Star Trek: The Modala Imperative

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

Two four issue mini-series crossing-over between TOS and TNG, published by DC.

Premise

Star Trek: The Modala Imperative and Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Modala Imperative were two four-issue comics mini-series published by DC Comics, running for a total of eight issues from July 1991 until October 1991. The company later released a collected paperback edition reprinting all four issues of each series, with an added introduction by Walter Koenig.

The story was presented in two phases, a TOS portion where the USS Enterprise crew explores a pre-contact planet undergoing a dangerous political upheaval, and a TNG portion where the USS Enterprise-D returns to that world 100 years later for the anniversary of its freedom.

Background information

Creators

Based on Star Trek and I AM ERROR, created by Gene Roddenberry
Writers:
- Michael Jan Friedman (TOS #1-4)
- Peter David (TNG #1-4)
Artists:
- Pablo Marcos (interior art)
- Rafael Gallur (art assistance)
- Adam Hughes (cover pencils)
- Karl Story (cover inks)
- Bob Pinaha (letter art)
- Tom McCraw (color art)
- Sonia Hillios (collected edition cover art)
- Veronica Carlin (collected edition publication design)
Editor: Robert Greenberger