Behind Enemy Lines!

"Behind Enemy Lines!" is a Star Trek: The Original Series comic published by DC Comics in 1985. The comic was written by Mike W. Barr, with art by Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran. It is the fourteenth comic in DC's first TOS comic series, and the sixth part of the New Frontiers story-arc. The title refers to two plots in the issue: The Spocks taking the Bird-of-Prey into Klingon space, and the Excelsior crew's rescue mission to a Terran prison.

Summary[]

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Log Entries[]

Personal Log, Stardate 8221.6: My plan has failed! Posing as our ruthless counterparts of this parallel universe, my crew and I hoped to lead their invasion fleet to defeat! But though the Empire council has not discovered our true identities, they are aware of our intent!

References[]

Characters[]

Blaine • Kahless IV • James T. Kirk • Konom • David Marcus • Leonard McCoy • Saavik • Saavik • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura

Starships and vehicles[]

IKS B'rel (B'rel-class) • USS Armstrong (Miranda-class) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class) • ISS Farragut • IKS Ravager

Locations[]

Gamma Trianguli • Gamma Trianguli XII • Kash • mirror universe

Races and cultures[]

Human • Klingon • Vulcan

States and organizations[]

Terran Empire

Other references[]

Test of Truth

Appendices[]

Background[]

This issue shows the Bird-of-Prey firing while still under cloak, which is curiously inconsistent with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock which established the vessel and its capabilities, including its having to decloak before firing. It is similarly inconsistent with later stories, notably Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, where a Bird-of-Prey being able to fire while cloaked was a notable and exceptional tactical advantage.
The Klingon homeworld in the mirror universe is identified as Kash in this issue, as opposed to the later widely used Qo'noS.

Related stories[]

New Frontiers (TOS comic miniseries) - This is the sixth part of the New Frontiers story arc, continuing on from the previous issue with the story opening with the Excelsior under attack from the Terran Empire fleet. The story continues into the next two issues with the Klingon alliance established in this issue allowing the Excelsior crew to fight back against the Terrans.

Stories featuring the mirror universe
Enterprise	episode: "In a Mirror, Darkly" • prose: Age of the Empress • "Nobunaga"
Discovery	episodes: "Into the Forest I Go" • "Despite Yourself" • "The Wolf Inside" • "Vaulting Ambition" • "What's Past Is Prologue" • "Terra Firma" • comics: Succession ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 3" • "Issue 4")
The Original Series	episode: "Mirror, Mirror" • comics: Hell's Mirror • The Mirror Universe Saga ("... Promises to Keep" • "Double Image" • "Deadly Reflection!" • "The Tantalus Trap!" • "Masquerade!" • "Behind Enemy Lines!" • "The Beginning of the End..." • "Homecoming...") • Fragile Glass • Mirror Images ("Issue 1" • "Issue 2" • "Issue 4" • "Issue 5") • "The Mirror, Cracked • prose: Spectre • Dark Victory • Preserver • The Sorrows of Empire • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good" • video game: Shattered Universe
The Original Series	Kelvin timeline	comics: Mirrored ("Part 1" • "Part 2") • "Parallel Lives, Part 2" • Live Evil ("Part 1" • "Part 2" • "Part 3")
The Next Generation	comics: "Mirror Images, Issue 3" • Mirror Universe Collection (TNG - Mirror Broken comics: "Origin of Data", "Prelude", "Issue 1", "Issue 2", "Issue 3", "Issue 4", "Issue 5" • TNG - Through the Mirror comics: "Issue 1", "Issue 2", "Issue 3", "Issue 4", "Issue 5" TNG - Ripe for Plunder comics: "Chapter One", "Chapter Two", "Chapter Three", "Chapter Four", "Chapter Five" • TNG - Terra Incognita comics: "Issue 1", "Issue 2", "Issue 3", "Issue 4", "Issue 5", "Issue 6") • ST: The Mirror War: "Issue 0", "Issue 1", "Issue 2", "Data", "Issue 3", "Issue 4", "Issue 5", "Issue 6", "Issue 7" • prose: Dark Mirror • Three • The Worst of Both Worlds • "The Traitor" • "The Sacred Chalice" • "For Want of a Nail" • Rise Like Lions
Deep Space Nine	episodes: "Crossover" • "Through the Looking Glass" • "Shattered Mirror" • "Resurrection" • "The Emperor's New Cloak" • comic: "Enemies & Allies" • prose: Dark Passions • Warpath • Saturn's Children • Fearful Symmetry • "A Terrible Beauty" • The Soul Key • "Freedom Angst" • Disavowed
Voyager	prose: The Mirror-Scaled Serpent • "Bitter Fruit" • comic: "Mirrors & Smoke"
New Frontier	comics: Turnaround ("Part I" • "Part II" • "Part III" • "Part IV" • "Part V") • prose: Cutting Ties • "Homecoming"
Klingon Empire	prose: "Family Matters"	Titan	prose: "Empathy"	Vanguard	prose: "The Black Flag"
Miniseries and anthologies	RPG sourcebook: Through a Glass, Darkly • comics: The Mirror Universe Saga • Turnaround • Mirror Images • prose: Mirror Universe Trilogy • Mirror Universe (Glass Empires • Obsidian Alliances • Shards and Shadows)

Timeline[]

Published Order
Previous comic: Masquerade!	TOS comics first DC monthly series	Next comic: The Beginning of the End...
Chronological Order
Previous adventure: Masquerade!	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The Beginning of the End...

Images[]

Publication history[]

May 1985: First published by DC Comics.
April 1991: Reprinted in The Mirror Universe Saga omnibus. (DC Comics)
September 2009: Reprinted in the Best of Alternate Universes omnibus. (IDW)
19 July 2018: Reprinted in Graphic Novel Collection #41. (Eaglemoss)

Translations[]

March 1995: German: As "Feindliche Linien", translated by Uwe Anton, collected in Die Spiegelwelt part 2, Star Trek #2. (Carlsen)
October 1985: French: Part 1 in Suspense Intergalactique, omnibus Star Trek #5. (Arédit)
December 1985: French: Part 2 in Le Commencement de la Fin, omnibus Star Trek #6. (Arédit)

External link[]

Behind Enemy Lines! article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki