Star Trek: Defiant Vol. 5: No Old Warriors collects just four issues ahead of the “Lore War” crossover finale, though it sells for the same price the previous volumes. Most of those actually only collect five issues, so we’re not that much outside the norm, but still I was surprised to pick this up and find how little was here.

To be fair, IDW would have had to overstuff Defiant Vol. 4: The Stars of Home or something to have not had a four-issue volume, since indeed these issues are a self-contained storyline you couldn’t break. So, fair’s fair, though equally another issue wouldn’t have hurt “No Old Warriors” either (or an annual) if IDW could’ve fit it into the schedule. Of the two storylines here, one is significantly, almost comically undernourished compared to the other. I’m not usually one to push for comics to be longer, but it seems clear writer Christopher Cantwell didn’t have enough pages.