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! 

Check out the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon below.

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

Release Day: Discovering the TV Series: DS9 & Voyager 1993-1999

Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series:
Deep Space Nine and Voyager 1993-1999
by Tom Salinsky

Out today in the US is an exploration of 90s Star Trek by author Tom Salinsky.

Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: Deep Space Nine and Voyager 1993-1999 is the personal exploration of these television series by a man who asked himself how well he knew Star Trek, and realized he had a lot to learn. This book is a follow-up to his previous book, Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: The Original Series, The Animated Series and The Next Generation.

Check out the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon below.

Publisher's description:

Join a two-year mission through Star Trek's highs, lows, and behind-the-scenes revelations from Deep Space Nine to Voyager.

How well do you know Star Trek?

Lifelong science fiction fan, podcaster and author Tom Salinsky decided that the answer was “not well enough”, and so at the beginning of 2022, he embarked on a two-year mission to watch everything from the start of The Original Series to the end of Enterprise, at the rate of one episode per day. This book is the second part of that odyssey, covering Deep Space Nine, and the first two seasons of Voyager plus the first two Next Generation movies.

As well as having fun saluting the show’s triumphs, cringing at its lapses in taste, and admiring its willingness to swing for the fences, there’s lots of fascinating behind-the-scenes information here. Was Morn really such a chatterbox? Why was Deep Space Nine allowed to do so much serialisation? Did Star Trek need Michael Dorn more than Michael Dorn needed Star Trek? Just whatever happened to Geneviève Bujold? How is Nicholas Locarno related to Tom Paris?

But you’ll also get the benefit of a complete overview of these hugely successful and beloved spin-offs, which expanded and extended the Star Trek universe to new quadrants, new eras and new modes of storytelling. Plus there are contributions from notable fans, writers, authors and experts, giving their own perspectives on these classic episodes.

Whether you’re a die-hard fan, a casual viewer, or just someone interested in the history of television, you’ll adore coming on this daily journey though the highs and lows of one of the most significant and much-loved media properties in the world.

Purchase Star Trek: Discovering the TV Series: Deep Space Nine and Voyager 1993-1999:

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Previous Release: Star Trek: Defiant, Vol. 4: The Stars of Home

Next Release: It Rhymes With Takei

 

Out Now: It's Shaxs' Worst Day!

Star Trek: Lore War
Shaxs' Worst Day

Back during the Day of Blood event, we bore witness to Shaxs' Best Day. But now, he is at his worst as he becomes aware of the fact that, in Lore's new reality, he has become what he hates the most: a FASCIST!

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

Written by Ryan North

Art & Cover A by Derek Charm

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Official synopsis:

From the team who brought you the Ringo- and Eisner-nominated Shaxs’ Best Day comes a rip-roaring ride full of clever ship high jinks, nonstop badassery, and bombastic punches…because at the end of the day, let’s face it. It’s not Shaxs’ worst day. It’s fascism’s. Shaxs had his best day, but now that the universe has been rewritten by the mad android Lore, he’s about to have his worst. Starfleet has been distorted into a machinery of oppression antithetical to everything it once stood for, and Shaxs has been made into the one thing he despises most in the universe: a fascist. Now free of Lore’s hold over his mind, it’s up to Shaxs to revert everyone in Starfleet back to their old selves and save the cosmos.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Robby Cook

Retailer Incentive cover by Rahzzah

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #27 (Lore War Part 4/5)

Next comic release: Star Trek #32 (Lore War Part 5/5)

Release Day: Star Trek: Defiant Vol. 4: The Stars of Home

Star Trek: Defiant, Vol. 4:
The Stars of Home
Written by Christopher Cantwell
Art by Angel Unzueta

Star Trek: Defiant continues its release of stunning hardcover omnibus editions with volume four of the on-going spinoff of the flagship Star Trek comic series from IDW!

In The Stars of Home, Worf and the "renegade" crew of the U.S.S. Defiant work to protect an innocent world from an impending Romulan invasion force. Meanwhile, Sela faces off against her father, General Revo.

The Stars of Home collects Star Trek: Defiant (2023) #17-21.

Check out the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon below.

Publisher's description:

Connecting with the voyages of the ongoing Star Trek comic series, Defiant ventures into the dark side of the cosmos!

Original Star Trek: Defiant writer-artist duo Christopher Cantwell and Ángel Unzueta delve into the sci-fi horror genre in arc four of the fan-favorite series!

It's the beginning of a new era for the disavowed, mercenary crew of the U.S.S. Defiant! Political corruption ensues as Sela and her father, General Revo, leverage the imprisoned Defiant crewmates to kidnap the Romulan praetor and chairman of Tal Shiar Intelligence to advance their sinister plot to take over Romulus…

This leaves Worf, B’Elanna, and Ro with two crewmates down, and a planet on the brink of Romulan invasion. Despite how hopeful the planet’s meager farming population is, what are three failed Starfleet officers and lowly resistance fighters to a heavily armed and technologically advanced Romulan strike team?

Collects issues #17–21 of the series.

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Previous Release: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night

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

 

Lore War Part Four! Star Trek: Defiant #27

Star Trek: Defiant #27
Lore War Part 4/5

The Lore War crossover events continues this week with the release of Star Trek: Defiant #27!

The penultimate issue in the 5-part Lore War crossover arc is here! Sisko and his fellow dissidents must confront Lore and his four quadrant-controlling minds... whose identities may be more familiar to us than we thought!

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon.

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Davide Tinto

Cover A by Malachi Ward

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Official synopsis:

Sisko is approaching a moment of crisis: Lore is god of the universe, and the number of heroes operating outside his influence is dwindling with every encounter. Everywhere Sisko looks, he sees those he's failed. Is he really the person meant to defeat Lore and restore his timeline? Just as he is about to set down the burden of leadership... he dreams of a familiar blue light... and remembers there is hope yet in the universe waiting for those with the courage to seek it out.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Stefano Simeone

Retailer Incentive cover by J.J. Lendl

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #7

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

The Adventure Continues with Star Trek: Lower Decks #7

Star Trek: Lower Decks #7

A new arc in the Star Trek: Lower Decks comic series begins here!

Mariner believes her mother just doesn't get what being a lower decker is all about. However, Captain Freeman is out to prove just the opposite as she regales her daughter with a tale from her time as a junior officer aboard the U.S.S. Illinois... and a mission that went sideways featuring Dr. Katherine Pulaski!

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon.

Written by Tim Sheridan

Art and cover by Robby Cook

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Official synopsis:

There's nothing quite like a mother-daughter relationship. There's also nothing quite like finding out your monolith of a captain used to be a carefree ensign who accidentally vanished her whole crew in an experiment gone wrong. Lucky for Beckett Mariner, she gets to soak up both experiences all on the same day as her mother, Captain Freeman, regales her with a throwback tale of how she was "just like you when she was young," and "mistakes help us grow, blah, blah." Meanwhile, all Mariner wants to know is how could Freeman let Pulaski get away with hair like that?

Previous comic release: Star Trek #31

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #27

Positively Trek 295: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night with author James Swallow!

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Toward the Night
Exclusive Interview with author James Swallow!

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Positively Trek 295: Playing My Favourite Songs

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night with author James Swallow

In this episode of Positively Trek, we finally have a new novel to talk about and an author to interview! Dan Gunther welcomes back Bruce Gibson to discuss the new novel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night . Joining us is the amazing author himself, James Swallow! We talk about the novel spoiler-free to begin with, but get into spoilers later as we discuss the plot of this time-twisting adventure.

Positively Trek 295: Playing My Favourite Songs

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night
Exclusive Interview with author James Swallow

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Part 3 of Lore War is Here! Star Trek #31

Star Trek #31
Lore War Part 3/5

The Lore War crossover events continues this week with the release of Star Trek #31!

In part three of the five-part series, the forces gathering against Lore continue to gain traction to free their reality from the clutches of the unstable android...

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon.

Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing

Art by Davide Tinto

Cover A by Malachi Ward

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Official synopsis:

Friends and foes clash when Worf and his mind-twisted crew on the U.S.S. Enterprise come into contact with Sisko, Kahless II, and Beverly aboard the U.S.S. Phoenix in Alpha Quadrant space. Nothing in Lore's universe is clear — but when Sisko sees his old friend on the viewscreen, he knows what he must do: wake Worf the hell up!

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Megan Levens

Retailer Incentive cover by J.J. Lendl

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #26

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #7

Lore War Continues with Star Trek: Defiant #26

Star Trek: Defiant #26
Lore War Part 2/5

The big Star Trek comic crossover event continues with today's release of Star Trek: Defiant #26!

This issue is part two of the five-part crossover series. Lore has a nearly complete grip on the galaxy, and his forces are poised to crush the Maquis, the only force that can stand up to the malevolent android. Meanwhile, Sisko and Kahless are making plans of their own...

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon.

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Davide Tinto

Cover A by Malachi Ward

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Official synopsis:

Part two of “Lore War.” On one side of the war, Worf, Shaxs, Alexander, and others who once valued honor above all have now been designed by the malevolent android Lore to uphold his dictatorial rule; on the other side, a rebel Maquis fleet, Kahless II, Beverly, Sisko, and all those who know the truth behind their current reality endeavor to tear it down with what little resources they have. But not everything is as hopeless as it seems: There are allies hidden in the unlikeliest of places and assets—like the famous U.S.S. Phoenix—that escape even the all-seeing positronic eye of Lore.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by J.K. Woodward

Retailer Incentive cover by J.J. Lendl

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #6

Next comic release: Star Trek #31

Star Trek, Vol. 4: Pleroma is Out Today!

Star Trek, Vol. 4:
Pleroma
Written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing
Art by Megan Levens & Rachael Stott

The fourth story arc in the ongoing Star Trek flagship series is here in trade paperback! Pleroma features issues 19-24 from the series and sets up the story to come when Sisko and the crew of the U.S.S. Theseus confront the gods themselves in the Pleroma, a meeting place outside time and space!

Check out the back-cover blurb and links to purchase from Amazon below.

Publisher's description:

Arc four of the acclaimed Star Trek ongoing comic series continues here in the collected paperback! Benjamin Sisko faces the gods themselves on their home turf: the Pleroma.

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.

In the follow up to Star Trek, Vol. 3: Glass and Bone, Volume 4 collects Star Trek issues #19-24 and the 2024 Annual by writers Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing with artists Megen Levens and Rachael Stott.

Purchase Star Trek, Vol. 4: Pleroma:

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Previous Release: Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era

Next Release: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night

 

Temporal Shenanigans in Lower Decks #6!

Star Trek: Lower Decks #6

The ongoing Star Trek: Lower Decks series from IDW continues with issue #6, out today!

In the last issue, the Department of Temporal Investigations sent the Cerritos command crew on a mission through time. Not wanting to be left out, the lower deckers took matters into their own hands and attempted to help... but found themselves aboard the Titanic in 1912!

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon.

Written by Ryan North

Art and cover by Jack Lawrence

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Official synopsis:

When Mariner asked the Krulmuth-B portal to send her, Rutherford, Tendi, and Boimler to the moment when they could make the biggest impact on history, she meant, like, to the time period where they could help their crew the most. But they’ve ended up on board the Titanic! Yes, THE Titanic, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The time traveler who’s responsible for a deadly wave of Federation rewrites is still at large, and the Lower Deckers are now further than ever from stopping them.

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Lore War #1

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #26 (Lore War Part 2/5)

Lore War Begins! Issue #1 Out Today!

Star Trek: Lore War #1

The big Star Trek comic crossover event begins today with Lore War #1!

Lore has remade reality, and it's up to Benjamin Sisko to set things right! The crossover event of the year stars here!

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon.

Written by Jackson Lanzing, Colling Kelly, & Christopher Cantwell

Art by Davide Tinto

Cover A by Malachi Ward

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Official synopsis:

The start of an all-new crossover event between Star Trek and Defiant is here!

From the Eisner-nominated writers of Star Trek, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly; the critically acclaimed writer of Star Trek: Defiant, Christopher Cantwell; and artist Davide Tinto (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters and Devil's Reign), Lore War #1 shows us a universe rebuilt in Lore's image.

The crews of the Theseus and the Defiant scattered across the universe with no memory of who they once were — some even worship Lore as their God. Lore has won; his rule is absolute. But The Sisko remains, and there are forces who wish to remind him of his power.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Chris Fenoglio

Virgin Variant Retailer Incentive Cover by J.J. Lendl

Retailer Incentive Cover by Joe Quinones

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #25

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lower Decks #6

New Comic Day! Defiant #25 is Out

Star Trek: Defiant #25
No Old Warriors Part 4

The ongoing Star Trek: Defiant spinoff comic series continues with issue #25!

This issue sees the return of Nymira, who was thought to have sacrificed herself to save the Defiant crew a few issues back! Meanwhile, Lore's reality-destroying machinations are coming...

Check out the synopsis and variant cover art below, along with links to purchase the digital edition of the comic from Amazon!

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Angel Unzueta

Cover A by Angel Unzueta

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Official synopsis:

Nymira Vondect is back from the dead, having survived the cataclysmic explosion on Starbase 99 with help from the universe’s seediest rogue, Berlinghoff Rasmussen. Now she and Berlinghoff are running elaborate scams together to take advantage of unsuspecting Berbians and make a quick buck. But something niggles at Nymira… Should she tell her old crew she’s still alive or keep living the life she thinks she deserves? Meanwhile, Captain B’Elanna Torres, Ro, and O’Brien combine forces with Section 31’s Captain Frears to take out the minefield in the Gamma Quadrant once and for all.

Variant Covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Lauren Knight

Retailer Incentive cover by Takashi Okazaki

Previous comic release: Star Trek #30 & Star Trek: Lower Decks #5

Next comic release: Star Trek: Lore War #1