Positively Trek Book Club: They Sure Like Writing for Garak!

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek Explorer Presents:
"The Mission" and Other Stories
Part 2 of 2

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Positively Trek 270: Book Club: They Sure Like Writing for Garak!

Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories - Part 2/2

Back in episode 264, we took a look at the first 7 short stories that make up the collection Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories. And now we’re back to finish them off!

In this week’s episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson are talking about 7 Star Trek short stories, all of which appeared in issues of the Star Trek Explorer magazine. Join us as we journey to Deep Space Nine for 6 of the stories before we take a quick side trip to the Delta Quadrant for story number 7. Featured authors include James Swallow, Una McCormack, Michael Carroll, John Peel, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Michael Collins.

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Positively Trek Book Club 69: They Sure Like Writing for Garak!

Star Trek Explorer Presents: "The Mission" and Other Stories

Part 2 of 2

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New Comic Day! Sons of Star Trek #2

Sons of Star Trek #2

The miniseries spin-off from IDW's flagship Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant comic series continues with today's release of the second issue of Sons of Star Trek!

As always, check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Morgan Hampton

Art by Angel Hernández

Cover by Jake Bartok

Purchase:

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Official synopsis:

Jake, Nog, and Alexander find themselves stuck in a never-ending loop of being blown to smithereens aboard the U.S.S. Avery and then revived by Q Jr.-who insists he's helping them learn some lesson unbeknownst to them. Amid the attack from the Breen, the Avery crew and their strong-willed, bureaucratic captain, Skrain Dukat, refuse to listen to the trio's musings about an alternate universe. Left with no other choice, they are forced to begrudgingly work together and attempt to step into their Starfleet roles in hopes of helping the Federation ship survive the attack and return home...or be stuck in this alternate reality forever!

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Megan Levens

Retailer Incentive Cover by Andy Price

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #14

Next comic release: Star Trek #20

New Comic Day: Defiant #14

Star Trek: Defiant #14

New Comic Day is here once again, and we have the latest entry in the Star Trek: Defiant series hitting newsstands today: Issue #14 of the continuing missions of Worf and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Defiant!

As always, check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Ángel Unzueta

Cover by Ángel Unzueta

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Official synopsis:

Resistance is futile! Cornered by their own parasitically possessed crewmate, Worf and the Defiant crew scramble for a way to safely save her before it's too late. But the hive is eager to grow its numbers, seeking total dominance over a galactic level of organic species after already claiming Starbase 99's crew as hosts. Trapped and unable to call Starfleet for assistance, Hugh suggests taking drastic measures – assimilate B'Elanna to Borg tech!

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by JK Woodward

Retailer Incentive Cover by Justin Mason

Previous comic release: Star Trek #19

Next comic release: Sons of Star Trek #2

New Comic Day: Star Trek #19 - New Story Arc!

Star Trek #19
Pleroma Part 1

Wednesday is always new comic day, and this week we have a new addition to IDW's flagship Star Trek comic series, and the beginning of a new story arc!

Star Trek #19 is out today, and in the Pleroma arc, Captain Sisko must deal with an issue that hits very close to home when T'Lir returns to the Theseus.

Check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Megan Levens

Cover by Megan Levens

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Official synopsis:

Acclaimed writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly along with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds comics artist Megan Levens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Starsigns) welcome you to the thrilling brand-new chapter of the Eisner-nominated Star Trek flagship series!

Benjamin Sisko has begun imagining an end to his journey and is looking forward to establishing a normal, human life. But unfortunately for Captain Sisko, his next test has been a member of his crew this whole time…

T’Lir, the crew’s former science officer, has returned to the U.S.S. Theseus bridge with a shocking revelation and a plea. Kahless’ attempted war with the gods has altered the very fabric of spacetime, threatening the destruction of several godlike species. Already, anomalies are beginning to form across the galaxy. Their only hope: the Emissary of the Prophets, Benjamin Sisko, and his valiant crew of Starfleet’s finest.

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Ramón Rosanas

Retailer Incentive Cover by J.J. Lendl

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #13

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #14

Positively Trek Book Club: Morn's Little Partner in Crime

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Dog of War

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Positively Trek 267: Book Club: Morn’s Little Partner in Crime

Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War

At the height of the Dominion War, Deep Space Nine receives an unexpected guest: a priceless purebred corgi, which Quark names Latinum. Along with the adorable canine comes a mysterious Borg component which might help the Federation and its allies win the war… or spell doom for the entire Alpha Quadrant.

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Brandi discuss Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War, a comic miniseries from IDW that was recently released as a graphic novel. We talk about all five issues, including Quark’s discovery of his love of one dog in particular, Sisko’s dilemma, and the mysterious shadowy organization with the ridiculous name “The Brokers on the Black Market.”

Positively Trek Book Club 68: Morn's Little Partner in Crime

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Dog of War

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New Comic Day! Defiant #13

Star Trek: Defiant #13

Wednesday has rolled around again, which gives us another new Star Trek comic issue! This week is issue #13 of Star Trek: Defiant, continuing the voyages of Worf and his renegade crew aboard the USS Defiant.

Check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis.

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Ángel Unzueta

Cover by Ángel Unzueta

Purchase:

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Official synopsis:

Starbase 99 has been compromised. Worf and the Defiant crew are quarantined within, desperately trying to evade the infected as their parasitic counterparts flood the floors of the base. To make matters worse, one of the crew's bounties is dead, another missing. Can the crew survive this raging parasitic invasion on the desolate starbase?

Variant covers:

Cover B by Elizabeth Beals

Retailer incentive cover by Rachael Stott

Previous comic release: Star Trek #18

Next comic release: Star Trek #19

Release Day! Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Echoes

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Echoes

by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Oleg Chudakov

A new graphic novel is out today from IDW, featuring the crew of the Enterprise in a 5-issue comic miniseries. Taking place in the period of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Echoes sees Captain James. T. Kirk and his crew taking on familiar faces from another reality! 

Check out the cover art and official synopsis below, along with links to purchase the paperback from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

Join Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in this never-before-seen adventure spinning out of the Original Series!

When a space anomaly thrusts a bounty hunter and her target – a criminal mastermind – into their universe, it's up to Kirk and his crew to stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign tech onto the system. But the strangers from another universe are more familiar than they assume... for underneath their helmets are their doppelgängers – from an alternate reality!

From critically acclaimed screenwriter, producer, and comics writer Marc Guggenheim (Arrow; DC's Legends of Tomorrow; Star Wars: Han Solo and Chewbacca) and artist Oleg Chudakov comes this brand new mini-series!

 

Purchase Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Echoes:

Paperback: Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Previous Release: Star Trek: Day of Blood

Next Release: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths

 

New Comic Day! Star Trek #18

Star Trek #18
Glass and Bone, Part 6

It's Wednesday, which around these parts means that it's new Star Trek comic day! This week, Star Trek #18 is released, concluding the Glass and Bone arc that sees Captain Sisko and his crew aboard the USS Theseus dealing with the fallout from their blunders with the Tzenkethi.

Check out the various covers below, along with links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon and the publisher's synopsis!

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Marcus To

Cover by Marcus To

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Official synopsis:

Tzenketh is on the brink of war against the Federation... and it's all the fault of Captain Sisko and his crew. A battle between the Tzenkethi, Romulans, and Cardassians is imminent, while Tzenketh itself begins to tremble. The Theseus crew's actions have exacerbated the volcanic instability of the planet – another thing the Romulans will undoubtedly pin on the Federation. The Romulan Magistrex's plot to build an alliance that will destroy the Federation is underway, can Sisko and his crew manage to save this savage world of glass and bone? Find out in the finale of arc three of the Eisner-nominated series!

Variant covers:

Cover B by Rod Reis

Retailer incentive cover by Jake Bartok

Previous comic release: Sons of Star Trek #1

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #13

Positively Trek Book Club: Seven of Nine Knows Her Name!

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek: Picard
Firewall
Exclusive Interview with author David Mack!

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Positively Trek 265: Book Club: Seven of Nine Knows Her Name!

Picard: Firewall with David Mack & Guest Host Jessie Gender 

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, Dan Gunther and guest host Jessie Gender welcome David Mack to the show to discuss his new novel, Star Trek: Picard: Firewall!

When the USS Voyager returned to Earth, Seven of Nine’s life looked promising: Earth, the bastion of acceptance and equality, stood ready to accept the former Borg with open arms. Right?

Reality proved to be very different from what had been promised, and soon Seven finds herself on the outside looking in. Refused a commission in Starfleet, and even denied Federation membership, she sets out to find herself, beginning a journey that would eventually lead to the Fenris Rangers and the Seven that we meet in the series Star Trek: Picard.

Positively Trek Book Club 67: Seven of Nine Knows Her Name!

Star Trek: Picard: Firewall

Exclusive Interview with author David Mack!

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New Comic Day! Sons of Star Trek #1

Sons of Star Trek #1

Out today is the first issue of a new 4-issue miniseries, set in the same continuity as the ongoing Star Trek comic series and its spinoff, Star Trek: Defiant! Jake Sisko and Alexander Rozhenko are the focus of this one, with some reality-fracturing hijinks included! We have the various covers below for you to take a look at, as well as the publisher's synopsis and links to pick up the digital version from Amazon.

Written by Morgan Hampton

Art by Angel Hernandez

Cover by Jake Bartok

Purchase:

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Official synopsis:

From the mighty pen of acclaimed Cyborg writer Morgan Hampton comes a new four-part miniseries spinning out of IDW’s Eisner-nominated Star Trek series and fan favorite Star Trek: Defiant series!

In the aftermath of Kahless' harrowing Day of Blood, Jake Sisko struggles to find his place in the universe now that his family has been reunited and his father, Benjamin Sisko, has once again saved the galaxy.

Meanwhile, Alexander Rozhenko is recovering mentally and emotionally from his time as one of Kahless' devout followers. Although his father, Worf, was able to break him away from the Red Path cult, Alexander is haunted by his actions during the bloody coup and is unsure of his ability to atone for the devastation he caused.

Jake and Alexander find their stories intertwined as they're thrust into an alternate universe where they followed their fathers' footsteps into Starfleet stardom. As officers aboard the U.S.S. Avery, Jake and Alexander encounter alternate versions of other children of Starfleet legends who show them they all may have a bit more in common than it would seem.

Variant covers:

Cover B by Hayden Sherman

Retailer Incentive cover by Andy Price

IDW Online Exclusive cover by Liana Kangas

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #12 & Picard's Academy #6

Next comic release: Star Trek #18

Release Day! Star Trek: Day of Blood

Star Trek: Day of Blood

by Christopher Cantwell, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
Art by Ramon Rosanas and Angel Unzueta

The next chapter in the ongoing comics saga of Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant is out in hardcover format! Star Trek: Day of Blood features a collection of all of the comics that make up this huge crossover event. Collects Star Trek: Day of Blood, Star Trek: Day of Blood–Shaxs' Best Day, Star Trek 2023 Free Comic Book Day issue, Star Trek issues #11–12, and Star Trek: Defiant issues #6–7.

Check out the cover art and official synopsis below, along with links to purchase the hardcover from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

Blood will flow in this first-ever Federation crossover event which pulls from the ongoing Star Trek space saga and the Defiant spin off graphic novel series!

As emperor of the Klingon Empire, Kahless II has consolidated power, raided ancient tombs and secret bunkers, taken the power of gods for himself, stolen the Bajoran Orb of Destruction, and has begun a slaughter across the stars.

But this genocide of gods was just the beginning. For with the power he has stolen, Kahless is about to declare war on all those who do not follow the Red Path. To prevent genocide unlike any since the ancient days of Qo’noS, the crew of icons led by the emissary known as Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek ongoing series) and the renegades who follow a desperate and violent Worf (Star Trek: Defiant) must unite for a common cause. Only they can hope to stop the DAY OF BLOOD.

Join creators Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy), Christopher Cantwell (Namor and Star Wars: Obi-Wan), and Ramon Rosanas (Star Trek, Marvel’s Star Wars, and The Astonishing Ant-Man) in this monumental crossover event of epic proportions. Collects Star Trek: Day of Blood, Star Trek: Day of Blood–Shaxs' Best Day, Star Trek 2023 Free Comic Book Day issue, Star Trek issues #11–12, and Star Trek: Defiant issues #6–7.

 

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Previous Release: Picard: Firewall & Picard: The Art and Making Of the Series

Next Release: Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Echoes

 

Positively Trek Book Club: Did Anyone Have Android Pulaski on Their Bingo Card?

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek Explorer Presents:
"The Mission" and Other Stories
Part 1/2

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Positively Trek 264: Book Club: Did Anyone Have Android Pulaski on Their Bingo Card?

Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories - Part 1 of 2

We here at the Positively Trek Book Club pride ourselves on covering every new Star Trek novel that is released. However, the releases are fewer and farther between these days. Thankfully, there are many places for us to go to get our Star Trek fiction fix!

The Star Trek Explorer magazine has been publishing original Star Trek short stories since it started in 2021, showcasing unique corners of the Trek universe and written by some of the biggest names in Star Trek writing. In February of 2024, the most recent hardcover collection of these stories was released: Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories, featuring 14 of the short stories from recent issues.

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, host Dan Gunther welcomes Bruce Gibson back to the show to discuss the first 7 of the stories featured in this collection. We discuss:

“Control” by John Peel

“The Guardian” by Gary Russell

“The Disavowed” by Christopher Cooper

“Paghabi” by Chris Dows

“Pulaski 2.0” by Greg Cox

“The Expert” by Gary Russell

and “Scramble” by Greg Cox

The remaining 7 stories in the collection will be featured in a future episode.

Positively Trek Book Club 66: Did Anyone Have Android Pulaski on Their Bingo Card?

Star Trek Explorer Presents: "The Mission" and Other Stories
Part 1 of 2

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New Comic Day: Defiant #12 & The Conclusion of Picard's Academy!

Two new comics are out today: The latest installment of the ongoing Star Trek: Defiant series and the conclusion of the Star Trek: Picard's Academy miniseries!

Star Trek: Defiant #12
Hell is Only a Word, Part 1

Out today: Star Trek: Defiant #12, the latest issue in IDW's ongoing spinoff of the Star Trek comic series! We have the various covers below for you to take a look at, as well as the publisher's synopsis and links to pick up the digital version from Amazon.

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Ángel Unzueta

Cover by Ángel Unzueta

Purchase:

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Official synopsis:

Original Star Trek: Defiant writer-artist duo Christopher Cantwell and Ángel Unzueta delve into the sci-fi horror genre in arc three of the fan-favorite series! Eager to move past the unofficial bounty-hunting mission assigned to them by Starfleet, disgraced former ambassador and Starfleet legend, Worf, and his rogue crew make way for Starbase 99 – a run-down remnant of the Dominion War – to complete their fugitive drop-off. The clandestine assignment has left them disillusioned with Starfleet and with one another, but a surprise awaits the Defiant crew, threatening to tear the crew apart even further – literally.

Variant covers:

Cover B by Rod Reis

Retailer Incentive cover by Ángel Unzueta

IDW Online Exclusive cover by Suspiria Vilchez

Also out today is the final issue in the 6-issue miniseries Star Trek: Picard's Academy! Jean-Luc faces his greatest test yet in the finale of this series from writer Sam Maggs and artist Ornella Greco!

Star Trek: Picard's Academy #6

Written by Sam Maggs

Art by Ornella Greco

Cover by Sweeny Boo

Purchase:

Digital (Kindle): Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk

Official synopsis:

It's do-or-die for Picard and cadets in the finale of Picard's Academy! Romulans storm the ship while Starfleet remains out of reach and potentially unaware of the threat headed their way, but the cadets have finally come to an agreement, electing Jean-Luc to the captain's chair. They're finally willing to follow Picard's lead, and Picard is finally willing to acknowledge their feedback – now acting as a proper crew. But is it too late? Will Picard fail his crewmates once again and, worse yet, see the start of an interstellar war? So much for graduating early!

Variant covers:

Cover B by Aaron Harvey

Retailer Incentive cover by Megan Huang

Previous comic release: Star Trek #17

Next comic release: Sons of Star Trek #1