901. Cure AllPUBLICATION: Star Trek v.2 #6, DC Comics, March 1990
CREATORS: Peter David (writer), James W. Fry and Arne Starr (artists)
STARDATE: 8487.1 (follows the last issue)
PLOT: New Brinden's prefect discovers the price on Kirk's head and offers an ultimatum - either Kirk surrenders himself to him or he kills all the infected "lowlies". Kirk seriously considers it, though McCoy puts his search for a cure in overdrive. The weird alien Ensign Fouton, horrified that his hero would go down like that, secretly steals a vial of the disease and injects the sleeping prefect with it. Suddenly, he's ready to play ball, allowing McCoy to finish the job. Back on Earth, Admiral Tomlinson offers the Klingons and the Nasgul a deal that will give them Kirk's head on a platter...
CONTINUITY: The Federation President. The Klingon ambassador. McCoy is partly still motivated by the vision of his father Sybok showed him.
DIVERGENCES: None.
PANEL OF THE DAY - The word that appears once per code-approved issue
REVIEW: The theme of dangerous allies certainly permeates this issue. We have a Starfleet Admiral willing to sell Kirk out. We have M'yra bullying Li into leaving Sulu alone. And we have Fouton's off-the-books mission and mysterious powers of hypnosis (don't stare into his gem-like eyes). Not to mention Blaise, whose intentions seem good, but remains frustrated at Kirk's stonewalling. All interesting threads. The plot itself isn't as interesting, however, feeling a little truncated there at the end. And the way the previous issue was staged, it seemed like the prefect was lying about the lowlies dying. Ah well. I guess this is good to, but all due to creepy Fouton. I also want to mention that this issue continues the series strong use of silent panels and pages for both dramatic and comic effect.
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