IDW Publishing
John Byrne, writer
John Byrne has done a number of great Star Trek projects for IDW since they acquired the license to produce comics for the franchise. This latest creation takes the original series' second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," and crafts a sequel as if it is just another episode of the original television run of "Star Trek." Rather than illustrations by Byrne or another comic artist, however, this annual makes use of still footage from the original shows with word balloons added to make a fotonovel.
In the book, a mysterious signal draws the crew of the Enterprise back to Delta Vega, a lonely planet at the edge of our galaxy where the starship lost two of its crew on an early voyage. Byrne does a good job of capturing the voices and the feel of the original science-fiction classic, so that this annual reads just like a natural epilogue to the original episode.
The idea for fotonovels is not a new one. In fact, the original run of "Star Trek" had an even dozen episodes turned into popular fotonovels in the late 1970s. I know that because I own several of them, but even if I didn't, this annual contains a brief history of the fotonovel concept by Cliff Biggers of Comic Shop News and Newsarama.
I don't know that a casual fan of the new movies will care much for this "blast from the past," but any longtime fan of the franchise will appreciate this Star Trek Annual, and I heartily recommend it!
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