Star Trek Comics Checklist

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation DC Comics mini-series

DC Comics and Malibu Comics cooperated on this DS9/TNG crossover. This was the first time that two companies combined licensed Star Trek properties. Mike W. Barr and Michael Jan Friedman co-plotted the story. Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot are responsible for all the artwork. Parts 2 and 3 of the mini-series were published by Malibu Comics.

Aug 1994
Ashcan Edition

This free full-size comic flip-book was distributed at the 1994 San Diego Comic Con. The Malibu side contains artwork from the cover and pages 4-6 of Malibu #1, interviews with Mike Barr and Michael Jan Friedman, and additional artwork from Malibu #2. The DC side has a cover featuring O'Brien, Riker, Picard, Sisko, Kira, and Data, and pages 1-8 of DC #1.

Penciller: Gordon Purcell
Inker: Jerome Moore
Cover artist: Jerome Moore (DC)
Cover artist: Scott Sava (Malibu)

#1 Dec 1994
Prophets and losses, Part 1 of 4
The crew of the Enterprise gets acquainted with DS9 after ferrying several Starfleet officers to the station. When the officers disappear after entering the wormhole, Picard is placed in charge of the investigation. On Bajor, religious fundamentalists consider the wormhole's apparent instability as a sign from the Prophets. Aboard DS9, sensors indicate an attempt to access an old Cardassian computer link. Odo, Kira, and Worf investigate and discover Cardassian sabotuers. Stardate 47268.4

The painted cover is also the left panel of a mural whose left side and center panels are the covers of Shadowheart #1 and Generations. The covers were all painted by Sonia Hillios. A poster for comic shops titled The Voyage Continues was produced in 1994.

Writers: Michael Jan Friedman, Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Gordon Purcell
Inker: Terry Pallot
Cover artist: Sonia Hillios

#2 Jan 1995
The unseen enemy, Part 4 of 4
Data turns the tables on the away team's captors and they are on the run again. On the other side of the wormhole, O'Brien and LaForge discover how the wormhole has been obstructed and begin looking for the source of the problem. Kira and Riker locate a ship, tansport the rest of the Starfleet team to safety, then make for the wormhole. The alien leader reveals his Cardassian allies. When the away team arrives back at DS9, Odo confirms his suspicions of Cardassian interference. The Enterprise, with DS9 officers aboard, makes for the source of the wormhole interference, an old Cardassian outpost. Another combined away team conducts an assault on the outpost to destroy the device obstructing the wormhole. The Cardassians deny any involvement and their alien allies from the other side of the wormhole abandon their position. Picard, Sisko, and their crews part company on good terms.

Painted cover.

Writers: Michael Jan Friedman, Mike W. Barr
Penciller: Gordon Purcell
Inker: Terry Pallot
Cover artist: Jason Palmer

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