The Beginning of the End...
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| Writer(s): | Mike W. Barr |
| Artist(s): | Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Series: | DC TOS volume 1 #15 |
| Published: | June 1985 |
| Pages: | 23 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2285) |
"The Beginning of the End..." (New Frontiers Chapter 7 / The Mirror Universe Saga part 7 of 8)
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[edit] Creators
- Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
- Writer : Mike W. Barr
- Artists:
- Pencil art: Tom Sutton
- Ink art: Ricardo Villagran
- Color art: Michele Wolfman
- Letter art: John Costanza
- Editor: Marv Wolfman
[edit] Background
- This story was reprinted in the paperback The Mirror Universe Saga.
- Takes place between the events of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
[edit] Characters
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 1 characters.
- James T. Kirk
- Spock
- Leonard McCoy
- Montgomery Scott
- Hikaru Sulu
- Uhura
- Pavel Chekov
- Saavik
- Konom
- William Bearclaw
- Elizabeth Sherwood
[edit] Mirror universe characters
- James T. Kirk (mirror)
- Spock
- Montgomery Scott (mirror)
- Hikaru Sulu (mirror)
- Uhura
- Pavel Chekov (mirror)
- Marlena Moreau (mirror)
- David Marcus
- Mirror counterpart of David Marcus.
- Saavik
- Mirror counterpart of Saavik.
- Admiral Stephen Turner
- Starfleet flag officer.
- Blaine
- Terran Empire captain
- Trask
- Terran Empire captain of the ISS Nixon
- Simons
- Terran Empire captain of the ISS Nogura
- Kolar
- Klingon captain, commander of Klingon forces in this issue.
- Kahless IV
- Klingon emperor
- Kalan
- Klingon engineering officer
- unnamed Imperial Starfleet officers and personnel
- unnamed Klingon officers, soldiers and scientists
- unnamed Romulan officers
[edit] Notes
- The Empire unveils a mirror-version of the Excelsior in this issue.
- The mirror counterparts of Kirk and crew are killed in this issue, except for Spock.
- The Romulans, like their counterparts in the Federation universe in this continuity, wear uniforms notably different from any other canon or non-canon comic series (even later volumes of DC Comics).
- The story concludes in the next issue.
[edit] References
Klingons; mirror universe; Romulans; Terran Empire; transtator; USS Excelsior
- ISS Reliant (ICC-1330)
- Imperial starship, mirror counterpart to USS Reliant.
- ISS Nixon
- Imperial starship, apparently named for Richard M. Nixon's mirror counterpart.
| The Mirror Universe Saga (aka New Frontiers) |
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| Comics DC TOS volume 1 |
| "Promises to Keep" (#9) • "Double Image" (#10) • "Deadly Reflection!" (#11) • "The Tantalus Trap!" (#12) • "Masquerade!" (#13) • "Behind Enemy Lines!" (#14) • "The Beginning of the End..." (#15) • "Homecoming..." (#16) |
| Previous issue: #14: "Behind Enemy Lines!" | Comics DC TOS volume 1 | Next issue: #16: "Homecoming..." |
