IDW Publishing has announced what they have coming in May, including a number of Star Trek titles. The biggest thing is a special 5-week “event” coming straight from the Mirror Universe. There is also another issue from the second Discovery tie-in.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror 5-week event
Last year’s Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken was a big hit and was even nominated for the Diamond Gem Comic Book of the Year Award. Now the same team behind that book are back in May with a 5-issue series that will be released over 5 weeks. The series is being written by Scott and David Tipton with art by J.K. Woodward and Chris Johnson. According to IDW, the new series “sets up a new and exciting chapter in the Star Trek: Next Generation universe” and they promise there is more to come this year.
Here is the official blurb:
Because you demanded it! Following up the smash-hit miniseries MIRROR BROKEN, the Mirror Universe Next Generation crew is looking for new worlds to conquer, and they’re crossing over to the Prime Star Trek Universe to find them!
Also in each issue: Just how did the Mirror Universe crew find their way to ours, and what does Emperor Spock have to do with it? Backup stories every issue illustrated by MIRROR BROKEN co-creator J.K. Woodward!
Each 32-page issue in the series will be priced at $3.99 and will come with four different covers (A cover by J.K. Woodward, B cover by various artists, variant cover by concept artist Peter McKinstry, and photo cover). You can see a selection of the available covers below.
Connecting covers by J.K. Woodward
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #1—Cover A: J.K. Woodward
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #2—Cover A: J.K. Woodward
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #3—Cover A: J.K. Woodward
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #4—Cover A: J.K. Woodward
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #5—Cover A: J.K. Woodward
B Covers (various artists)
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #1—Cover B: Chris Johnson
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror #2—Cover B: Marcus To
Not available at this time are B covers for #3 (Josh Hood), #4 (Carlos Nieto), and #5 (Debora Carita).
Photo Covers:
If you want to catch up on the previous series, the trade paperback collection of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken is due out in March.
Also coming in May: Star Trek: Discovery: Succession #2
In addition to the TNG Mirror event, IDW will released the second issue in their second Discovery tie-in comic. Co-written by Discovery writer and Trek novelist Kirsten Beyer and longtime Trek comic book writer Mike Johnson, the “Succession” series is set in the Mirror Universe and is directly tied into the second half of the first season of Discovery.
The 32-page issue is priced at $3.99 and comes with four different covers: A cover by Angel Herndandez, photo cover, a variant cover and a “ships of the line” cover.
Star Trek: Discovery Succession #2 variant cover by Elizabeth Beals
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Cool!
much better
Excellent.
– Montgomery Burns
I really regret we never got a TNG MU story. That and Voyager are the only shows to stay completely away from that story line. Still the comic series look and sound great though.
Yes, Voyager could have been particularly poignant if they’d have swapped places with an ISS Voyager that was stationed near Earth. The crew desperately want to see their loved ones, but instead are confronted with dark, violent house of mirrors versions.
They SHOULD’VE done a MU TNG movie ….