Manga: - Star Trek: the manga Volume 2: Kakan ni Shinkou (Star Trek: The Manga)

Star Trek: the manga Volume 2: Kakan ni Shinkou (Star Trek: The Manga) Manga. The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise… Manga-style art and Star Trek tales collide again in this next volume of TOKYOPOP's voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise, commanded by Captain James T. Kirk. Once again ten artists and writers from across the artistic spectrum deliver up brand new tales of universal betterment featuring the classic Star Trek line up. In Kakan ni Shinkou Kirk is put on trial for crimes he has yet to discover… Uhura demonstrates the true power of communication… Bones gets to the core of Vulcan emotion… Scotty has to extract dilithium crystals from a mine in the middle of a war zone… and an alien delegation uses the Enterprise as a vessel of deception! Cura te IpsumStory by Wil WheatonArt by EJ Su Scaean GateStory by Diane DuaneArt by Don Hudson Communications BreakdownStory by Christine BoylanArt by Bettina Kurkoski The TrialStory by Mike WellmanArt by Nam Kim Forging AlliancesStory by Paul BenjaminArt by Steven Cummings
Customer Review: Better than expected!
I mostly got this because of the Wil Wheaton story, "Cura te Ipsum."

While I found that satisfyingly good, I was surprised at how good the rest of the stories were, and how nicely the familiar characters and environments were translated to Manga form! A nice surprise and a good read.
Customer Review: Not as good as Vol 1
This "Manga style" illustrated novel has several short stories or episodes centering around The Original Star Trek TV series. Each short story is written and illustrated by a different writer and artist. Because of this, each story has it's own unique style.

I think this concept is very interesting and has the potential to keep this series fresh and creative. The dialog in these books are pretty true to the Original Series and the artwork is very good too.

The stories in Volume 2 of this series didn't seem to be as good as the stories in the first volume. I was definitely left with a feeling that something was missing. And some of the illustrations of the characters didn't seem as recognizable. Also, the stories weren't very creative and some referred too much to previous TV episodes. I think this only makes hard core fans bored and new fans confused. Some of the stories seemed too similar to other plots already told within the Star Trek universe. The whole point of Star Trek was to boldly go where no one (or story) has gone before… not to rehash or revisit the past. Not all the stories are bad and for the most part, the dialog and art is very good… but I hope volume 3 will have better stories to tell.