Star Trek Defiant #7
Written by: Christopher Cantwell
Art by: Angel Unzueta
Cover Artist: Malachi Ward
“Day of Blood,” Chapter Four. Thousands of years ago, Kahless the Unforgettable led his people to glory and raised an empire of honor. But his clone, Kahless II, has gone too far, murdering innocents in cold blood and hungering for power that can no longer be sated by Qo’noS and the Klingon people. He now stands alongside Alexander in front of Worf and Sisko, pitting father and son against each other and making a mockery of the Bajoran Prophets and their emissary. Meanwhile, the power of the Orb of Destruction surges from his ship above. Can Kahless be stopped, or will he once again prove to be the greatest warrior of them all? Find out in the penultimate chapter of the crossover between Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant!
I enjoyed this issue quite a bit, as we finally get a bit of actual story momentum, especially between Worf and Alexander. Sisco being side lined for the issue so we can get the big final confrontation between him and Kahless in the last issue of the crossover didn’t work that well though, and I feel like we’re supposed to care more about captain Meyerson, despite the fact that he’s been in like two issues, one of which being the FCBD issue which was barely marketed.
Still, on the whole, between the Worf/Alexander fight, and the Defiant and Theseus crews working together across the two ships, this mostly worked for me.
First time seeing your post, I quotient give up just yet. I enjoyed the issue but felt the fight dialogue was too one sided amd I have absolutely no idea what happened with The Cisco and the beam then his big “Nooo” moment.
I don’t think it’s a matter of giving up so much as it is acknowledging that these posts don’t really serve the community. Which is fine. Trek comics are obviously a niche within a niche, so there isn’t enough interest here to generate discussion.
I hope that’s not supposed to be Worf!?
Hey, did y’all know that IDW’s solicitations don’t list the books that come out in the first week of the month? Those are always included in the solicitations for the preceding month. Anyways! Here’s the post for this week, a day late because I’m sick and forgot.
Also, on the topic of housekeeping, I think I’m going to discontinue these posts after the Day of Blood crossover wraps up. They haven’t really garnered much interest, so that seems like a good place to call it. I will almost certainly post my thoughts on whatever Trek comics I’m enjoying going forward, but they won’t be pinned to the top of the community or anything like that. And I’d love to see others do the same.
I have been reading and following your reviews with interest, but can’t engage much as I have found it difficult to get copies from local comic stores in a timely way. I usually have more success preordering the omnibus versions, and really welcome the reviews to help decide which ones to invest in.
So, it might be helpful to have a running thread for each comic series rather than a separate one for each issue.
