Star Trek #26 review

The Kelvin Universe Enterprise crew and the Defiant crew get to know each other. Spock... the Prime Spock, warned Kirk about certain future events, hence why the Enterprise was waiting for Sisko and crew. Eventually, Kirk and Sisko approach Starfleet about working together to stop the reality shockwave unleashed by Lore. Starfleet agrees and a large fleet of ships is gathered. The assembled fleet is useless though, as the shockwave hits and annihilates everything. The Enterprise and Defiant manage to survive, though the Enterprise is eventually overtaken by the shockwave as Defiant escapes.

The Defiant has returned to its own time/space continuum but everything is gone. No stars, no life signs, only the black void of space.

Lots of nice moments in this issue. The Enterprise and Defiant crews geek out over each other and compare notes. 0718, a very underutilized character from the Kelvin films, takes it upon himself to build Data a new body. Kirk thinking he can absolutely stop the reality shockwave is very in character for this version of Kirk. I almost expected some contrived conflict to erupt between the two captains. The two Scottys having a moment was nice. I'm not entirely sure where this story is going next, and I appreciate that. I expected more reality hopping or skipping through time.

seven out of ten.

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Void Rivals #17 review

Void Rivals Has Secrets To Reveal! It does and it continues here with issue # 17! Void Rivals is Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici’s sci-fi comic that tells the tale of two crumbling planets linked by a “Sacred Ring” (it’s not Halo), their peoples at war for generations. When a member of each culture are stranded together, the two find they must put aside their differences if they want to survive. This story takes place in the so-called “Energon Universe”, Skybound Entertainment’s initiative to relaunch properties like Transformers and G.I. Joe within a shared universe that also happens to include the original characters and setting of Void Rivals. In this seventeenth issue, the secret of Zerta Trion is revealed, Darak has a “friendly” chat with his father, and Proximus is on the rampage! Proximus? He was cool. He was! And that continues here as him and his new kid sidekick go on a quest together. It’s unclear exactly what Proximus wishes to get out of it, but he’s clearly no longer...

Transformers #18 (2023) review

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