Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan #3

The IDW Publishing adaptation of Wrath of Khan concludes. It took 30 years to happen, but it was worth the wait.

Now, it’s common knowledge that Spock dies in the end, so it’s not a spoiler. But, they way they make him look in this comic is so gruesome. In the film, Spock’s skin looks bluish and is peeling. Here, every panel, the Vulcan decays ever more, revealing his horrific green blooded muscle tone. It’s actually enough to make me queasy.

Despite that, the book was fantastic and I very much like what IDW has been doing with the Trek franchise as a whole.

Worth Consuming.

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.

Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan #1

Of all the classic crew Star Trek films, only Wrath of Khan was never made into a comic book adaptation- until now! By far the best film in the series (if you choose Voyage Home, you’re not a real Trekkie), the action and thrilling art of war strategics of the film are perfectly captured.

The art is pretty good. Sometimes Khan looks like a geriatric punk rocker, but the interiors of both the Enterprise and Defiant look like they are photographs from the film.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan #2

In part 2, Khan has stolen the Genesis device while possibly having trapped Kirk into being buried alive. It's a great scene in all of sci-fi films. But this is a comic and sometimes, the power of a dramatic monet doesn't carry over from film to paper very well.

Yet when Kirk goes ballistic and yells “KHANNNNNNNNNN!”, you really can feel the anger and emotion.

Not all of the renderings of the Enterprise crew is this well done. The art of the characters is iffy at times, but the action scenes of the ships engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse are photo-realistic and quite amazing.

Worth Consuming.

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.