914. WorldsingerPUBLICATION: Star Trek v.2 #16, DC Comics, February 1991
CREATORS: J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Gordon Purcell and Arne Starr (artists)
STARDATE: 3040.2 (after TAS)
PLOT: After the Federation has evacuated a dying planet of its 5 million inhabitants, the Enterprise takes scientific readings. They find a single life-form, an empathic "worldsinger", still on the planet, finishing the planet's "song". Unable to dissuade him, Kirk stays with him until the last moment, beaming back to the ship in the nick of time and dropping the worldsinger on another planet, to learn another song.
CONTINUITY: None.
DIVERGENCES: None.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Purcell does TOS Kirk as he was meant to be
REVIEW: JMS on a Star Trek comic? Yes, about two years before Babylon 5. It's not a bad guest issue, though largely inconsequential to any storyline we might be following. Gordon Purcell seems to enjoy the change of venue, giving us a couple of "tortured" Shatner shots and some interesting layouts. JMS injects a little bit of the humor Peter David was known for, more on par with the show. It's a readable exercise.
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