Positively Trek Book Club: The Motion Picture - Echoes

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Echoes
A 5-Issue Comic Miniseries from IDW

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Positively Trek 279: Book Club: Why Can’t We Have the Bajoran Orb of Candy Canes?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Echoes

The V’Ger incident has left Kirk in command of the U.S.S. Enterprise, shirking his responsibilities back at Starfleet Command to remain aboard the ship for her shakedown cruise. The cruise is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a doppelganger of Nyota Uhura from a parallel universe, on a mission to apprehend a man responsible for multiple genocides. Kirk and his crew must team with this alternate Uhura to stop a man who looks exactly like Chekov before he allies with the Romulans to develop a devastating weapon!

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Brandi discuss the 5-issue miniseries Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Echoes from IDW! We talk about all five issues, what we liked and didn’t like, and share our thoughts on the miniseries as a whole.

Positively Trek Book Club 73: Why Can't We Have the Bajoran Orb of Candy Canes?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Echoes

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New Comic Day: Defiant #17!

Star Trek: Defiant #17
The Stars of Home Part 1

This week's new Star Trek: Defiant comic kicks off a new story arc with "The Stars of Home" Part 1!

Romulan treachery abounds in the latest adventure of Captain Worf and his renegade crew aboard the U.S.S. Defiant. Check out the cover variants, synopsis, and links to purchase the digital edition from Amazon below!

Written by Christopher Cantwell

Art by Ángel Unzueta

Cover A by Ángel Unzueta

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Official synopsis:

Enter a brand-new arc and 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...

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Jake Bartok

Retailer Incentive cover by Declan Shalvey

Previous comic release: Star Trek #22 & Star Trek Annual 2024

Next comic release: Star Trek #23

Release Day: TOS: Lost to Eternity & Picard's Academy Omnibus!

It's new book day, and we have two releases for Trek fans this week! First, a rare new Star Trek novel release from veteran Trek author Greg Cox, and IDW's latest paperback omnibus edition of a recent comic miniseries!

The Original Series:
Lost to Eternity

by Greg Cox

It's always great when a new Star Trek novel is released, and I've been waiting for this one in particular! There's a lot here to grab readers' interests, including a follow-up on the events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, as well as an adventure set in the movie-era of Trek, one of my favorite settings for stories in the Star Trek universe.

Check out the back cover blurb below, along with links to purchase the paperback, e-book, and audiobook editions from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy?

2024: Almost forty years ago, marine biologist Gillian Taylor stormed away from her dream job at Sausalito’s Cetacean Institute—and was never seen or heard from again. Now a new true crime podcast has reopened that cold case, but investigator Melinda Silver has no idea that her search for the truth about Gillian’s disappearance will ultimately stretch across time and space—and attract the attention of a ruthless obsessive with his own secret agenda.

2268:The U.S.S. Enterprise’s five-year mission is interrupted when Captain James T. Kirk and his crew set out to recover an abducted Federation scientist whose classified secrets are being sought by the Klingons as well. The trail leads to a barbaric world off limits to both Starfleet and the Klingon Empire—and an ageless mastermind on a quest for eternity.

2292: The Osori, an ancient alien species, has finally agreed to establish relations with its much younger neighbors: the Federation, the Klingons, and the Romulans. A joint mission involving ships from all three powers, including the Enterprise-A, turns explosive when one of the Osori envoys is apparently killed. Each side blames the others, but the truth lies buried deep, nearly three hundred years in the past…

 

Purchase Star Trek: The Original Series: Lost to Eternity by Greg Cox:

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Also out today is a new graphic novel collecting the Picard's Academy comic miniseries from IDW:

Picard's Academy:
Commit No Mistakes

Written by Sam Maggs
Art by Ornella Greco

A young cadet, one Jean-Luc Picard, must navigate interpersonal relationships and evaluation by his academy instructors to graduate and become the Starfleet officer we know and love. This edition collects all six issues of the Picard's Academy miniseries.

The publisher's description can be found below, along with links to purchase the paperback edition from Amazon!

Publisher's description:

Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the water on the infamous Evasive Maneuvers exam and graduate early. But there’s a detail Cadet Picard hadn’t factored into his plan: the exam was a group project and he’d need to make friends with, ugh, people if he stood a chance at passing.

Federation starships aren’t run by a party of one, after all. During the training exercise, Picard accidentally puts the lives of himself and two of his classmates—Doq and Marty—in danger!

 

Purchase Picard's Academy: Commit No Mistakes:

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Previous Release: Defiant: Another Piece of the Action

Next Release: Discovering the TV Series: The Original Series, The Animated Series and The Next Generation & The Illustrated Oral History: The Original Cast

 

Two Comics Out Today: Star Trek #22 & Star Trek Annual 2024!

Greetings, Star Trek comic fans! Wednesday is new comic day, and this week we have two offerings from IDW, both of them continuing the voyages of the flagship ongoing Star Trek comic series! Let's take a look at this week's new Trek stories from writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly!

Star Trek #22
Pleroma Part 4

The Pleroma storyline continues in issue 22 of Star Trek!

Captain Sisko faces the "gods" of the Star Trek universe in the mysterious "Pleroma," and a long-awaited reunion greets Dr. Beverly Crusher.

As always, you can find the covers, synopsis, and links to purchase the digital version from Amazon below.

Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly

Art by Megan Levens

Cover A by Megan Levens

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Official synopsis:

The meeting of the gods at the Pleroma continues as Captain Sisko confronts his celestial mother in the very fabric of space and time! Why was he called home to help in the fight against Kahless, only to be forbidden from attempting to protect the universe from the brutal aftermath? Meanwhile, Beverly Crusher boldly outmaneuvers the gods for an emotional reunion, and Ensign Lily Sato, torn between her best friend and feelings of disillusionment with Starfleet, contemplates a decision that could change everything with the push of a button…

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Rod Reis

Retailer Incentive cover by J.J. Lendl

Also out today is the Star Trek Annual 2024!

Star Trek: Annual 2024

The 2024 edition of the Star Trek Annual is here!

Ever since the end of Day of Blood, Lore has roamed free after escaping from Data, and now it's time to track him down.

Definitely looking forward to this one! Be sure to check out the covers, synopsis, and links to purchase the digital version from Amazon below.

Written by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly

Art by Rachael Stott

Cover A by Rachael Stott

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Official synopsis:

With no one but himself to blame for his brother’s sudden escape during the Klingon Day of Blood, Lieutenant Commander Data sheds his Starfleet uniform for an ensemble inspired by none other than Sherlock Holmes to track down Lore’s whereabouts…and figure out what sinister plans he’s been scheming. With the one and only Miles O’Brien as his Watson at his side, there is no mystery that DETECTIVE DATA can’t solve! Acclaimed artist RACHAEL STOTT (Star Wars, Doctor Who, Fantastic Four) joins Star Trek writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly in the latest installment of the Eisner-nominated series.

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Ramón Rosanas

Retailer Incentive Cover by Suspiria Vilchez

Previous comic release: Sons of Star Trek #4

Next comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #17

Positively Trek Book Club: Star Trek Celebrations!

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Star Trek Celebrations
The Podcast Discusses IDW's Special Pride Month Issue!

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Positively Trek 277: Book Club: Curiosity Killed the Cat … But Satisfaction Brought it Back!

Star Trek Celebrations

While the Star Trek universe has recently made great strides in pushing the current societal boundaries of representation and inclusion, it hasn’t always done so. However, with the current slate of new Star Trek shows since the debut of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017, the lineup of LGBTQ+ characters is so great that a new comic issue celebrating Trek’s queer community can’t even fit all of them in!

In celebration of Pride Month, IDW has released Star Trek: Celebrations, a one-shot comic issue featuring a few of Star Trek’s greatest LGBTQ+ characters, and in this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Brandi are taking a look at the stories that comprise this comic! We discuss five short comic stories featuring Hikaru Sulu, Raffi Musiker, Seven of Nine, Christine Chapel, Paul Stamets, Jett Reno, and Beckett Mariner. We hope you enjoy the discussion, and we also hope you had a great Pride Month!

Positively Trek Book Club 72: Curiosity Killed the Cat … But Satisfaction Brought it Back!

Star Trek Celebrations

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New Comic Day: Sons of Star Trek #4!

Sons of Star Trek #4

The conclusion of the 4-part IDW Sons of Star Trek comic miniseries!

Jake and Alexanders cross-reality adventure is coming to an end, as long as they're able to convince Q Jr. to return them to their own universe.

As always, you can check out the cover art, publisher's description, and purchase links below!

Written by Morgan Hampton

Art by Angel Hernández

Cover A by Jake Bartok

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Official synopsis:

What do you get when you cross three of the Federation's most celebrated sons with a misguided god? An alternate reality full of lessons that may be just what the doctor ordered. But with Jake Sisko's enrollment in the Pennington School, Alexander Rozhenko's prison sentence, and Nog's first Starfleet posting all fast approaching, they'll have to move fast to defeat the Breen once and for all if they're to convince Q Jr to return them to their home reality.

The final chapter of SONS OF STAR TREK concludes here!

Variant covers (click to embiggen):

Cover B by Angel Hernández

Retailer Incentive Cover by Andy Price

Previous comic release: Star Trek: Defiant #16

Next comic release: Star Trek #22

Positively Trek Book Club: Day of Blood

Positively Trek Podcast:

Star Trek: Day of Blood
The Podcast Discusses the Star Trek / Star Trek: Defiant Crossover!

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Positively Trek 275: Book Club: It All Comes Down to This…

Star Trek: Day of Blood

The Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant ongoing comic series from IDW are featured in an epic crossover when the crews under Sisko and Worf come together to finally take on Kahless and his Red Path devotees. Fighting for freedom from his particular brand of tyranny, the two crews must put aside their mistrust and apprehension to work together and defeat Kahless once and for all…

In this episode of The Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Brandi discuss Star Trek: Day of Blood. We talk about all seven issues that make up the hardcover collection: The Free Comic Book Day issue Prelude to Day of Blood, Day of Blood #1, Star Trek issues 11 & 12, Star Trek: Defiant issues 7 & 8, and a personal favorite of both of us: the Eisner-nominated Day of Blood: Shaxs’ Best Day!

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Positively Trek Book Club 71: It All Comes Down to This...

Star Trek: Day of Blood

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