by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief
RED ALERT! How are we supposed to cope with the loss of Ryan North from Lower Decks?! He wrote every character perfectly! Only six issues in, and he’s wandering off to go write who knows what series for who knows what comic publisher? How are we expected to live like this?!
Oh wait, now we have Tim Sheridan? Maybe this is a Q week…
Official Description:
There’s nothing quite like a mother-daughter relationship. There’s also nothing quite like finding out your monolith of a captain used to be a carefree ensign who accidentally vanished her whole crew in an experiment gone wrong. Lucky for Beckett Mariner, she gets to soak up both experiences all on the same day as her mother, Captain Freeman, regales her with a throwback tale of how she was “just like you when she was young,” and “mistakes help us grow, blah, blah.” Meanwhile, all Mariner wants to know is how could Freeman let Pulaski get away with hair like that?
Okay, stand down red alert. We’re fine. Tim Sheridan and Robby Cook take over Star Trek: Lower Decks as of issue #7 and we can all breathe easy because once again IDW has put together the perfect team to keep our beloved USS Cerritos crew in our lives each month.
Of course we love Tim Sheridan from his work on Alan Scott Green Lantern and Teen Titans, but how can anyone measure up to writing Lower Decks now that we’ve had Ryan North for the first six issues as well as that maddening choose your own adventure graphic novel, Warp Your Own Way?
Apparently the answer is “seamlessly”. I’m shocked. Robby Cook’s art is likewise on point. Star Trek group editor Heather Antos has done it again and brought an ideal team together to keep us all loving our favorite Star Trek characters.
Take this issue for example. Sure, we love Captain Freeman, but it’s pretty safe to say that outside of Riker’s horndog father, no one loves Doctor Pulaski. She suuuuuuuucked and virtually ruined all of season two of TNG. But now? Like the show writers on Lower Decks, friend of the show Tim Sheridan turned an aspect of the greater Star Trek universe that we previously loathed and made Doctor Pulaski into a delightful part of this “episode” of Lower Decks.
You probably shouldn’t believe me. That sounds completely absurd. But pick up Star Trek: Lower Decks #7 and see for yourself.
Rating: 
ComicsOnline gives Star Trek: Lower Decks #7 – 5 out of 5 wacky throwback adventures.
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