Saturday, February 29, 2020

Lieutenant Sulu and Karate Kid




Like many fans, my favorite Star Trek movie is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but I will always have a soft spot for IV: The Voyage Home.  One reason it stood out for me was obviously the humor, but I also really enjoyed that the whole cast was given a lot to do, rather than Kirk, Spock and Bones having all the fun.  It was nice to see Sulu, Uhura, Scotty and Chekov going off on missions of their own. 

15 comments:

Anonymous said...


How about Karate Kid and The Karate
Kid (from the movies).

Carycomic said...

Dang, Anon! You stole my line. ;-)

Seriously, though: I loved STIV, as well, My favorite scene is where the four you just named are so used to the Big Three having all the fun that they initially just stand around "like a cadet review!"

Paul Green said...

Mordru and Mudd would be a great villain team up! They are some of my favorites from their respective titles, and I could imagine a future cover where they come together! Very original cover that works well!

Bob Greenwade said...

As fun as this cover is, I think that I would've preferred this take on Hikaru Sulu being paired with my other favorite rapier-wielder, Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner. Those two could really get into some "sworded" tales! #BadPunNoCookie Well, maybe some other time.

But I'm with you as far as ST4:TVH. It really is one of the most successful Star Trek stories, in any medium.

Still, though... Mordru with Harry Mudd? Somehow that doesn't seem to work for me, at least tone-wise. Mudd is a figure who is relatively comical, and not incredibly dangerous but still challenging enough to be a real threat. Didn't the pre-Zero Hour Legion have anyone of similar tone?

Anonymous said...

Val Armour and Mr. Sulu?! Oh, my!

Glenn said...

At one point there was a limited set of prints of each primary crew member which I managed to get hold of. That shot of Sulu reminds me of the print of him and I need to dig thru my storage to find that set.

I was able to meet George Takei and Walter Koening back in college in early 80's at college and ask a question.

Kid Charlemagne said...

I love the Sulu/KK team-up, but I must agree with Greenwade that Mordru is too powerful for this mix.

Maybe Leland McCauley, a tycoon with no powers who was a rival of R. J. Brande?

(I'm reaching here; alas, the Legion has no direct analog of Mudd, although the pre-Crisis Superman had J. Wilbur Wolfingham.)

Anonymous said...

I have to wonder, though, how Mudd got in touch with Mordru? Via the equally "mercantile" Ferengi? Or as a result of escaping from Norman 1.0 (via that laser-generated "parabolic intersection of dimension with dimension)?"

Daviticus said...

@Glenn: What question (at college)?

Anonymous said...

"How do you feel?" perhaps?

Anonymous said...

Kid C: Funky Flashman got the dc universe.

Ivory Bill Woodpecker said...

Thanx. I had forgotten Funky Flashman, though like Wolfingham, he lived in the 20th Century, rather than the 30th.

Carycomic said...

@Ivory Bill: he could've been cloned by the Dark Circle.

Carycomic said...

The version that once tried to brainwash Mordru, that is.

LuckyDay said...

The Karate Kid stuck back in time again? Will he ignore the love of his life Princess Projectra for a new girlfriend...again?
Is it ironic? Just because George Tekai is of Japanese ancestry it doesn't mean he knows kara-te. But then, he never talks about himself.

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