From: vinlai@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (vincent.lai)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Debt of Honour
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:01:04 GMT
Distribution: rec.arts.startrek.current.
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From article <1992Aug29.034126.13315@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>, by cwelsh@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Craig Welsh  8823239):
> I have been reading this group for awhile, but have been curious to note
> two things.
> 1. There was essentually no mention made of the Debt of Honour Graphic
> Novel put out by DC comics, which surprises me. I thought it was very
> well written with some very nice art by Adam Hughes. The price was a bit
> steep, but that probably wasn't too much of a deterrent. I'm curious as
> to any oppinions people may have had on it.
> 
> 2. Very little mention of the comic books. Perhaps it belongs on
> rec.arts.comics, but they are certainly never discussed there. Again,
> any opinions?
> 
> 
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This is pretty much what I have observed as well.  Too bad.  Debt of
Honor is an excellent graphic novel.  Perhaps someone should open up
another can of worms by discussing "What's canon?"  But I digress ...

Spoilers ahead ...

Probably the best panel I saw in terms of content was the one where Kirk
met up with a bunch of the bit characters from TOS.  that would include
Riley (Captain Riley?!?  What ship?), Kyle, Garrovik, Romaine, Palamas,
Bailey, Styles (are we talking about the first captain of the
Excelsior?), and there were probably more, but the novel is not in front
of me.  

From that particular scene, it was also really good to see the focus
shift from the likes of Kirk, Spock, etc. to people like Kor and most of
all Jaime Finney.  I think that's part of what gave DoH its appeal,
which seems to also have worked for ST4:TVH, where more focus was given
to the rest of crew and away from Kirk and Spock.

Also, the motif of survivor's guilt played very well here, where Kirk
was still getting over the loss of the Enterprise until the end of the
novel.

The novel also tied in a lot of loose ends.  The one I always wanted to
know about was how did the Klingons go from swarthy to crested?  The
choice of wine in the last set of panels was also very interesting.

One low point in terms of art was the panel where T'Kir falls wounded.
The shadows weren't quite done right IMHO and I thought the Centurion
who fell was a man.  Oh well ...

Somewbody pllleeasse answer this:  What is First Federation?

I liked novel this a lot.  Period.

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