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Star Trek: The Mirror War #0

IDW Publishing 2021

By Steven LeitmanPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Star Trek: The Mirror War #0

IDW Publishing 2021

Written by Scott & David Tipton

Illustrated by Carlos Nieto

Coloured by DC Alonso

Lettered by Neil Uyetake

Get caught up with the Mirror Enterprise-D before its crew—helmed by Jean-Luc Picard—faces new threats and challenges in the upcoming Mirror War event! Following the failure of the attempt to steal ships from the Prime Universe, Picard and the Mirror Crew are called back to Earth to report to the Emperor personally… so long as they can survive the trip!

Ever since the original crew had their encounter with the Mirror Universe we’ve been fascinated by the idea. Thankfully it isn’t one that’s been beaten to death and the stories come few and far between so that every time we see a story coming out it still has this fresh, exciting and gives off that kid in a candy store vibe to the reader. The Next Generation has a larger cast of characters and that we’re seeing that come into play here almost seems a bit daunting but that the Tipton’s are writing this I have full faith that they’ll bring us something that utilises this large cast in all the right ways possible. That this is released on National Star Trek Day is kind of just icing on the cake if you ask me.

I am loving the way that this is being told. Honestly if it weren’t for the tell-tale clues, visually of course, you’d be hard pressed to realise it was the Mirror Universe right away. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented exceptionally well. The character development that we see through the dialogue, the character interaction as well as how they act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter and it is this that really manages to bring their personalities to the forefront. The pacing is excellent and as it takes us through the pages revealing the story we begin to really get excited for this.

How we see this being structured and how the layers within the story begin to emerge and grow is some magnificent work. I love seeing the layers opening up different avenues to explore and while not all avenues will be explored what they all do is add this great depth, dimension and complexity to the story. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is impeccably achieved.

The interiors here are really rather quite solid. The linework is clean, crisp and strong and how we see the varying eights and techniques being utilised to create the detail work that we see throughout the book is exceptionally well rendered. How we see backgrounds being utilised throughout to expand and enhance the moments as well as how they work within the composition of the panels to bring out the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope of the story is sensational to see. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a remarkably talented eye for storytelling. The creativity and imagination that is on display is well thought out and executed and seeing Data or Troi’s dress really allow for some extra oomph. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work show a solid eye for understanding how colour works.

This does precisely what a zero issue is supposed to do and that’s to get us excited and interested for the rest of the story. This is also what a major event should be because it’s all self-contained in one run and doesn’t need you to pick up any tie-ins. This is smartly written with some great characterisation and wrapped up in some incredibly solid interiors. All in all its a flawless way to start off this epic-adventure.

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