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Star Trek: Warriors of the Mirror War (Star Trek: The Mirror War
Expand upon the world of The Mirror War in these short stories focusing on some of your favorite Data, Geordi La Forge, Benjamin Sisko, and Deanna Troi! Data and Barclay’s relationship has been strained since Barclay returned from the Prime universe. When Barclay becomes preoccupied with revenge, Data determines to help him right past wrongs so that the human can return to peak operating efficiency. Then, Geordi La Forge is on a scouting mission for Picard when he suddenly finds himself ambushed and teleported into an agony booth. Who is this masked figure torturing La Forge, and what connection do they have to his past? When Benjamin Sisko is tasked with taking out Intendant Kira Nerys’ political rival at a very public party, things quickly escalate from tense to dangerous when another figure from Sisko’s past makes a dark appearance. And in the finale, at the rise of a new dawn for the Terran Empire, Deanna Troi reflects on how far her ambition has driven her on her calculating quest to seek power and escape among the stars. Brought to you by a host of talent including Celeste Bronfman, Roberta Ingranata, J. Holtham, Carlos Rodriguez, Danny Lore, Hendry Prasetya, Marieke Nijkamp, and Megan Levens.
122 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2023
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May 31, 2023
Star Trek: Warriors of the Mirror War
What drives the humans in the Mirror Universe? Greed? Ambition? Betrayal? Pain? In this collection of one shots, readers are asked to consider how the monstrously twisted versions of our heroes were moulded.
Whilst the stories are very good, showcasing some excellent back stories, the artwork feels very wrong here. Panelling is crisp and easy to follow but the character work is at points quite sloppy. A Human/Cardassian character looks more like a Klingon and some of the face work done on Sisko makes him bland and unrecognisable.
What drives the humans in the Mirror Universe? Greed? Ambition? Betrayal? Pain? In this collection of one shots, readers are asked to consider how the monstrously twisted versions of our heroes were moulded.
Whilst the stories are very good, showcasing some excellent back stories, the artwork feels very wrong here. Panelling is crisp and easy to follow but the character work is at points quite sloppy. A Human/Cardassian character looks more like a Klingon and some of the face work done on Sisko makes him bland and unrecognisable.
September 29, 2024
A collection of five issues - the prelude Mirror War #0, and the one-shots "Data", "Geordi", "Sisko" and "Troi". The release of the one-shots was interspersed within the main Mirror War storyline.
This serves as a companion collection to the main Mirror War storyline in the comics, so ideally should be evaluated as such. Unfortunately, I haven't read the main Mirror War storyline, so do take that into account when reading my review.
I feel the strongest story was "Geordi", by J. Holtham and Carlos Rodriguez. Geordi is imprisoned by a mysterious figure and tortured with a memory that he has long suppressed. It was a chilling deeper look at the Mirror Universe's Geordi, while still largely staying true to his characterisation in the prime universe.
Perhaps the weakest one is "Troi", by Marieke Nijkamp and Megan Levens, acting as an epilogue of sorts to the Mirror War storyline. Troi recalls her first meeting with Picard and what she's had to do since that fateful encounter. Perhaps it's because it's essentially a basic story that became unnecessarily complicated, it didn't carry that emotional payoff one would expect of an epilogue.
It is an understandable but unfortunate choice to collect these one-shots outside of the main Mirror War storyline. Despite all five stories largely succeeding on their own merits, the lack of context from the main storyline means these standalone stories don't resonate quite as well as they should.
This serves as a companion collection to the main Mirror War storyline in the comics, so ideally should be evaluated as such. Unfortunately, I haven't read the main Mirror War storyline, so do take that into account when reading my review.
I feel the strongest story was "Geordi", by J. Holtham and Carlos Rodriguez. Geordi is imprisoned by a mysterious figure and tortured with a memory that he has long suppressed. It was a chilling deeper look at the Mirror Universe's Geordi, while still largely staying true to his characterisation in the prime universe.
Perhaps the weakest one is "Troi", by Marieke Nijkamp and Megan Levens, acting as an epilogue of sorts to the Mirror War storyline. Troi recalls her first meeting with Picard and what she's had to do since that fateful encounter. Perhaps it's because it's essentially a basic story that became unnecessarily complicated, it didn't carry that emotional payoff one would expect of an epilogue.
It is an understandable but unfortunate choice to collect these one-shots outside of the main Mirror War storyline. Despite all five stories largely succeeding on their own merits, the lack of context from the main storyline means these standalone stories don't resonate quite as well as they should.
June 17, 2023
Warriors of the Mirror War is exactly what it sounds like : a collection of character studies based on characters from the Mirror Universe. Each is about a different character, and each is by a different author, which makes it rather hard to judge as a whole.
The standout here is J Holtham's Geordi La Forge story, which brings the whole volume up a notch. It's a story of love, betrayal, and choices. The Sisko story is also quite strong. The Deanna Troi story less so, and the Barclay/Data story least of all.
The standout here is J Holtham's Geordi La Forge story, which brings the whole volume up a notch. It's a story of love, betrayal, and choices. The Sisko story is also quite strong. The Deanna Troi story less so, and the Barclay/Data story least of all.
May 13, 2025
In the Sisko issue, it goes from referring to Kira as "The Intendant", which is correct, to "The Idendant" which is nonsense. It happens a few times. The half-Cardassian guy looks Klingon and none of the main characters look quite right. The stories are all pretty meh. Added together, this one was not the best.
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July 22, 2024This ST comic was definitely more interesting. Certainly the mirror universe versions of Kira Nerys and Deanna Troi. Worlds away from the goody-goody universe of Star Trek TNG. But, full credit to the original ST writers in coming up with the concept of the mirror universe in TOS.
December 24, 2023
Seeing these characters as they could have been has a weird fascination for me. I like playing the What If... game. These stories do that and do it well.
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