STAR TREK MCCOY #1
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It’s like House, but in space. Wait. It’s like Becker, but — no. It’s more like Grissom-era CSI. Yeah. But written by John Byrne.
Did I mention it’s in space?
Hopefully, this series has the potential to be much more than an unholy union of two elevator pitches. This is classic Star Trek problem-of-the-week storytelling, but Byrne hasn’t quite got the characterization of McCoy down yet. This issue seemed to be getting the old Bones cliches out of the way first — crankiness, fear of transporters, “I’m a doctor, not a babysitter” — and we get more mileage out of the supporting cast Byrne’s introducing than the doctor himself. (The Andorian girl is a nice touch, and looks remarkably like 1983-era Sue Storm. Truly, Byrne is returning to his roots.)
All told, I’m looking forward to checking out this series. Maybe by the end of it McCoy will finally shave.
Art: 5 - Excellent
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Yeah, the beard was an issue for me too. I like the potential this series has, if not this particular issue.
Nice review man.
Hate to spoil things, but McCoy won’t shave until Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He shows up in the beginning of the movie with the beard, just after he’s "drafted" (by Kirk) back into Star Fleet.
Oh, forgot to say, nice review kingdomofevan.
Aw, thanks, guys.
Powerdad, I had completely forgotten all about McCoy’s beard at the beginning of TMP (though I remember Spock’s stoner haircut perfectly); I haven’t seen the movie for a few years, and would rather forget it entirely. I was just puzzled by the stylistic choice to have McCoy with a beard, which he could have grown at any time between the original series and TMP. Byrne didn’t absolutely need him to have it unless he plans to end the series right before the events of the movie. (Also, the cover I bought shows McCoy in the classic uniform with his regular haircut, and in the issue his beard’s big enough to be seen from the back. Mind you, that cover also shows a Klingon, a Vulcan, a Tellarite and what looks like Man-Thing. Never judge a book by its cover, I suppose.)
Wanted to like it, love McCoy, but its dropped. Just felt sooo contrived, particularly the Andorian girl who becomes part of the "team"…ugh. I wish Byrne would let others do the writing. While now repititous, he still knows how to draw and do storytelling, and still draws great machinery.
I’ll have to turn in my Starfleet insignia for not remembering McCoy’s beard. Been then I’ve tried hard to forget The Motion Picture…