Star Trek: The Next Generation: Enemy Unseen

This Wildstorm Comics collection is devoted to the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series as well as the theme of unknown adversaries. This volume contains 2 mini-series and a special. They range from the last season of the series up to right around Star Trek: Insurrection.

In Perchance to Dream, the Enterprise-D is called to perform security duties for a newly elected governor of a distant planet. When the official’s sexual orientation is called into question, it’s up to Worf and his security team to fend off scores of would be assassins. But it’s up to Capt. Picard and some blasts from his past to save the day when the Enterprise is attacked by a virus that causes violent delusions.

In Embrace the Wolf, the original series (and even the DC Comics from the 80s) are paid tribute with the return of Redjac (or is it Redjack? I’ve seen it both ways.) The spirit of Jack the Ripper has its sights on destroying this new Enterprise if then inhabitants of the planet below don’t nuke it first. Only an adventure with Data resuming the role of Sherlock Holmes in the holodeck will save the Enterprise from sure destruction.

Lastly, in the Killing Shadows, Picard, Data, and the half-Romulan Sela are trapped on a planet of intergalactic ninjas. With ninja infiltrating the Enterprise-E, can Commander Riker and Troi unlock the secrets of this deadly clan before the away team’s time is up?

All three stories were very good. But what surprised me was that I liked the Redjac story best! Wolf in the Fold is my all-time least favorite Original Star Trek episode. The DC story was a stinker as well. But this tale was awesome! I’d read it again.

Perchance to Dream wasn’t half bad. It’s a thriller with a moral and it’s classic Gene Roddenberry. It starts a little slow but left me wishing it wouldn’t end for at least another 50 pages.

Killing Shadows started really good and then just got weird. There’s something called “The Void” that motivates these ninjas who look human one minute and alien the next. I couldn’t tell what the void was any more than could I tell if the art was inconsistent or supposed to look that way.

Overall, this is a really good collection of tales that are a must for fans of Trek.

Worth Consuming

Rating:
Perchance to Dream: 9 out of 10 stars
Embrace the Wolf : 10 out of 10 stars
The Killing Shadows: 7 out of 10 stars

Overall rating: 8.667