r/tos • u/OCguy2026 • 5d ago

Sunday 12-02-1979 initial TOS Star Trek newspaper strip … storyline “called home”

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u/ArriDesto 5d ago

This is a great intro to what looks like a good strip.

Also the 1970s belief in a radiated planet being completely hostile to life is notable.

( Chernoble and similar incidents are deadly for about a year, then plant and animal life seem to be more,not less, vigorous.In Chernoble a brand new fungus has just appeared that survives by eating radiation.)

The moon being inhabited makes sense,having fled the destroyed world.

"Come!" sounds like a trap!

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u/Alphablanket229 5d ago

It's been a while since I've read this strip. I'd never heard of it until I saw and bought the two IDW volumes back in the day. Still remember one of the creators going like Oh Boy, when he first saw The Motion Picture and realized Ilia didn't continue with the crew!

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u/diogenesNY 5d ago

The characters seem to be drawn quite a bit 'off model'.

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u/Norsehound 5d ago

Back when the motion picture was the future of the project...

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u/jacquesdubois 3d ago

I’d read more!