A New Series Starts Today! Star Trek: Red Shirts #1

Star Trek: Red Shirts #1

A gruesome new comic miniseries from IDW hits shelves today: Star Trek: Red Shirts #1 introduces us to a new crew of red-shirted security officers in the TOS era as they embark on a typically dangerous mission to prevent Federation secrets from falling into enemy hands!

Writer Christopher Cantwell returns to the Star Trek universe after his amazing run on Star Trek: Defiant. You'll definitely want to pick this one up today!

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Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Megan Levens

Cover A by Chris Shehan

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Official synopsis:

The start of an all-new heartrending Star Trek five-issue miniseries by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek), featuring Starfleet's most intrepid and doomed crewmembers: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.

Led by an experienced officer embedded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.

They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. The red shirts' lives and Starfleet's sanctity are on the line... and no one is safe.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by J.J. Lendl

Retailer Incentive Cover by Declan Shalvey

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #9

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #10

Inspired Enterprise: New Trek Non-Fiction Out Today!

Inspired Enterprise:
How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek

by Glen E. Swanson

Out today is a new book exploring the very beginnings of Star Trek and the U.S.S. Enterprise with a deep dive into the history of this storied starship. In Inspired Enterprise, former NASA chief historian Glen E. Swanson reveals the story behind Gene Roddenberry's efforts to make Star Trek as scientifically accurate as possible when he first set out to create the beloved science fiction show in the 1960s.

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Publisher's description:

Discover how NASA, the Smithsonian, and the aerospace community helped craft, legitimize, and popularize the beloved television show Star Trek.

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry sought to create a work of science fiction that would immerse viewers not only through clever storylines and modern visual effects, but also by presenting the story in a scientific and technological context that felt believable. To this end, Roddenberry, a former WWII combat pilot, used his connections in the aerospace industry to seek out the latest and greatest technology.

This book, authored by Glen E. Swanson, former chief historian at the NASA Johnson Space Center, uncovers the story of how NASA, the Smithsonian, and the aerospace industry helped craft, legitimize, and popularize the beloved television show Star Trek. Further context is provided through the discussion of additional factors behind the success of the show, including merchandising and syndication.

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Previous Release: It Rhymes With Takei

Next Release: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Omnibus, Vol. 1

 

Tendi Faces the Ferengi in Lower Decks #9, Out Today!

Star Trek: Lower Decks #9

In this week's new issue of the Star Trek: Lower Decks ongoing comic, Tendi comes face-to-face with the consequences of her past choices as Ferengi loan sharks catch up with her!

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Written by Tim Sheridan

Art by Vernon Smith

Cover A by Vernon Smith

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Official synopsis:

On a mission to collect gormangander excrement, the U.S.S. Cerritos is attacked by a Ferengi warship! The Ferengi are hot on the tail of a debt dodger who owes them a fortune—D’Vana Tendi. But as a member of Starfleet, Tendi has no way to earn the money to pay them back, and if she tells her family in the Orion Syndicate, they’ll simply murder her to clear the account. One thing is for certain: If Tendi can’t devise a way to clear her ledger, the Lower Deckers are going to find themselves in deep sh*t, regardless of whether they find any gormaganders.

Variant Cover (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Jack Lawrence

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Omega

Next comic release: Star Trek: Red Shirts #1

It All Comes Down to This! Star Trek: Omega is Out Today

Star Trek: Omega #1
Star Trek & Star Trek: Defiant Finale

After over 60 interconnected issues between Star Trek, Star Trek: Defiant, and the various crossovers and spin-offs, the ongoing adventures of Sisko and his crew, and Worf and his crew, are coming to an end.

Sisko has led the good guys to victory over Lore and his twisted version of reality. But what comes next? In this issue that wraps up the ongoing storylines from IDW since 2022, Star Trek: Omega attempts to answer that question.

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Written by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, & Christopher Cantwell

Art by Various

Cover A by Malachi Ward

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Official synopsis:

Two and a half years of comics spanning 60 years of Star Trek history, a fair few awards, and more than a few universe detonations, and it’s all been coming to this… Star Trek: Omega is the denouement of the critically acclaimed Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant storylines, and the first glimpse at all that comes next. The crews of the Theseus, Defiant, and Enterprise set to work restoring the universe to what it should be after the evil android Lore’s intervention. Each hero finds their peace in preordained or unexpected ways, with individual scenes depicted by one of Star Trek’s or Defiant’s mainline artists! This finale pays tribute to all those involved in the series Screen Rant calls “the gold standard for ambitious comic book storytelling.”

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Ramón Rosanas

Retailer Incentive cover by Angel Unzueta

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #8

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #9

Lower Decks #8 is Out Today!

Star Trek: Lower Decks #8

This week, Captain Freeman's story about her time as an ensign aboard the U.S.S. Illinois continues!

When Dr. Katherine Pulaski takes command of the ship, Freeman suspects she might not be the best person for the job. 

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Written by Tim Sheridan

Art by Robby Cook

Cover by Robby Cook

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Official synopsis:

In a moment of mother-daughter bonding, Captain Freeman continues the story of how she was once a nobody screw-up just like Mariner!

Where she last left off, Dr. Katherine Pulaski had taken the helm of the U.S.S. Illinois in its clash with a Romulan warbird — but, as feared, Pulaski's brilliant track record of crashing spacecraft isn't doing her any favors in the encounter. Freeman and Durango are called upon to save the day. If the crew is to survive, the two ensigns need to rise to the challenge of command, and fast.

Previous comic release: Star Trek #32 (Lore War Part 5 of 5)

Next comic release: Star Trek: Omega

Out Today: It Rhymes With Takei!

It Rhymes With Takei
by George Takei, Steven Scott, & Justin Eisinger
Art by Harmony Becker

George Takei has teamed up with his writing partners for They Called Us Enemy for a new graphic novel. Autobiographical in nature, It Rhymes With Takei tells George's life story coming to terms with his sexuality, and his journey over the past 8 decades learning about himself and teaching the world about what it means to be a gay man.

It Rhymes With Takei is out today! 

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Publisher's description:

Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei’s new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all—told in full for the first time anywhere! George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared…and it rhymes with Takei. Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the terrible fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes with Takei offers a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history. Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, It Rhymes with Takei shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly—and legally—before the whole world. Looking back on his astonishing life on both sides of the closet door, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid account of how far America has come…and how precious that progress is.

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Previous Release: Discovering the TV Series: Deep Space Nine and Voyager

Next Release: Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek

 

Lore War Finale! Star Trek #32 is Out Today

Star Trek #32
Lore War Part 5 of 5

The Lore War crossover story comes to an end in Star Trek #32!

Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew of Starfleet heroes must finally put an end to Lore's megalomaniacal rule of his bespoke reality and return everything back to the way it was. But will Lore's brother, Data, be a help or a hinderance to their efforts?

Check out the variant covers, publisher's description, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Davide Tinto

Cover A by Malachi Ward

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Official synopsis:

Part five of “Lore War.” Armed with the knowledge of how to defeat Lore once and for all, Sisko and what’s left of his crew scatter to the four quadrants of space. Spock, Hugh, Alexander, and Paris each set out alone on a mission to save their remaining friends from Lore’s control, but none is more alone than Sisko. He’s taking the fight directly to Lore in a final all-or-nothing standoff. Will he and the actions of his crew be enough to restore the universe and everyone to their rightful selves? Or will Lore win again and reset the universe as he’s done so many times before?

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Davide Tinto

Retailer Incentive cover by J.J. Lendl

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lore War: Shaxs' Worst Day

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #8