Star Trek: The Next Generation (DC volume 2)

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

Publisher:	DC Comics
Published:	October 1989 – February 1996
Issues:	80
Timespan:	2364 to 2371

Star Trek: The Next Generation volume 2 was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1989 until 1996. There were 80 issues, 6 annuals and various specials and spin-off miniseries, although the license prevented stories focusing on characters other than the main cast.

Summary

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Main characters

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Commander William T. Riker
• Lieutenant Commander Data
• Lieutenant Geordi La Forge
• Lieutenant Commander Deanna Troi
• Commander Beverly Crusher
• Lieutenant Tasha Yar
• Lieutenant junior grade Worf
• Acting Ensign Wesley Crusher

Production crew

• Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry.
• Writers:
  • Michael Jan Friedman (#1-17, #19-28, #30-50, #52-80)
  • Mike O'Brien and Dave Stern (#18)
  • Kevin Ryan (#29)
  • Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (#51)
• Pencilers:
  • Pablo Marcos (#1-6, #9-16, #52-54, #60)
  • Gordon Purcell (#7-8, #71-75, #77-80)
  • Ken Penders (#17, #33-35)
  • Mike Manley (#18)
  • Peter Krause (#19-28, #32, #36-40, #42-44, #47-51)
  • Carlos Garzon (#29-31, #46)
  • Rob Davis (#41)
  • Chuck Frazier (#45)
  • Deryl Skelton (#55-59, #61, #63-70)
  • Rachel Ketchum (#62)
  • Ken Save (#76)
• Inkers:
  • Pablo Marcos (#1-17, #19-28, #30-50, #52-54, #60)
  • Robert Campanella (#18)
  • Carlos Garzon (#29)
  • Romeo Tanghal (#50)
  • Mike Christian (#51)
  • Steve Carr (#55)
  • Deryl Skelton (#56-59, #61, #63-70)
  • Rick Burchett (#62)
  • Terry Pallot (#71-75, #77-80)
  • Shephard Hendrix (#76)
• Colorists:
  • Juliana Ferriter (#1-33, #43-52)
  • Mike McCormick (#34-38)
  • Tom McCraw (#39-42)
  • Rick Taylor (#51, #53-66, #69-78)
  • Gene D'Angelo (#67-68, #79-80)
• Letterers:
  • Bob Pinaha (#1-70)
  • Richard Starkings (#50)
  • Chris Eliopoulos (#71-75, #77-80)
  • Phil Felix (#76)
• Editors:
  • Robert Greenberger (#1-31, #38)
  • Kim Yale (#32-39)
  • Alan Gold (#39-51, #53-57)
  • Rick Taylor (#52)
  • Margaret Clark (#56-80)
  • Dana Kurtin (#79-80)

Issues

1. "Return to Raimon"
2. "Murder, Most Foul"
3. "The Derelict"
4. "The Hero Factor"
5. "Serafin's Survivors"
6. "Shadows in the Garden"
7. "The Pilot"
8. "The Battle Within"
9. "The Pay Off!"
10. "The Noise of Justice"
11. "The Impostor"
12. "Whoever Fights Monsters"
13. "The Hand of the Assassin!"
14. "Holiday on Ice"
15. "Prisoners of the Ferengi"
16. "I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing"
17. "The Weapon"
18. "Forbidden Fruit"
19. "The Lesson"
20. The Star Lost: "The Flight of the Albert Einstein"
21. The Star Lost: "Mourning Star"
22. The Star Lost: "Trapped"
23. The Star Lost: "The Barrier"
24. The Star Lost: "Homecoming"
25. "Wayward Son"
26. "Strangers in Strange Lands!"
27. "City Life"
28. "The Remembered One"
29. "Honor Bound!"
30. "The Rift!"
31. "Kingdom of the Damned"
32. "Wet Behind the Ears"
33. "The Way of the Warrior"
34. "Devil's Brew!"
35. "The Dogs of War"
36. "Shore Leave in Shanzibar!"
37. "Consorting With the Devil!"
38. "Dirty Work"
39. "Bridges"
40. "Bone of Contention"
41. "Separation Anxiety!"
42. "Second Chances!"
43. "Strange Bedfellows"
44. "Restoration"
45. "Childish Things"
46. "The Maze"
47. The Worst of Both Worlds!: "The Worst of Both Worlds, Part I!" (aka "The Bludgeonings of Chance!")
48. The Worst of Both Worlds!: "The Belly of the Beast!"
49. The Worst of Both Worlds!: "The Armies of the Night"
50. The Worst of Both Worlds!: "And Death Shall Have No Dominion"
51. "Lifesigns"
52. "The Rich and the Dead!"
53. "Reductions & Deductions"
54. "Hidden Agendas!"
55. "The Good of the Many"
56. "Companionship"
57. "Of Two Minds"
58. "Bodies of Evidence"
59. "Children of Chaos"
60. "Mother of Madness"
61. "Brothers in Darkness"
62. "The Victim"
63. "A Matter of Conscience..."
64. "The Deceivers"
65. "The Truth Elusive"
66. "Just Desserts!"
67. "Friends and Other Strangers"
68. "The Bajoran and the Beast"
69. "Dreams Die"
70. "The Last Verse"
71. War and Madness: "The First Casualty"
72. War and Madness: "A Handful of Dust"
73. War and Madness: "The Dying of the Light"
74. War and Madness: "Ceremony of Innocence"
75. War and Madness: "Cry Havoc"
76. "Suspect"
77. "Gateway"
78. "The Unconquered"
79. "Artificiality"
80. "The Abandoned"

Other issues

• Annuals
• Specials
• Star Trek: The Modala Imperative:
  1. "In Memory Yet Green..."
  2. "Lies and Legends!"
  3. "Prior Claim"
  4. "Game, Set and Match!"
• The Landmark Crossover
  1. "Prophets and Losses"
  2. "The Wormhole Trap" (published by Malibu Comics)
  3. "Encounter With the Othersiders" (published by Malibu Comics)
  4. "The Unseen Enemy"
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Shadowheart
  1. "The Lion and the Lamb"
  2. "Dealers in Darkness"
  3. "My Brother's Keeper"
  4. "The Prince of Madness"
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ill Wind
  1. "Ill Wind, Part One"
  2. "Ill Wind, Part Two"
  3. "Ill Wind, Part Three"
  4. "Ill Wind, Part Four"

Collections

• The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• The Star Lost
• Titan Books
  • The Hero Factor
  • The Battle Within
  • Maelstrom
• As part of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection:
  • Volume 32 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Return to Raimon (collects #1-6)
  • Volume 42 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Pilot (collects #7-12)
  • Volume 50 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Hand of the Assassin (collects #13-19)
  • Volume 54 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Star Lost (collects #20-24)
  • Volume 65 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Wayward Son (collects #25-30)
  • Volume 73 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Kingdom of the Damned (collects #31-36)
  • Volume 79 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Consorting with the Devil (collects #37-41)
  • Volume 82 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Shadowheart (collects Shadowheart miniseries #1-4)
  • Volume 85 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Second Chances (collects #42-46)
  • Volume 88 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Ill Wind (collects Ill Wind miniseries #1-14)
  • Volume 91 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Worst of Both Worlds (collects #47-51)
  • Volume 94 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Rich and the Dead (collects #52-58)
  • Volume 96 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Children of Chaos (collects #59-63)
  • Volume 97 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Deceivers (collects #64-70)
  • Volume 98 - DC Star Trek: TNG: War and Madness (collects #71-75)
  • Volume 99 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Suspect (collects #76-80)
  • Volume 128 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Cry Vengeance (collects Volume 2 Specials #1-3)
  • Volume 132 - DC Star Trek: TNG: The Gift (collects Volume 2 Annuals The Gift, Thin Ice, and The Broken Moon!)
  • Volume 136 - DC Star Trek: TNG: Convergence (collects Annuals 4-6, DC Star Trek Annual 6, The Red Hour)