The Primate Directive and the Five-Year Mission continue in the March 2015 solicits from IDW Publishing. Also coming in March is a new photo-comic from John Byrne and the trade paperback collection of The Q Gambit. Details after the break.
IDW Publishing Star Trek comics for March 2015
Commander Kor is the Kover Klingon for March. Artist Rachael Stott has produced a glorious cover featuring the sly commander. A new Five-Year Mission tale begins in March too. John Byrne is back with two new photo-manipulated original series stories and those of you who passed on individual issues can pick up the trade paperback collection of The Q Gambit. March looks like a fine month for Star Trek comics.
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #4 (of 5)
Scott Tipton, David Tipton (w) • Rachael Stott (a & c)
An uneasy alliance has been forged between Captain Kirk and Colonel Taylor! But will it be enough to prevent Commander Kor and his Klingons from toppling the regime of Doctor Zaius?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Rachael Stott
Star Trek/Planet of the Apes #4 (of 5)—Subscription Variant
Scott Tipton, David Tipton (w) • Rachael Stott (a) • J.K. Woodward (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by J.K. Woodward
Star Trek #43—Five-Year Mission
Mike Johnson (w) • Claudia Balboni (a) •Joe Corroney (c)
The lead-up to the next Star Trek film continues here, in an all-new adventure produced in association with Roberto Orci! Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise find themselves in uncharted space on their Five Year Mission of exploration… but a new alien threat may end their journey prematurely!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Joe Corroney
Star Trek #43—Five Year Mission—Subscription Variant
Mike Johnson (w) • Cat Staggs (a) • Photo Cover (c)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Photo Cover
Star Trek: New Visions: A Scent of Ghosts
John Byrne (writer, artist & photo-manipulation)
John Byrne continues his new Star Trek photoplay adventures with A Scent of Ghosts and Memoriam. Past and Present collide, as the Enterprise takes aboard a special figure from Spock’s past, only to find themselves haunted by an mystery from years before. Plus, a sad farewell.
FC • 48 pages • $7.99• Two all-new photo-stories!!
Cover art by John Byrne
Star Trek, Vol. 9: The Q Gambit
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
The crew of the new Star Trek film franchise encounters the classic villain Q for the first time in this galaxy-spanning adventure developed in association with screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci! The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on a quest that will see the Enterprise joining forces with familiar faces from Star Trek lore. Collects issues #35-40.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-276-0
Cover art by Tony Shasteen
Never give up, never surrender!
Of course, we won’t overlook the continuing saga of Galaxy Quest because where would these characters be if not for Trek?
Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues #3 (of 4)
Erik Burnham (w) • Nacho Arranz (a & c)
The cast of Galaxy Quest have landed on the planet Dryth, charged by an alien rebel with fixing a mistake they didn’t even know they made by meddling in the politics of another planet… but first they have to get through an alien wasteland in one piece. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Guy is stuck at a comic convention with a group of aliens masquerading as his costars. Nothing could go wrong there, right?!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Nacho Arranz
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A Trek/Apes crossover? Ummm, what would GR say?
The idea’s not so far off a crossover between Star Trek and Genesis II! Comicbooks are outside of canon so who cares what a man who’s been dead for nearly quarter of a century might have thought? I suspect he’s have taken the money and run!
Cool beans, looks like lots of fun stuff to come – thanks Mark!
That Pike/Kirk storyline seems interesting. I wonder if it’s a true crossover like the cover implies, or a story where the Pike crew only appears in flashbacks like the description implies.
I’d say that Dax cover is a huge spoiler
@ BobOrci. bob would love to hear your take on the comics and film will they acknowledge the adventures on film? Also would love to interivew you.
just found this star trek 3 permire date is set by parmount & bad robot for July 8th 2016
http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/23/7443063/stark-trek-3-release-date-july-2016
Every time I see a picture of alt. Kirk, Spock, other, it seems that they are toting guns. Anyone would think that space was one big war zone or that they are really living in the Middle East or in gun crazed USA, a nation that purportedly owns more guns than pets.
Put these Trek guys’ weapons away, for goodness sake. Then they might not attract so many hostile aliens looking for a scrap and just may meet different, nicer kinds of beings.
Unfortunately, (my) the nulis see all this and decide not to make contact. Such a shame…:(
Where’s my Star Trek and Highway to Heaven crossover then?
9. Norman Bates – December 24, 2014
Where’s my Star Trek and Highway to Heaven crossover then?
Or how about a Star Trek and Quantum Leap crossover?
I love these photonovel comics. I was trying to stop collecting Trek comics but then these came out and I am making an exception for these.
8. Keachick (Rose): ‘Every time I see a picture of alt. Kirk, Spock, other, it seems that they are toting guns. Anyone would think that space was one big war zone or that they are really living in the Middle East or in gun crazed USA, a nation that purportedly owns more guns than pets.’
Ever seen any publicity pictures from early Star Trek TV show? They tend to have Kirk and Spock armed; Kirk often armed with a phaser rifle. Star Trek was about a bunch of soldiers out in space exploring, nor a bunch of pussycats on a floating cruiseliner.
And US citizens are allowed to bear arms supposedly so they can topple authoritarian regimes (not excusing the appalling misuse of such weapons, but suggesting you understand the reasons the gun culture exists.) The culture is there to stop situations existing like that in the UK where you can’t sneeze without it being observed on multiple CCTV cameras and all your emails and texts being read (the UK population is the most heavily surveilled outside of China and N. Korea.)
‘Put these Trek guys’ weapons away, for goodness sake. Then they might not attract so many hostile aliens looking for a scrap and just may meet different, nicer kinds of beings.’
Or get invaded by bad guys who don’t hold the same values. Sounds like you’ve supped to much from the naive TNG goblet!! ;)
Could anyone tell me who that is on the “Scent of Ghosts” cover, in the upper-right portion of the cast images? She appears to be Majel Barrett wearing a green tunic, but I’m not familiar with the character–especially since my first answer would be Number One from The Cage, but that character is already represented.
I’ll apologize for this whole in my Trek knowledge now–in order to avoid the forthcoming remonstrances.