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

Background information
 This story was reprinted in the paperback The Mirror Universe Saga.
 Takes place between the events of  and .
 The Empire unveils a mirror-version of the Excelsior in this issue.
 The mirror counterparts of  and crew are killed in this issue, except for .
 The Romulans, like their counterparts in the Federation universe in this continuity, wear uniforms notably different from any other canon or non-canon  series (even later volumes of DC Comics).
 The story concludes in the next issue.

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)
 
 Editor: Marv Wolfman

Characters

 James T. Kirk
 Spock
 Leonard McCoy
 Montgomery Scott
 Hikaru Sulu
 Uhura
 Pavel Chekov
 Saavik
 Konom
 William Bearclaw
 Elizabeth Sherwood

Mirror universe characters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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

References
; Klingons; mirror universe; Romulans; Terran Empire; transtator
ISS Nixon  Imperial starship, apparently named for Richard M. Nixon's mirror counterpart.
ISS Reliant (ICC-1330)  Imperial starship, mirror counterpart to .

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