It follows the characters of spock and the romulan nero. Picard prequel comic, on the vineyard with jeanluc. The story serves as both a lead up to the film, and as a continuation of the star trek. In fact, the very first star trek comic book began in 1967, at the end of the original seriess very first season this first series was published by gold key, an imprint of western publishing founded only five years before, in 1962. Having this brand new original backstory play out through both comic book and novel formats will set the stage for the new series in an. Heat vision has a look at the cover for the first comic book tiein and the announcement of a new prose novel tiein for the series that will be unveiled at the 16th annual las vegas star. Mirror broken is a sixissue miniseries from scott and david tipton with artwork painted by j. Phase ii that was supposed to be published in 1998 and to contain an allnew ship and an allnew crew, but due to the general cancellation, it was never produced. Slated for launch this november, the comic book is written by michael green and picard producer kirsten beyer. In 20, idw publishing released the first of a series of stunning photo novels by comic book legend john byrne. Oct 28, 2016 thats right in 2017, there will be the crossover no one saw coming. Star trek discovery comic book cover and tiein novel. Star trek is a comic book series by idw publishing, based on the star trek science fiction entertainment franchise created by gene roddenberry.
Star trek the motion picture beginning the official marvel adaptation of the first star trek movie. Cowritten by discovery staff writer and bestselling star trek novelist kirsten beyer and longtime trek comic book writer mike johnson, with art by fanfavorite star trek. Since since is the first comic star trek book series, the issues are the most expensive. Picard picard book and comic prequels begin rollout. Where no one has gone before the star trek prequel. Into darkness just a few days away, what better way for trekkies and trekkers to celebrate than by. Star trek into darkness prequel comic reveals villain backstory. All issues are complete cover to cover and include all advertisements. Star trek home star trek comic books star trek trade paperbacks star trek other merchandise star trek comics and comic book series. The artistic talent behind the comic, as well as its overall scope, has yet to be divulged, though. Two tiein prequels to the upcoming television series were announced at star trek las vegas earlier this week.
That is, it opened with scotty mourning the death of his wife his marriage was completely unknown to the rest of the crew. Star treks mirror universe is one of the most enduring storylines across the whole franchise, and will always have a sinisterlygoateed place in our hearts. Universe with the next generation crew in a way youve never seen them before in this prequel to the upcoming star trek. Unfollow star trek comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Countdown kirsten beyer, mike johnson, angel hernandez. I was just complaining about this to a coworker the other day when talking about star trek discovery. Mike johnson and tony shasteen elevate their final frontier narrative with star trek. Resistance fighter william riker has uncovered a vast conspiracy, and together with his band of prisoner outlaws you just might recognize a few.
Picard is getting a prequel novel and comic series. A guide to star trek comics and graphic novels published in the united states and elsewhere with brief plot summaries and cover images or more than you ever needed to know about star trek comics. Star trek into darkness prequel comic reveals villain. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine. Inspired by a number of character profile series being published at the time by both dc and marvel comics, whos who in star trek was a twoissue special published in march and april 1987 that provided profiles of various characters in the star trek comic book universe. Picard countdown, is a threeissue miniseries from idw publishing. The first prequel to appear will be idws star trek. Also, i am aware the eaglemoss section is outofdate since i am that series editor. Yes theyre from dc, but i just dont have the time or interest to read every single star trek comic book ever made. Tng meets aliens in upcoming comic book series they mostly come at night, mostly, but this new comic miniseries is coming in april. The only way i could think was to discuss my favorite ten star trek comic books. Every plot beat was fairly predictable and the emotional resonance got about halfway there at best. Into darkness just a few days away, what better way for trekkies and trekkers to celebrate than by picking up a star trek comic book.
The enterprise of the past arrives in the wrong time, resulting in kirk and crew meeting their younger selves in vicious circle. Continued in star trek 1980 series this is the original star trek comic book series, which began publication while the original tv show was still airing on nbc tv in the 1960s. For more detailed plot summaries of these sets and those on the next page, you can go offsite and visit curt danhausers guide to the star trek story records. Star trek comic books star trek trade paperbacks star trek other merchandise star trek join the enterprise, the orignal with captain james t. For me it was one of the later dc comics star trek annuals. Idw publishing is set to release a sixpart comic book prequel series tracing the backstory of controversial star trek into darkness villain john harrison. Picard may not arrive on cbs all access until 2020, but jeanlucs postthe next generation story will begin to be told in novels and comics later this year. Both peter krause and pablo marcos are credited as artists, but based on this books credit page, krauses role was limited to pencils.
After kicking off in a muchtalkedabout free comic book day issue, star trek. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Thats right in 2017, there will be the crossover no one saw coming. Unfollow star trek comic book 1 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
May 19, 2016 the only way i could think was to discuss my favorite ten star trek comic books. As star trek las vegas week continues, today brings another product announcement to help fans prep for the early 2020 premiere of star trek. Star trek comics were published under a licensing agreement with paramount pictures under a wide variety of top publishers western gold label, marvel, dc, malibu and wildstorm. The classic uk comics volume 1 star trek uk comics 01 by jim baikie, harry lindfield, mike noble, rich handley isbn. The starship enterprise is back on screen in a prequel to the legendary 1960s tv series star trek.
Countdown comes an allnew story set within the events of the hit film. Jul 11, 20 star trek into darkness prequel comic reveals villain backstory. Story celebrates 20 years of star trek voyages, as the tv series debuted on september 8th, 1966. Im always working on my digital and physical star trek collections, and in my amazon searches i found four collections for 99 cents that contain some of the best star trek stories ever. In a world where the romulans discovered earth before the vulcans, earth is now a brutal penal colony. The greatest star trek comic book stories of alltime cbr. Q the benevolent, childlike, and often quite dangerous extradimensional being. The team behind the new star trek comic on bringing. The team behind the new star trek comic on bringing the. New idw comics series follows up on events of star trek beyond. Both prequels are being created in conjunction with cbs consumer products and will be relevant to the new star trek spinoff series, which takes place 20 years after the events of the 2002 film. Im smiling thanks to the potential energy mike has managed to imbue into this comic book. The history of the illustrated 007, smartly divides the entries by publisher, and includes insightful annotations and accounts of the publishers interactions with the trek universe.
So here we go from my point of view anyway, there were only three maybe four writers for these that mattered. A new star trek comic book series boldly go from idw publishing will debut this fall, following the events of star trek beyond. The comic takes place during the final few minutes of star trek. It focused solely on scotty and was about him and his wife. Added the german episode fumetti adaptations in gong magazine from the 1970s. Photo cover of william shatner as kirk, leonard nimoy as spock, unidentified actor as an alien, and the uss enterprise. Fcbd 2017 star trek tng mirror broken free comic book. Jeanluc picard will return not only to the silver screen in the very near future, but also to the written page. Select a title to see the individual issues we have instock. Countdown is a fourissue comic book prequel to the 2009 film star trek by idw publishing.
What do you think the best star trek comic book story of all time was. Picard countdown, a three issue comic book series written by mike johnson and picard. Picard to be preceded by book and comic prequels comics. Apr 01, 2009 the lavishly illustrated tome chronicles the extensive history of englishlanguage star trek comic books and strips. Comic book version of the original star trek tv series that starred william shatner and leonard nimoy. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. First off let me say that chronologically i believe that the end of ds9 is the furthest weve gotten in the trek universe could be mistake. Before it debuts, fans will be able to see what the character. Picard countdown, with the beginning installment arriving in november and the. In addition, beyer announced that idw plans on releasing a corresponding comic book series. Picard book and comic prequels begin rollout in november.
Byrne meticulously cropped and altered images from actual episodes of star trek to tell new stories set in the original series. Now for the first time all star trek movie comic books covering almost 3 decades of movies on 1 cd rom. He summarizes each illustrated adventure along with the stardate. Discovery novel tiein arrives on september 26th and now we have details on the first comic book. It follows the characters of spock and the romulan nero during the year 2387, detailing the events that cause them to travel to the 23rd century. Picard, a new series for its streaming platform, all access, sometime next year. Abrams, depicts the crew as they graduate from starfleet academy.
My 10 favorite star trek comic books manic expression. The first to launch is the comic book miniseries star trek. Picard has a great comic book tiein from the shows. The lavishly illustrated tome chronicles the extensive history of englishlanguage star trek comic books and strips. Captain kirk crosses paths with fellow captains picard, janeway, and sisko in star trek. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. The comic book series, produced in partnership by dark horse comics and idw. I will get around to updating that soon, i promise. That is a total of 26 comic books for this incredible price. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. This site is maintained by mark martinez, whose obsession with star trek comics has gotten way out of hand.
Delve into the shocking world of the klingons in a story you can only find in this miniseries, which ties directly into the show. Spock, bones, scottie, or the next generation with captain jeanluc picard, beverly crusher, deanna troi, commander data, william riker, and worf, or even star trek voyager, deep space 9 ds9 and star trek enterprise. The comic book authors attempt to explain what should have been explained in. Script by len wein, pencils by tom sutton, inks by ricardo villagran.
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