{5\/5} “I did not fear death the first time I died. I would imagine it only becomes less intimidating with subsequent experiences.” — Spock<\/p>\n
Star Trek: The Return!<\/strong> by Peter David, published in 9 issues from Oct. 1989 to Jun 1990<\/p>\n After the visit to Sha Ka Ree, the Enterprise-A is repaired and ready to go out again. Captain James T. Kirk receives a distress signal and heads to investigate. A member of the Nasgul requests asylum — he’s beamed aboard while his ship is destroyed by other Nasgul. The Nasgul demand their prisoner back and when Kirk refuses they fire on the Enterprise — and when that doesn’t get them anywhere they try to ram her, destroying themselves in the process.<\/p>\n Whereas the previous iteration of comic books was often a bit silly, this is a more mature storyline. It has David’s trademark humour.<\/p>\n Some fine new characters are introduced, and Commander Klaa shows up. There’s a very nice scene between Uhura and Scotty, discussing what happened when Sybok was on the ship. Sulu has a romance, which is fun.<\/p>\n The artwork by James W. Fry and Arne Starr is great. When I saw that comic book artwork could be this good I was always a bit disappointed when it wasn’t.<\/p>\n This is the 2nd time I’ve read it. This is one of the 1st comic books I read, possibly even the 1st. <\/p>\n This set of comic books leads directly into the set known as “The Trial of James T. Kirk,” which is also collected in The Best of Star Trek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n