent character. He did find out how the crew treats the “our” Barcley and wasn’t too pleased with it. In fact, the story ends with a cliffhanger. Happily, the Humble Bundle’s Star Trek bundle does have Terra Incognita so I’ll be soon diving in to that, even though it promises more Barcley. (I don’t hate him or anything, he’s just one of the least interesting choices as the focus character.)
The story starts with Worf and a couple of Enterprise-D’s security people doing an inspection of Starfleet mining facility on Naia VII. Someone has been stealing equipment and the mined resources. At first, the Enterprise people don’t notice anything strange but then Worf sees an Enterprise crewman, Jones, who shouldn’t be there. And he’s has goatee! When Worf tries to talk with Lieutenant Jones, he fires on Worf and his people. They chase him but he managed beam away, together with Commander Riker, who has two braids on his beard and La Forge who has artificial eyes instead of his visor.
Back on the Enterprise, Lieutenant Jones denies leaving the Enterprise and the logs back him up. However, the Enterprise receives a distress call from an Andorian battle cruiser. They’re very tough so the crew has bad feelings about it. They find the cruiser has only a few survivors and they accuse humans of attacking them. The ship has been stripped of everything of use. On the security logs, Riker and Picard are shocked when they see their own faces.
Then we switch to the Mirror universe crew. Their Picard has a bold plan: to infiltrate Enterprise-D, force the crew to abandon ship, and take the Enterprise for himself. To do that, he sends inquisitor Troi and Lieutenant Reg Barcley to Enterprise-D.
This was fun. Our crew figured pretty quickly what was going on. The Mirror universe crew used a (regrettably short but hilarious) holoprogram to train Barcley to interact in our universe, or at least the way they thought the “our” universe would be like. Everyone would complement everyone all the time. Also, the infiltration duo has first season’s uniforms so Troi is in the short skirt uniform with a head band. That was really a blast from the past! Unfortunately, the interactions between the Mirror crew and the Prime crew were far too short. Beverly was barely there at all and even Wesley was just working on the background.
The final story is “Ripe for Plunder” which is set some months before the main story. In it, Data goes looking for Emperor Spock. This was also a fun little story, with only Picard and Data appearing from the TNG crew. It was a little shocking to see how ruthless this Data is.
“Ripe for Plunder” is the only story with painted art and for some reason it seemed to fit the story and characters much better than in the previous collection. The main story has more ordinary art by several artists which was mostly ok.
I felt that the story was too brief. I would’ve loved to see more interaction between the crews. Especially when Troi went to Enterprise-D, I was looking forward to her confronting “our” Troi but that didn’t happen. She did meet Riker but that was far too brief. I was kind of disappointed with Barcley’s big role because I would have wanted to follow a more prominent character. He did find out how the crew treats the “our” Barcley and wasn’t too pleased with it. In fact, the story ends with a cliffhanger. Happily, the Humble Bundle’s Star Trek bundle does have Terra Incognita so I’ll be soon diving in to that, even though it promises more Barcley. (I don’t hate him or anything, he’s just one of the least interesting choices as the focus character.)
August 26, 2024
Ugh. I got another Star Trek comic book. It’s true that I have quite a few of them that I haven’t read but two at once is more than I want. At once.
Worse, this one is the Next Generation. A show and crew I’ve never been able to stomach. But it is the Mirror Universe which I’m a fan of. And at the least the graphic novel is the ‘whole’ story. So I’ll check it out.
The art is quite good however. And the story seems to connect with a previous Doctor Who crossover!
A pretty good first issue! And Worf wasn’t a wimp for once!
The story, Worf spots an Enterprise crew member who shouldn’t have a BEARD!!!?
Well, Worf fails to capture the lieutenant who beams aways with a Riker-looking guy (shouldn’t Mirror-Riker NOT have a beard) and a Geordi guy.
Next issue they are grilling the lieutenant who assures all that he was ‘here-the-whole-time’!
Then they get a distress call from an Andorian ship. They find and fight one lone survivor and ask him who attacked him.
You pink-skins all look alike to me.
They rescue what they can but there is a warp core breach in the Andorian ship so they have to eject the core and get out of there. Riker gathers as much black-box info as he can before they leave.
He and Picard see recorded images of … he and Picard going through the Andorian ship and stripping it for parts.
I like the art on this book. It’s really clean.
The next story is about evil Deanna and evil Barclay sneaking onto the Galaxy class-Enterprise to put in a false communication message to send the ship to some coordinates where the evil Mirror universe people will intercept the ship and then strip it for parts so they can sell it at swap meet.
It’s a weird way to go about space piracy.
Well, evil Barclay diverts the Galaxy class-Enterprise to the spot where a large communications array is in both universes. Evil Diana plants a virus in the computer to get the ship flooded with radiation which should cause everyone to leave the ship and then the Mirror universe crew can steal the ship without having to execute all those crew members. But something goes wrong and a whole bunch of crewmembers from the good universe beams over onto the Mirror universe’s ship.
Well after a large and pointless firefight everyone seems to safely get back to their own universe with no harm done. At the end we find that evil Barclay has stayed behind to take good Barlay’s place. Yawn.
The next issue has evil Picard and evil Data interrogating a smuggler who seems to have all sorts of good stuff. They want to know where he gets it. Somehow this leads evil Data to hunt for Emperor Spock who has gone missing. All records of him appear to have been erased. Evil Data tracks him down and questions him to find out if he has supplied all the good treasure that the smuggler had.
That question is never answered but apparently evil Data’s capacity for violence gets Spock to tell him that he was inspired to rule the galaxy by good Kirk from another galaxy. But he failed and therefore has to hide out.
Evil Data returns and tells Evil Picard that there is another universe that they can steal from.
The art is in this last issue is particularly lousy.
This story seems like it should have been at the beginning of the series rather than the end.
This series was both boring and nonsensical. Kind of a warning to me that any TNG comics can be safely avoided.
I give this 1 star and will donate it immediately.
Worse, this one is the Next Generation. A show and crew I’ve never been able to stomach. But it is the Mirror Universe which I’m a fan of. And at the least the graphic novel is the ‘whole’ story. So I’ll check it out.
The art is quite good however. And the story seems to connect with a previous Doctor Who crossover!
A pretty good first issue! And Worf wasn’t a wimp for once!
The story, Worf spots an Enterprise crew member who shouldn’t have a BEARD!!!?
Well, Worf fails to capture the lieutenant who beams aways with a Riker-looking guy (shouldn’t Mirror-Riker NOT have a beard) and a Geordi guy.
Next issue they are grilling the lieutenant who assures all that he was ‘here-the-whole-time’!
Then they get a distress call from an Andorian ship. They find and fight one lone survivor and ask him who attacked him.
You pink-skins all look alike to me.
They rescue what they can but there is a warp core breach in the Andorian ship so they have to eject the core and get out of there. Riker gathers as much black-box info as he can before they leave.
He and Picard see recorded images of … he and Picard going through the Andorian ship and stripping it for parts.
I like the art on this book. It’s really clean.
The next story is about evil Deanna and evil Barclay sneaking onto the Galaxy class-Enterprise to put in a false communication message to send the ship to some coordinates where the evil Mirror universe people will intercept the ship and then strip it for parts so they can sell it at swap meet.
It’s a weird way to go about space piracy.
Well, evil Barclay diverts the Galaxy class-Enterprise to the spot where a large communications array is in both universes. Evil Diana plants a virus in the computer to get the ship flooded with radiation which should cause everyone to leave the ship and then the Mirror universe crew can steal the ship without having to execute all those crew members. But something goes wrong and a whole bunch of crewmembers from the good universe beams over onto the Mirror universe’s ship.
Well after a large and pointless firefight everyone seems to safely get back to their own universe with no harm done. At the end we find that evil Barclay has stayed behind to take good Barlay’s place. Yawn.
The next issue has evil Picard and evil Data interrogating a smuggler who seems to have all sorts of good stuff. They want to know where he gets it. Somehow this leads evil Data to hunt for Emperor Spock who has gone missing. All records of him appear to have been erased. Evil Data tracks him down and questions him to find out if he has supplied all the good treasure that the smuggler had.
That question is never answered but apparently evil Data’s capacity for violence gets Spock to tell him that he was inspired to rule the galaxy by good Kirk from another galaxy. But he failed and therefore has to hide out.
Evil Data returns and tells Evil Picard that there is another universe that they can steal from.
The art is in this last issue is particularly lousy.
This story seems like it should have been at the beginning of the series rather than the end.
This series was both boring and nonsensical. Kind of a warning to me that any TNG comics can be safely avoided.
I give this 1 star and will donate it immediately.
April 12, 2019
Worf is checking in on the Naia system where the captain of the supply station reported missing dilithium. Worf is attacked by an intruder who looks like a member of the Enterprise crew. He escapes with two other look-a-likes: Ryker and La Forge. They are from the mirror universe.
The side story detail how the Mirror Universe characters traveled to the Prime Universe. The Empire's supply chain is on the verge of collapse. Mirror Picard wants to know where a merchant has gotten his cargo from. The merchant mentions Spock, the emperor thought dead. Data is tasked with finding Spock, an undertaking made difficult because the Empire has removed him from historical records.
The side story detail how the Mirror Universe characters traveled to the Prime Universe. The Empire's supply chain is on the verge of collapse. Mirror Picard wants to know where a merchant has gotten his cargo from. The merchant mentions Spock, the emperor thought dead. Data is tasked with finding Spock, an undertaking made difficult because the Empire has removed him from historical records.
January 30, 2020
I read TNG: Mirror Broken last week, so this seemed like the next step after acquiring this week's Star Trek comics bundle from Humble Bundle. Apparently, Through the Mirror takes place the year after the events of the Doctor Who crossover, which would place this story during TNG season 6. While I do like this a bit more than The Mirror Broken, the confrontation between the two crews feels very brief, and the art style changes from issue to issue. I would've liked more visual consistency. I'm also not a fan of the cliffhanger ending.
The back of this volume also includes chapters of "Ripe for Plunder." The painting art style there is better and consistent. The story acts as a prequel to Mirror Broken, and I suppose that each chapter was released in the back of each issue of that series. Placing these stories chronologically in this volume might have worked, but the ending of "Ripe for Plunder" would've been confusing since it suggests a crossover with The Original Series.
So overall, this volume had its moments, but it's sometimes messy and all over the place.
The back of this volume also includes chapters of "Ripe for Plunder." The painting art style there is better and consistent. The story acts as a prequel to Mirror Broken, and I suppose that each chapter was released in the back of each issue of that series. Placing these stories chronologically in this volume might have worked, but the ending of "Ripe for Plunder" would've been confusing since it suggests a crossover with The Original Series.
So overall, this volume had its moments, but it's sometimes messy and all over the place.
January 20, 2021
I loved the first series but found this to be rather weak story wise. There was a lot of potential for this series but it was not exploited to maximum effect.
The crew of the ISS Enterprise has crossed over to the Prime universe, where they do what they do best - piracy.
Everything was going well for the Terran crew until Captain Picard decides to steal the USS Enterprise from Picard.
It indeed takes a Picard to overcome the planning of another Picard. It was interesting to see the crew combat their counterparts.
The crew of the ISS Enterprise has crossed over to the Prime universe, where they do what they do best - piracy.
Everything was going well for the Terran crew until Captain Picard decides to steal the USS Enterprise from Picard.
It indeed takes a Picard to overcome the planning of another Picard. It was interesting to see the crew combat their counterparts.
April 21, 2025
I really enjoyed this story. I found out that there are no Mirror Universe episodes in TNG so it’s nice to see what that could have looked like. I like some of the little details like the outdated uniforms that the impostors wore because they had old information to base them off. I used to dismiss the books and graphic novels since they weren’t officially canon. Since I’ve watched all but a couple seasons of all of the shows it is nice to be able to see new stories, whether they are canon or not, of some of my favorite characters since TNG is my favorite series.
June 30, 2019
Mirror Picard and crew are looking for resources given that the Terran Empire is a little short on them. How does one get them? Incursions into parallel universes (including the 'prime' universe) to collect resources, especially variants of the Enterprise D. This was an interesting story - with prime Picard outsmarting Mirror Picard. It was interesting to see Barkley's mirror self, and the twist in the end - mirror Barlkley stays in prime universe. How will this end? ;-)
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March 1, 2019
A great premise, slightly diminished by how short the actual confrontation between the two crews lasts. There's so much here that could make for a more compelling and longer series that it's a shame that it was all crammed into just 5 issues.
The JK Woodward illustrated backup story is a hidden gem.
The JK Woodward illustrated backup story is a hidden gem.
April 1, 2019
This was a nice bit of fun, but it didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Also, the designs for the mirror Enterprise crew kept changing, like not everyone was on the same page as to what they were supposed to look like, or the designs kept changing. Still, I’m a big fan of the mirror universe, and TNG never went there when the show was on the air, so this was fun.
June 21, 2021
One of the best Mirror Universe takes I've read.
The Next Generation is my favorite Star Trek series, and I always found it weird that they never tackled a Mirror Universe storyline. Until now. Trekkers should definitely pick up this book as it has all the elements of a great Mirror Universe story. It's also a gorgeous looking comic.
The Next Generation is my favorite Star Trek series, and I always found it weird that they never tackled a Mirror Universe storyline. Until now. Trekkers should definitely pick up this book as it has all the elements of a great Mirror Universe story. It's also a gorgeous looking comic.
January 16, 2022
Sequel to 'Mirror Broken' set a few years later in the Mirror Universe. Not quite as good as 'Mirror Broken'. Still a solid 3.5 stars. Plot was interesting, if a bit confusing at first, but once I caught on, it made some sense. I've never seen this idea in Star Trek Mirror Universe media before, that I can recall, so it's super orignal. Again, the Tiptons deliver.
December 29, 2022
A great Star Trek story! I liked the Prelude accompaniment story even though I haven’t read Broken Mirror, and the main story was great. I would
like to see these across more issues, but that is often my complaint and is also more on the publisher (requiring quick turnaround and stories that take just 4-6 issues, instead of 12 or more). Cool Star Trek tale! I look forward to Terra Incognita.
like to see these across more issues, but that is often my complaint and is also more on the publisher (requiring quick turnaround and stories that take just 4-6 issues, instead of 12 or more). Cool Star Trek tale! I look forward to Terra Incognita.
July 27, 2023
This go around the evil mirror universe Next Generation crew have their eyes set on our universe. They've figured out how to cross over and are raiding spaceships in our universe for salvage and murdering the crews like pirates of old. Not as much focus on most of the characters this go around, but still lots of fun.
January 10, 2021
Una buena continuación de la saga del universo espejo, que deja con ganas de saber más de las aventuras del ISS Enterprise, enfrentándoles a sus contrapartidas heroicas, y de paso arroja un poco de luz sobre el Emperador Spock.
September 28, 2018
I enjoyed the crew of the Enterprise finally coming face to face with their mirror counterparts. Other than that it's a pretty average Trek comic.
October 30, 2018
Really enjoyed the art/likenesses.
November 14, 2018
The mirrored enterprise crew trys to criss over to plunder and control.
August 3, 2019
Excellent Mirror TNG fare
Very entertaining
Very entertaining
January 27, 2020
Love this series! Looking forward to the next one!
May 1, 2020
This one's got it all! Bearded evil dudes punching the dudes you know and love. Oh, what a treat! It was okay.
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