1074. Mother of MadnessPUBLICATION: Star Trek: The Next Generation #60, DC Comics, June 1994
CREATORS: Michael Jan Friedman (writer), Pablo Marcos (artist)
STARDATE: Unknown (follows the last issue)
PLOT: While Picard battles a Chalnoth fleet in orbit of a contested planet, away teams from both sides discover what happened to their missing crews. A giant creature has cocooned them alive, apparently for having destroyed its eggs. Troi is mystified that the creature's feelings seem to indicate it's trying to protect the Chalnoth attacking it. The Enterprise's away team defeats the Chalnoth who only know that their captain wants the planet for a military base. Up above, the Enterprise can't take much more punishment...
CONTINUITY: Continues the Chalnoth (Allegiance) arc from the last issue.
DIVERGENCES: None.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Stuff you didn't know about Data: He was one of the original models for Easter Island.
REVIEW: Despite the panel above, Pablo Marcos' art is superior to Deryl Skelton's, more fluid and original if sometimes wonky. The Chalnoth are starting to come together as a people, the idea that they are anarchists not just politically, but psychologically coming to the fore. The implications of this story appears to be leading towards a very strange revelation about their origins, but it's too early to tell. Lt. Takamura's potential isn't realized, she's only used to make a comment about motherhood (like only an actual mother could?). Loads of action, this issue, with Geordi once again coming off fiercer and smarter than in series (I'm not complaining).
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