Star Trek: Holo-Ween

by Chris Sequeira, Joe Eisma (illustrator)

Genres: Star Trek, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comics

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 6, 2024

Reviews

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

The evil entity once known as Redjac has entered the holodeck systems of the 'U.S.S. Enterprise' and begins a reign of terror unseen for over a century.

The artwork is fine, with some good likenesses. Sadly, the weak point here is in the plot. A MacGuffin is used twice and loses all sense of danger the second time around. Still an enjoyable hour of time.

[Zane Brumley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun, campy romp that I wish TNG actually did during its run. Holo-Ween excellently uses Troi and her empathic and psychiatric traits. Looking at the reviews here, I think some people are too harsh on this story. Does the comic use too many thought bubbles for narration, probably, but I don't think it makes the comic bad. The cartoon-y art style and early horror aesthetics easily inform the reader not to take this story too seriously.

[James Bowman · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a very silly TNG story that doesn't seem to be sure whether it's being silly or not. Basically a contrivance to have the bridge crew cosplay as monsters to fight Redjac. This might have worked as a short story, or a Q story, but as is it just doesn't work very well. There is one team-up idea near the end that would have likely made for a better plot. (C)

[Ben A · Rating 2 out of 5]

Star Trek: Holo-Ween was filled with some great ideas and great art but the end result just didn't work for me. It really felt like each panel, unnecessarily, had to have thought or dialogue balloons. I've been a big fan of the recent IDW Trek books, but this is the first time I've really been let down. Somewhere in those pages though, a really good Star Trek story exists, and it was very nice to look at. I hope the creative team gets another shot.

Special Thanks to IDW Publishing and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.

[Ed · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art is pretty good but the story is just awful. A spooky Halloween holodeck adventure? Sounds good. But building it around the villains of two of the worst Star Trek episodes of all time (Redjac and Armus)? No thank you.

[Zoidberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Season 7 was the perfect place to position this story in the Star Trek timeline… bonkers idea and would have been a fun episode. Second half of the story got too far into fan fiction with Scotty and army’s showing up.

[Mutant Mike · Rating 2 out of 5]

How could I say no to a goofy Holodeck premise like this? I've always liked stories that bridge the gap between TOS and TNG. Unfortunately, the plot is too stupid for its own good and never achieves any real tension. Not even Scotty could beam this one up to snuff. Great variant covers, though.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

What's with the low ratings? I thought this was really fun, creative, and humor-filled!

[Joseph Dolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of all the Star Trek comics I've ever read, this was one. Happy Halloween!

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a short genre treatment of a genre franchise it’s a good diversion. This is not so much a spoiler for the very reason I mention it, but the Redjac involvement is given away all too early. It might have been more fun to tease a few other causes and build up some tension.

[Dominic Sedillo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is fine. Had more potential, but it did feel like an episode. There was a problem and it took one “episode” to figure it out.