Villordsutch reviews Star Trek #32 …
The concluding part of I, Enterprise…
After a rather fantastic introduction to 0718 (see Issue #31) – a living, breathing Starship Enterprise brought to life by a rogue computer program brought on board after a visit to a pure black sphere floating silently in space – we quickly are brought to the concluding part of this story given to us by the current Star Trek scribe Mike Johnson (with overseer Roberto Orci still circling above). Though we’re given a fairly good piece due to elements I’m guessing are beyond Mike Johnson’s control, it’s not quite excellent.
The story is good, if not a bit Trek fan flammable as we have here a civilisation that has transcended they frailties of the biological form a million years back to become mere one constantly connected form of energy. It is currently in the process of assisting the Enterprise to remove the infestation (the humans) from the ship whilst at the same time assimilating the Enterprise itself into its being and energy. To me this story has the faint odour of The Motion Picture drifting from it; it doesn’t reek it – just floats in the air. This of course isn’t a bad thing as TMP does have its good moments.
The issue however isn’t the problem with the story, but rather the fact that I,Enterprise is compacted into two parts and not given the three parts it so clearly deserves. Due to this we’re rushed through the story towards an ending which I met with a proper “I’m sorry? What?” had to re-read it as it caught me off guard believing I had read it incorrectly, and rather upsettingly I hadn’t. Again I don’t think this is the fault of the story-teller – this should have been a tale over three issues and clearly comes across as that with this issue more so than the first; a shame really as there was a lot of potential squashed into these two comics.
One constant I’ve found in these two issues is the artwork from Erfan Fajar and Yulian Ardhi (pencils and inks) along with Sakti Yuwono and Ifansyah Noor (colours). It’s rare that the characters lose definition, and the colours are quite amazing and capture extremely well what J.J. got onto the screen (though I know this may be a “Turn off” for quite a few people). It’s refreshing to see the artwork within the pages of the comic stay so stable and look so good throughout.
Star Trek #32 is fairly good piece, but could have been better if we just had more breathing room.
Villordsutch likes his sci-fi and looks like a tubby Viking according to his children. Visit his website and follow him on Twitter.
Originally published April 23, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
