945. RunawayPUBLICATION: Star Trek v.2 #41, DC Comics, December 1992
CREATORS: Howard Weinstein (writer), Rod Whigham and Arne Starr (artists)
STARDATE: 8611.1 (follows the last issue)
PLOT: The Enterprise searches for a lost science vessel in an area of space punctuated by stellar pulses when an energy being enters the ship and starts possessing various crew members, turning them into elated (read: high), creative versions of themselves. Other, similar entities invade the ship to retrieve this "runaway" who only wanted to experience humanity/vulcanity before going back to the star that spawned it to die. As soon as everybody makes friends, the lost ship turns up.
CONTINUITY: Tuchinsky is still around, the last remaining original character from Peter David's (or anyone's) run.
DIVERGENCES: None.
PANEL OF THE DAY - Today, the role of the alien energy vortex will be played by Keanu Reeves.
REVIEW: In addition to less than believable dialogue from the energy beings (see panel above), there's entirely too much technobabble in this issue. It's what happens when Spock and Saavik talk to each other, I suppose, but a lot of it is repetitive and inconsequential. The strength of the issue lies in showing us a bit of the ship's life - Chekov taking up painting, the shooting range's groovy alien targets, that kind of stuff. But there isn't a lot of it, with two of the affected characters being really excited about consoles. An ok one-off, but you almost get the feeling that some of the set pieces weren't scripted, just put in by the artist to spruce up some boring dialogue.
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