The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of STAR
TREK: NEW VISIONS #5 from IDW Publishing. The story and photomontage is by John
Byrne, based off the STAR TREK television series created by Gene Roddenberry.
“A Scent of Ghosts” finds the Enterprise transporting the
new commander of the Yorktown. It’s Captain Pike's former first officer during his command of the ship. When our heroes finds the Yorktown they discover
the crew is missing. And that's just the beginning of this mystery that began before James T. Kirk's command of the Enterprise…
In the backup tale “In Memorium,” Spock is on Vulcan
preparing for the Kolinahr – the purge of all emotion. However something is calling
to him; something from his past that needs to be freed…
A Scent of Ghosts is a decent tale, but can be a little confusing. It’s not one of Byrne’s better TREK stories. On the other hand, the Memorium backup tale is well done yet bittersweet. It was written as a tribute to Arlene Martel, who portrayed Spock’s mate T’pring in the classic episode “Amok Time.” This story coming out just days after the passing of Leonard Nimoy makes the tale harder NOT to get emotional about. The photo-manipulations overall look great. Well done Mr. Byrne.
