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Star Trek Other Realities
Graphic novel collects three stories: "All of Me" (Star Trek) by Tony Isabella and Bob Ingersoll; "N-Vector" (Star Trek: Deep Space 9) by K.W. Jeter; and "Double Time" (Star Trek: New Frontier) by Peter David
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2001
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About the author
K.W. Jeter
112 books366 followersKevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) is an American science fiction and horror author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and paranoid, unsympathetic characters. He is also credited with the coining of the term "Steampunk." K. W. has written novels set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universe, and has written three (to date) sequels to Blade Runner.
Series:
* Doctor Adder
Series contributed to:
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Alien Nation
* Blade Runner
* Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars
* The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
* The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
Series:
* Doctor Adder
Series contributed to:
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Alien Nation
* Blade Runner
* Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars
* The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
* The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
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July 1, 2013
A mostly bad set of Star Trek comics. "All of Me" (TOS) is a mediocre story with a silly premise AND a silly resolution (4/10). "N-Vector" (DS9) starts off with promise, as its nice to see everyone in a post-finale story. But the horrendous art drags down the story from the start, and then when we get to the main plot of a virus that infects a space station ... agh. So bad. By the end it wasn't even readable (3/10). "Double Time" (New Frontier) is the only one worth reading. It's great to see the New Frontier cast pictured, and the story plays fun games with time travel (7/10). A pity it's such a small portion of the book.
September 3, 2010
The first and last stories were fun, but the middle was was terrible. Mind you, the art was much worse than the story itself. I do believe the middle story had the worst comic book art I've ever seen.
September 2, 2024
Star Trek: Other Realities - 3/5
A collection of 3 Star Trek stories focusing on different eras of the Trekverse, ranging from The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, and the book original series New Frontier.
All Of Me, written by Tony Isabella and Bob Ingersoll, art by Aaron Lopresti.
A decent comic with a very TOS premise. You've got a mix of mad scientists, a cosmic entity, fist fights, and cowboy diplomacy which all comes together in a fun, if a little forgettable, TOS adventure that I think really captures that show in comic form. The art is also decent, with the crew and the scenery all looking pretty good, and the artist does put in a fair amount of cheesecake art, most of which centres on the female characters but Kirk does get some scenes too, so if that's your thing then all the better. Overall, a fun, if not the most engaging, story.
N-Vector, written by K.W. Jeter and art by Toby Cypress
Whilst this is both the longest and the weakest part of the comic I still found this to be an enjoyable read. Set just after the end of the show, it's fun to see Kira in the very early days of her command of the station (I believe it is very loosely tied into the early DS9 Relaunch books from this era) and I do think it's an interesting enough one-off story to focus on for the DS9 crew, even if it's not the most earth-shattering story ever written. It does get a bit muddled in the latter two issues, resolving fairly unsatisfactorily in the end, but I did still enjoy my time reading it. A lot of people don't seem to like the art and whilst the characters don't really look like the cast and sometimes the backgrounds can leave a bit to be desired I thought the general style was quite good and that it did a decent enough job illustrating the story. Overall, a bit weak but still a decent enough read if you decide to seek it out.
Double Time, written by Peter David and art by Michael Collins
The best story of the collection, this comic story captures the whole feel of the New Frontier book series, which makes sense given Peter David was the lead creative force behind everything in this line of stories. This is the one which is the most engaging on a plot, character, and thematic level, vaguely dealing with the ideas of historical interference and it's merits and drawbacks. It also continues the character conflicts that were going on in the books around this time (which were admittedly already growing a bit stale by now) and neatly solves the issue of why the Excalibur and crew weren't involved heavily with the Dominion War. The art is probably at it's best here too, and it's nice to see all the characters visually realised outside of the book covers. Overall a very satisfying comic for New Frontier fans that manages to feel like a key part of the story rather than some last minute addition.
A collection of 3 Star Trek stories focusing on different eras of the Trekverse, ranging from The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, and the book original series New Frontier.
All Of Me, written by Tony Isabella and Bob Ingersoll, art by Aaron Lopresti.
A decent comic with a very TOS premise. You've got a mix of mad scientists, a cosmic entity, fist fights, and cowboy diplomacy which all comes together in a fun, if a little forgettable, TOS adventure that I think really captures that show in comic form. The art is also decent, with the crew and the scenery all looking pretty good, and the artist does put in a fair amount of cheesecake art, most of which centres on the female characters but Kirk does get some scenes too, so if that's your thing then all the better. Overall, a fun, if not the most engaging, story.
N-Vector, written by K.W. Jeter and art by Toby Cypress
Whilst this is both the longest and the weakest part of the comic I still found this to be an enjoyable read. Set just after the end of the show, it's fun to see Kira in the very early days of her command of the station (I believe it is very loosely tied into the early DS9 Relaunch books from this era) and I do think it's an interesting enough one-off story to focus on for the DS9 crew, even if it's not the most earth-shattering story ever written. It does get a bit muddled in the latter two issues, resolving fairly unsatisfactorily in the end, but I did still enjoy my time reading it. A lot of people don't seem to like the art and whilst the characters don't really look like the cast and sometimes the backgrounds can leave a bit to be desired I thought the general style was quite good and that it did a decent enough job illustrating the story. Overall, a bit weak but still a decent enough read if you decide to seek it out.
Double Time, written by Peter David and art by Michael Collins
The best story of the collection, this comic story captures the whole feel of the New Frontier book series, which makes sense given Peter David was the lead creative force behind everything in this line of stories. This is the one which is the most engaging on a plot, character, and thematic level, vaguely dealing with the ideas of historical interference and it's merits and drawbacks. It also continues the character conflicts that were going on in the books around this time (which were admittedly already growing a bit stale by now) and neatly solves the issue of why the Excalibur and crew weren't involved heavily with the Dominion War. The art is probably at it's best here too, and it's nice to see all the characters visually realised outside of the book covers. Overall a very satisfying comic for New Frontier fans that manages to feel like a key part of the story rather than some last minute addition.
July 18, 2025
Three tales here: once set in Classic Trek, the second on DS9 and the last within Peter David's New Frontier world (adjacent to Next Generation). I wouldn't say that they're of variable quality because none of them really leap of the page as Star Trek stories, whilst the artwork for the second, 'n-vector', by Toby Cypress, is downright ugly although the colouring captures the tonal palette of DS9 well. In the first story we're interested to a new pan-dimensional ultra powerful character called 'djinn' which dismisses it's origins as related to human descriptions of genies & djinn, although it immediately claims it has a deep & long hatred of humanity...another Q-continuity creature...? That question is left unanswered. Peter David's story, 'Double time', is probably the best written, but it's timey-wimey shenanigans ties it in knots and it almost has the feeling of being written, just for its final line.
Disappointing, overall.
Disappointing, overall.
August 30, 2022
3.5 stars. i'm always a fan of collections that collect multiple full stories, with low expectations (only seen Star Trek episodes from the very first season and mediocre reviews for these comics) I really enjoyed the stories told. Especially the last one, Double Time, has a great story.
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