Borg Queen Agnes believes she has a solution to the devastating effects of the Burn: she’s going to assimilate a singularity. Or is she? With the resurrected James T. Kirk in the mix, she might find more resistance to her plan than she expected. Is that resistance going to be futile?

This was a really strong issue, and I say that after being pretty disappointed with The Last Starship overall. Hernan Gonzalez’s dark, scratchy and yet realistic art is fantastic, though there are a few closeups of faces which bear the unmistakable hallmarks of photo referencing (sometimes even of people who don’t resemble the characters; why does Agnes look like Sigourney Weaver in one panel?) which let it down a little.

We finally get a bit more justification for Kirk being involved in this whole saga too, though I’m still not entirely convinced that his role couldn’t have been filled by Sato in some way. This issue does at least go too good lengths to properly justify Kirk’s role and personal history here though. There’s also a very well done subplot about crew mate Vi carrying a big, very hidden secret, and the payoff to that is huge.

Not without it’s faults then, but The Last Starship #8 takes some big steps in the right direction, and actually makes me excited to read the next issue.

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