"Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom" was the 10th issue of Marvel Comics's 1996 regular series of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics. The issue was written by Michael Martin & Andy Mangels, penciled by Terry Pallot and inked by Al Milgrom. This story was lettered by Chris Eliopoulos and colored by John Kalisz.
Lwaxana Troi returns to Deep Space 9 seeking a divorce from Odo so she can marry again; several female residents of the space station disappear.
Summary[]
Odo is in a pensive mood. Lwaxana Troi is returning to the station, but unlike with previous visits by Lwaxana Odo is actually looking forward to it. His experiences as a solid make him wonder if he and Lwaxana may have a future together. Lwaxana soon shocks Odo by asking for a divorce; she is getting married to a Bolian man called Var Ulos.
Lwaxana plans to hold the ceremony on the Promenade and Quark is to provide the catering, charging exorbitant amounts of latinum for it. Rom notices a strange substance in the side of Ulos' ship but Quark tells him to let his friends in waste extraction worry about it.
Captain Sisko gives his approval for the wedding to take place, but is shocked when Lwaxana asks him to officiate. Lwaxana also engages Garak to provide the formal wear for the occasion, forgoing the traditional Betazoid custom of nudity at weddings.
Ulos' assistant Ivia makes it known that she disapproves of his marriage. While walking in a corridor, Ivia is attacked by a green creature with tendrils and is dragged away. After reporting to the night shift, Rom finds that technician Trinia Eltur is missing, and that her spanner has a green substance on it.
Preparations for Lwaxana's wedding to Var Ulos are proceeding apace. However, Ivia, Ulos' aide has disappeared, as has Trinia Eltur, one of O'Brien's engineering technicians. Bashir determines that the strange material found on Trinia's engineering tools came from an alien creature of some kind. When the same substance is found on a vest belonging to Ivia, Sisko gives an order to find the creature before any other women are taken.
Rom wants to help with the search, but Chief O'Brien wants him to go home to rest. Rom decides to help out anyway and talks to Sergeant Etana, who is investigating Ulos' ship. The substance that Rom noticed on the ship when it arrived is gone and he realizes that it was alive and is responsible for the disappearances. A nearby air vent would have led it straight to the docking ring. When he contacts Leeta but doesn't get a response, he and Etana race to her quarters but Leeta is taken by the creature...
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Characters[]
- Julian Bashir • Etana Kol • Elim Garak • Homn • Ivia • Leeta • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Trinia Eltur • Barin Troi • Lwaxana Troi • Var Ulos
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- Brunt • Jadzia Dax • Ishka • Jeyal • Kira Nerys • Shakaar Edon • William Shakespeare • Deanna Troi • Worf
Locations[]
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- Bajor • Betazed • Ferenginar • Risa • Tavnia
Starships and vehicles[]
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- USS Enterprise
Races and cultures[]
- Bajoran • Betazoid • Bolian • Cardassian • Changeling • Ferengi
- Referenced only
- Klingon
States and organizations[]
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- Dominion • Ferengi Commerce Authority
Other references[]
- bat'leth • Bolian ice sculpture • constable • Daedalus-class model • Denebian slime ale • Ferengi business license • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition • Holy Rings of Betazed • latinum • Moogie • Nagus • oo-mox • Othello • quadrant • Sacred Chalice of Rixx • Tarkalean cat • waste extraction
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Background[]
- The story is continued in "Four Funerals and a Wedding".
- Michael A. Martin commented: "Our script called for a nifty cheesecake 'splash' shot of Leeta in the shower, where she’s being menaced by a nasty slime monster that ultimately carries her off into the station’s proverbial bowels. This lets Rom play the hero and mount a rescue attempt. I remember taking photocopies of that issue’s pencils to the San Diego Comic-Con that year—this is months before the story saw print—and showing the shower sequence to Chase Masterson, who was thrilled to see her likeness being menaced by a “B” movie monster. I remember giving her copies of her own, and how she went around showing the pages off all over the convention center that day. That was a hoot." [1]
Related media[]
- The events of "The Muse", "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." and "Ferengi Love Songs" are mentioned. Lwaxana first appeared in DS9 in “The Forsaken”.
Images[]
External link[]
- Lwaxana Troi and the Wedding of Doom article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
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| Previous comic: Public Enemies, Private Lives, Conclusion |
DS9 comics | Next comic: Four Funerals and a Wedding |
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