There’s no getting around it; we really have to address the elephant in the room before going any further. Which is to ask, what the heck were they thinking with that logo? It’s not just me, right? Is your brain also reading it as ‘The Last Arship’? I can’t help feeling that it’s likely the same people responsible for IDW’s disastrously unreadable logo, especially given that they are the publishers of this very comic. In any case, with that out of the way, is Star Trek: The Last Starship any good? Let’s take a look.

Between the Next Generation and Discovery eras, a peace deal is being negotiated on a knife edge between the Federation and the Gorn. And then, suddenly, everything explodes. All of the universe’s dilithium causes the universe-wide, catastrophic event known as The Burn. Can the Federation survive? It’ll take a crazy suggestion from a Starfleet captain, a very unlikely ally and the resurrection of a familiar character. To use a familiar phrase, it’s all so crazy that it might just work.

Terrible logo aside, this first issue of The Last Starship is an absolute revelation. It definitely helped that I hadn’t read any advance publicity about it, because a major plot point has been shared far in advance by the creators, and even on some of the alternate covers, which seems like an unforced error.

This particular plot point is absolutely amazing, and it would have been a real shame to have known about it in advance. So I’m really glad I didn’t!

Anyway, the writing here is absolutely top notch, with some superb scenes of diplomacy, politics and negotiation. It all feels very authentically Trek, and the storyline is absolutely gripping from beginning to end. Though several familiar faces and names pop up, none of it feels like fan service for the sake of it, and the dialogue practically fizzes its way off the page (it also seems to be rehabilitating a somewhat disliked plot pi

Though apparently the art style has been divisive, Adrián Bonilla has delivered what I think is an appealingly old school, retro-futuristic look; clean lines complemented by the simple, vibrant coloring supplied by Heather Moore. It’s definitely an unusual aesthetic for a modern comic,.but it really suits the material down to the ground.

This first issue has been one of my favorite recent reads, and I wasn’t expecting much from The Last Starship. It helps that its increased page count gives the story not just time to breathe, but an epic scope that allows for this first issue to hit the ground running and feel very eventful indeed.

Truly excellent stuff, and unmissable for Star Trek fans.

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