![]() These first few comics were written by Mike W. The second issue also prominently displays the giant cogwheel airlocks that became one of the more recognisable elements of DS9 – the hard work of the set designers going for an alien aesthetic paid off. That first story, “Stowaway” (1993), is typical of early DS9 spinoff media in general we get to see Jake and Nog having fun absconding from Keiko’s school, an alien mould threatens the station (seriously) and then Gul Dukat shows up and demands they give it to him as a bioweapon. It tells you everyone you need to know about the era in comic books that the cover of the first DS9 comic also came with a limited edition gold embossed version for no reason. With the new DS9 series for the 90s, however, the licence turned to one of the newer American comic book producers becoming more prominent at the time – Malibu Comics. Up to this point, the Star Trek licence had been variously held by Gold Key, Marvel and, most productively, DC. You’d think it would be easier just to explicitly set a novel at an earlier point, but from what I recall, when chronology was given it was only to say a novel was set before or after a different author’s novel! ![]() I find it interesting that I recall seeing novels that had clearly been written before these introductions, being ‘updated’ with hastily dialogue like “With the Defiant away at-” to explain why it wasn’t part of the story. Another point one will note with the early spinoffs is how authors often had difficulty keeping up with changes to the show’s retools: the introduction of the Dominion as a threat, of the USS Defiant, of Sisko’s promotion to Captain, and of the introduction of a certain new main cast member at the start of season 4 (which we’ll get to). This also tended to favour quite cautious and self-contained plots due to worries of contradicting the more detailed ‘worldbuilding’ of DS9 as it grew, which is understandable. Just as we saw with Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG), the fact that this material was coming out in parallel with the show’s early years meant that authors often struggled to get a grip on the characters and setting.
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