1068. Of Two MindsPUBLICATION: Star Trek: The Next Generation #57, DC Comics, March 1994
CREATORS: Michael Jan Friedman (writer), Deryl Skelton (artist)
STARDATE: Unknown (follows the last issue)
PLOT: Picard learns that the Eregeans have long had the secret of mind transferal, which they've used to keep their triumvirate of leaders immortal. As their race degenerated both ethically and physically, they required fresh bodies to transfer into. They seem to have chosen Worf, Deanna and Selar for this purpose, and those crewmen's minds were dumped into Lwaxana, Alexander and Geordi respectively. The three, with the help of their second personalities, escape from the Eregeans and beam aboard the ship. But when Deanna/Alexander (Deannander? I'll call the others Lworf and Geordar) starts experiencing pain, it shows the mind transfer will soon become permanent...
CONTINUITY: See previous issue.
DIVERGENCES: The comic believes telepathy has no physiological component, which canon contradicts.
PANEL OF THE DAY - I could have gone on later without ever having seen this.
REVIEW: Well, mind transfer stories will always be silly to me, and just a little disturbing if I start thinking about them too much. Especially when characters are cross-gendered in the process (the case for all three here). I'm reminded of the uncomfortable Turnabout Intruder and the altogether too silly Doctor Who episode, New Earth. Though there's plenty of action, Skelton draws it pretty vaguely, with weird angles and beams coming out of nowhere. There's no choreography to it. The characters do make good use of their combined talents, so there is that. Not too bad considering the premise.
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