This annual issue certainly has an interesting premise backing it up. Writer/artist John Byrne is paying homage to the classic Star Trek "fotonovels" of the 1970s by splicing together images and frames from the series to craft an entirely new "lost episode" starring the original Enterprise crew. And not just any lost episode, but a sequel to one of the more beloved Original Series episodes, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." But is an interesting premise enough to justify the unusually high cover price? Probably not, unless you're a hardcore Trek fan.
To his credit, Byrne does deliver a story that feels very much like it could be a lost episode of the old series. The character voices all feel spot on (though the phonetic approach to writing dialogue for characters like Chekhov and Scotty is a bit overdone). And Byrne is able to deliver a nice continuation of the story of Gary Mitchell. The script picks up some three years after the original episode, with the Enterprise called back to Delta Vega and encountering a reborn Gary Mitchell in all his godlike power. Byrne plays on the relationship between Kirk and Mitchell well, and he ends the story on a far more positive note than "Where No Man Has Gone Before" did. I like to think Gene Roddenberry would have approved.
via IGN All http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ign/all/~3/_ZPMLkTTBFY/star-trek-annual-2013-review
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