Riker: Poker face

Picard: Super duper command poker face

Deanna: oh Lord…

Issue 55 takes a break and allows readers to catch up with season 6 and all the recent changes: The O'Briens have moved on to DS9, Chain of Command has come and gone and the latter is reflected here nicely (there was a similar scene in Ten Forward with LaForge and Worf with the latter glum about having lost Keiko’s botany skills).

The type of artwork here bothered me a lot as a kid and still does, although a bit less. The process is called graphite limning and while it certainly looks more technically proficient I always felt there was something lost here. It doesn’t help that a good chunk of their Enterprise references is basically lifted off the Technical Manual and limits the angles they have available for the ship and the interiors.

I love this whole exchange here, for once we make a point of looking legal outgrowth from societal needs.

Star Trek TNG #55 Cover by Jerome K. Moore