Friday, March 01, 2013

A Being Of Few Words

Star Trek 14
IDW Publishing
Mike Johnson, writer
Stephen Molnar, artist




The large majority of stories from this series are two-issue arcs, but this one and the last issue are done-in-one tales, each focusing on one of the lesser-knowns from the rebooted film universe. This time out we get a nice look at the back story and motivations of Keenser, the diminutive alien Kirk stumbles across on Delta Vega when he first meets Montgomery Scott.

It turns out that despite Keenser's small stature when compared with Scott and his other shipmates aboard the Enterprise, he is unusually tall for his species. Fitting in is a recurring theme for this issue, and while there is much played for comic effect, the character is still treated with respect and given much more depth than time constraints allowed in the film.

All in all, another fine comic expanding on the rebooted film Trek universe. It's well worth checking out.

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