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"The Beginning of the End..." (New Frontiers Chapter 7 / The Mirror Universe Saga part 7 of 8)

Creators

Based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
Writer : Mike W. Barr
Artists:
- Tom Sutton (pencil art)
- Ricardo Villagran (inking)
- Michele Wolfman (color art)
- John Costanza (letter art)
- Cover artists for this release have not yet been identified.
Editor: Marv Wolfman

Background

This story was reprinted in the paperback The Mirror Universe Saga.
Takes place between the events of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Characters

Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in DC TOS volume 1 characters.
James T. Kirk
Spock
Leonard McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Hikaru Sulu
Uhura
Pavel Chekov
Saavik
Konom
William Bearclaw
Elizabeth Sherwood

Mirror universe characters

James T. Kirk (mirror)
Spock
Montgomery Scott (mirror)
Hikaru Sulu (mirror)
Uhura
Pavel Chekov (mirror)
Marlena Moreau (mirror)
David Marcus: Mirror counterpart of David Marcus.
Saavik: Mirror counterpart of Saavik.
Admiral Stephen Turner: Starfleet flag officer.
Blaine: Terran Empire captain
Trask: Terran Empire captain of the ISS Nixon
Simons: Terran Empire captain of the ISS Nogura
Kolar: Klingon captain, commander of Klingon forces in this issue.
Kahless IV: Klingon emperor
Kalan: Klingon engineering officer
unnamed Imperial Starfleet officers and personnel
unnamed Klingon officers, soldiers and scientists
unnamed Romulan officers

Notes

The Empire unveils a mirror-version of the Excelsior in this issue.
The mirror counterparts of Kirk and crew are killed in this issue, except for Spock.
The Romulans, like their counterparts in the Federation universe in this continuity, wear uniforms notably different from any other canon or non-canon comic series (even later volumes of DC Comics).
The story concludes in the next issue.

References

Klingons; mirror universe; Romulans; Terran Empire; transtator; USS Excelsior

ISS Reliant (ICC-1330): Imperial starship, mirror counterpart to USS Reliant.
ISS Nixon: Imperial starship, apparently named for Richard M. Nixon's mirror counterpart.

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#14: "Behind Enemy Lines!"	DC TOS volume 1	#16: "Homecoming..."

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 ==Summary==
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 * Writer : [[Mike W. Barr]]
 * Artists:
-**Pencil art: [[Tom Sutton]]
+** [[Tom Sutton]] (pencil art)
-**Ink art: [[Ricardo Villagran]]
+** [[Ricardo Villagran]] (inking)
-**Color art: [[Michele Wolfman]]
+** [[Michele Wolfman]] (color art)
-**Letter art: [[John Costanza]]
+** [[John Costanza]] (letter art)
+** {{pna-nocoverartist}}
 * Editor: [[Marv Wolfman]]
 ==Background==
 * This story was reprinted in the paperback ''[[The Mirror Universe Saga]]''.
-* Takes place between the events of [[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]] and [[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]].
+* Takes place between the events of {{film|3}} and {{film|4}}.
 ==Characters==
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 ; [[Montgomery Scott]]
 ; [[Hikaru Sulu]]
-; [[Uhura]]
+; [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]]
 ; [[Pavel Chekov]]
 ; [[Saavik]]
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 ; Elizabeth Sherwood
-==[[Mirror Universe]] Characters==
+==[[Mirror universe]] characters==
 ; [[James T. Kirk (mirror)]]
-; [[Spock (mirror)]]
+; {{mu|Spock}}
 ; [[Montgomery Scott (mirror)]]
 ; [[Hikaru Sulu (mirror)]]
-; [[Uhura (mirror)]]
+; {{mu|Uhura}}
 ; [[Pavel Chekov (mirror)]]
 ; [[Marlena Moreau (mirror)]]
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 ===Notes===
 * The [[Terran Empire|Empire]] unveils a mirror-version of the [[USS Excelsior|''Excelsior'']] in this issue.
-* The mirror counterparts of [[James T. Kirk (mirror)|Kirk]] and crew are killed in this issue, except for [[Spock (mirror)|Spock]].
+* The mirror counterparts of [[James T. Kirk (mirror)|Kirk]] and crew are killed in this issue, except for {{mu|Spock}}.
-* The Romulans, like [[Romulans|their counterparts in the Federation universe]] in this continuity, wear uniforms notably different from any other [[canon]] or non-canon [[Comics|comic]] series (even later volumes of [[DC Comics]]).
+* The Romulans, like [[Romulan|their counterparts in the Federation universe]] in this continuity, wear uniforms notably different from any other [[canon]] or non-canon [[Comics|comic]] series (even later volumes of [[DC Comics]]).
 * The story concludes in the [[Homecoming...|next issue]].
 ===References===
-[[Klingons]]; [[Mirror Universe]]; [[Romulans]]; [[Terran Empire]]; [[transtator]]; [[USS Excelsior|USS ''Excelsior'']]
+[[Klingon]]s; [[mirror universe]]; [[Romulan]]s; [[Terran Empire]]; [[transtator]]; {{USS|Excelsior}}
-;ISS ''Reliant'' (ICC-1330) : Imperial starship, mirror counterpart to [[USS Reliant]].
+;ISS ''Reliant'' (ICC-1330) : Imperial starship, mirror counterpart to {{USS|Reliant}}.
-;ISS ''Nixon'' : Imperial starship, apprently named for [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s mirror counterpart.
+;ISS ''Nixon'' : Imperial starship, apparently named for [[Richard M. Nixon]]'s mirror counterpart.
+{{Comic nav
-{{Mirror Universe Saga}}
+|series      = [[DC TOS volume 1]]
-{| table class="browser"
+|prev        = #14: "[[Behind Enemy Lines!]]"
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+|next        = #16: "[[Homecoming...]]"
-| class="prev" | Previous issue:<br />#14: "[[Behind Enemy Lines!]]"
+}}
-| class="topic" | [[Comics]]<br />[[DC TOS volume 1]]
-| class="next" |  Next issue:<br />#16: "[[Homecoming...]]"
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