inhonoredglory's review against another edition
5.0
Only the second comic I've read in my life, and all because it was the only Star Trek one in the library. I did not expect the depth in the "Trial of James T. Kirk." Where we see so many characters' hearts laid bare: Sarek seeking the meaning of friendship from his son, Scotty sharing his sense of loss at the grave of his nephew, Uhura have epic girl talk with Kirk's current love interest, and last but not least, we see at long last the consequences of so many of Kirk's adventures and how strikingly contradictory his character would seem if one takes only the view each people or planet he visited. The truth is so much richer, so much more beautiful. And [[SPOILERS?]] in the end we are treated to one of the greatest of Kirk's speeches, on the meaning of being a starship captain, the responsibility in when to choose to follow the spirit or the letter of the law, and the desperate need to feel larger than life, to be arrogant, in order to have the confidence to make choices that will affect hundreds of souls and yet you yourself can never know all the answers. As I read this on the heels of seeing Ultimate Computer for the first time, I was quite filled with respect for Kirk and the passion of his genuine and profound convictions.
taaya's review against another edition
3.0
The overall plot isn’t bad, but the issue with Kirk and yet another woman is just as annoying as Sulu and his two women. There’s nothing funny in those men being idiots that are controlled by their genitalia - this is only to amuse male readers, by making women more of a sidekick or even an object.
And worse - the Illustrators made sure to even objectify the women more by showing them in close to no clothes - Kirk‘s love interest even with one breast out in the open while swimming.
That Sam T. Cogley‘s name was misspelled over and over again was - in comparison - just a baseline annoyance. And that they forgot to address the destruction of a Starfleet ship, murder of most of the crew and trespassing on Federation territory in the trial (when they spoke about Genesis) didn’t make it any better.
And worse - the Illustrators made sure to even objectify the women more by showing them in close to no clothes - Kirk‘s love interest even with one breast out in the open while swimming.
That Sam T. Cogley‘s name was misspelled over and over again was - in comparison - just a baseline annoyance. And that they forgot to address the destruction of a Starfleet ship, murder of most of the crew and trespassing on Federation territory in the trial (when they spoke about Genesis) didn’t make it any better.
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