Star Trek Deep Space Nine Next Generation Crossover

In the 1990s, Star Trek had two TV series running on air, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, and each of them had their own comic book series, with Star Trek: Next Generation enjoying its 80 issue run at DC Comics that started in October, 1989, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the midst of its 32 issue run at Malibu starting in August, 1993..

....but, what could bring these characters (and companies) together (even though, out of all of the Star Trek series, it would be the easiest to cross these two series over, as they existed in the same time period, and in the same galaxy, as well as sharing a few friends), but a landmark crossover event....




...you need but look for four issues of a crossover of these characters in 1994, starting with this "ashcan" book (which was a collection of work done to prepare for the series, with a cover by Gordon Purcell and Jerome Moore), and the following four issues, that contain the heart of the story, with DC covers by Sonia Hillios and Malibu covers by Scott Sava!

Part 1 DC and Malibu

DC started off the run with "Prophets and Losses" in DC's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation #1 (December, 1994) by Michael Jan Friedman, Mike W. Barr, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot.  This had Captain Picard and the Enterprise-D crew arriving at the former Terok Nor to investigate a problem with the Bajoran Wormhole (though why couldn't DS9's own commander, Sisko, handle the investigation?).  Various crew members interact (like LaForge's enhanced vision catching Quark's fixed Dabo tables), and also recall the previous time the Enterprise-D came to Deep Space Nine, in the Next Generation episode, "Birthright", and other connections between the crews (like Miles O'Brien). 

The story continues in Malibu's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation #1 (October, 1994, by Mike W. Barr, Michael Jan Friedman, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot), with the mystery deepening, and William Riker, Data and Deanna Troi going with Jadzia Dax, Odo and Kira Nerys to investigate the wormhole in the runabout Mississippi, while Doctors Crusher and Bashir check on blood Worf got from their enemy, who looked like Cardassians.  

Part 2 Malibu and DC

Malibu's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation #2 (November, 1994, by Mike W. Barr, Michael Jan Friedman, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot), furthered the investigation with a mixed away team having an "Encounter with...the Othersiders!", but were the Othersiders the only villains of the story?  DC ended the mini-series both with their own second issue of the mini-series, DC's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/The Next Generation #2 (January, 1995, by Michael Jan Friedman, Mike W. Barr, Gordon Purcell and Terry Pallot),  fighting "The Enemy Unseen" and the two crews going their separate ways.

While Deep Space Nine was not really reflected in later DC Comics, Deep Space Nine was visited by various Next Generation guests and regulars even while the comic was at Malibu, with Ensign Ro stopping by in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #28 (September, 1995), Thomas Riker (William Riker's transporter clone) for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #29 and #30 (October and November, 1995)...

...the Mirror Universe Tuvok (in a separate story in the same two issues, from many episodes based on "Mirror, Mirror"), and even Worf (who became part of the Deep Space Nine cast), with the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Worf Special #0 of December, 1995 with multiple stories by Dan Mishkin, Moose Baumann, Rob Davis, Anne Timmons, and Leonard Kirk, and art by Steve Erwin, John Montgomery, Rob Davis, Aubrey Bradford, Scott Reed, Terry Pallot and Leonard Kirk.

All this shows the ever changing and occasionally interacting world of Star Trek!