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Star Trek: Red Shirts - Ghost of the 21st Century #1 review



The Romulans open the story by plotting and right at the outset we learn Captain Chip Miller (last seen in Star Trek: Red Shirts #5) is an asset.

A group of redshirts walk into a bar, one says he's gonna ask out this Andorian science officer, another laughs at him. He's run off after her but the other redshirts are called off to do a mission. That same mission goes sideways nightmarishly, our lone redshirt, Harry Deubert, survived but ends up having to clean the shuttle. And he's sick of how redshirts are treated so he tries to contact Starfleet but Miller intercepts him! Dun dun dun! but hey at least redshirt got his date. Too bad she's Andorian security.

To be continued!

First of all I like that it takes place during the latter decades of the 23rd century, I don't think Star Trek really touches on that era outside the novels and even then... anyways the comic... So sounds like Captain Miller is our big bad for how ever many issues... and it's a good set up, about time a redshirt took a stand and said enough is enough.  It gets a little violent and gory, which the art services those scenes very well. Plus I like that they're using Romulans instead of the usual bad aliens.

It's a good start! 9/10


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