BOOK REVIEW | STAR TREK REDSHIRTS | CHRIS CANTWELL (writer), MEGAN LEVENS (artist)
BOOK REVIEW | STAR TREK REDSHIRTS | CHRIS CANTWELL (writer), MEGAN LEVENS (artist) Star Trek comics have a long history with their original publication coming out in 1967, just as the original series was wrapping up its first season. Being totally removed from the original series, this iteration published by Gold Key had some odd representation of the characters that people were used to, for instance, Spock has oversized ears and Uhuru is a different race completely, appearing Asian rather than the icon that is Michelle Williams. Eventually, Swamp Thing co – creator Len Wein came on board and gave some consistency to the art ( www.comicsalliance.com , 2016) The franchise then moved to Marvel in 1979 as Paramount hoped to cash in on the popularity of the movie. Written by legends of the industry, such as Marv Wolfman,Mike W. Barr and Denny o’Neil to name a few, Marvel’s run on the series is described by www.denofgeek as a halcyon of strangeness, primarily due to the fact t...
