Summer 2014 is shaping up to be a fine time for Star Trek comics from IDW Publishing and elsewhere. In addition to Harlan Ellison’s City on the Edge of Forever five-part adaptation, the monthly Star Trek series will begin a six-issue story arc featuring Q, the new crew, time travel, and some niners. We’ll also see another John Byrne photocomic and a one-shot special issue featuring the doctors. No, not the Doctors, the other ones, the Starfleet doctors. But what about the Doctor?
July 2014
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #2 (of 5)
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Juan Ortiz (c)
Harlan Ellison’s Hugo and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time! Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and Yeoman Rand return to the Enterprise following their first encounter with the Guardians of Forever, only to find a darker, more vicious crew of renegades awaiting them! Can they return the timestream to its proper state? And will they even survive long enough to try?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99• A Star Trek event nearly 50 years in the making!
• Adapted by the Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who team working closely with Harlan Ellison!
• Regular covers by Juan Ortiz (Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz)
• The filmed episode is ranked as one of TV Guide‘s Top 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History!
Cover art by Juan Ortiz
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #2 (of 5)–Subscription Variant
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Paul Shipper (c)
For subscribers and Federation members only, a special variant cover by painter Paul Shipper!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Paul Shipper
Star Trek #35
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
The Q Gambit begins here! The crew of the new Star Trek film franchise encounters the classic Trek villain Q for the first time, only in this all-new 6-part galaxy-spanning adventure developed in associataion with screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci! The mischievous Q sends James T. Kirk on quest that will see the Enterprise joining forces with familiar faces from Star Trek lore, beginning with the crew of a certain space station…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99• The Star Trek comic event of the year!
• Featuring new artist Tony Shasteen (Vampire Diaries, Batman: Arkham Unhinged, and more)!
Cover art by Tony Shasteen
Star Trek #35–Subscription Variant
Mike Johnson (w) • Joe Corroney (a) • Photo (c)
For subscription customers only…a photo variant cover featuring a surprise reveal!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Star Trek Special: Flesh and Stone
Scott and David Tipton (w) • Sharp Bros. (a & c)
When a Starfleet medical conference is crashed by a deadly metamorphic virus, Doctors Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir and Katherine Pulaski have to race against time…to find a cure. The answers lie in the distant past, deep within the files of Dr. Leonard McCoy! All of Star Trek‘s medical officers team up for the first time ever!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99• Created in conjunction with XPRIZE, sponsors of the Qualcomm Medical Tricorder competition!
Cover art by the Sharp Brothers
Infestation Omnibus
Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Mike Raicht, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, Erik Burnham, Jason M. Burns, Duane Swierczynski, Chuck Dixon, Paul Crilley, Chris Ryall, Tristan Jones (w) • David Messina, Nick Roche, Giovanni Timpano, Gary Erskine, Casey Maloney, Kyle Hotz, Antonio Camp, Valerio Schiti, Guido Guidi, Alan Robinson, Mark Torres, Valentine De Landro, Stuart Sayger (a) • Gabriel Rodriguez (c)
Complete Infestation! A dimensions-spanning zombie outbreak and The Elder Gods of H.P. Lovecraft invade the worlds of CVO, The Transformers, G.I. JOE, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, 30 Days of Night, Dungeons & Dragons, and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
TPB • FC • $29.99 • 532 pages • 6″ x 9″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-014-8
Cover art by Gabriel Rodriguez
August 2014
Star Trek #36
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
The epic Star Trek event of 2014 continues here, in Part 2 of The Q Gambit! Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are thrust into the future of their new timeline thanks to the mysterious being known as Q. But in this alternate reality, what has become of the space station once known as Deep Space Nine… and the man called Benjamin Sisko? Don’t miss this all-new story developed in association with Star Trek writer/producer Roberto Orci!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99• The Star Trek comic event of the year!
• The crew of the new films encounter Q!
Cover art by Tony Shasteen
Star Trek #36–Subscription Variant
Mike Johnson (w) • Joe Corroney (a) • Photo (c)
For subscription customers only…a photo variant cover featuring Q!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Photo Cover
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #3 (of 5)
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Juan Ortiz (c)
Harlan Ellison’s Hugo- and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time! Stranded in the past of old Earth, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock search for the focal point that altered the timestream and changed everything about the universe they knew. And once they find her, they could find themselves foiled by a force even greater than the Guardians of Forever–love!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Juan Ortiz
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #3 (of 5)–Subscription Variant
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Paul Shipper (c)
For subscribers and Federation members only, a special variant cover by painter Paul Shipper!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Paul Shipper
Star Trek: New Visions: Time’s Echo
John Byrne (writer, artist & photo-manipulation)
John Byrne continues his new Star Trek photonovel adventures! In Core, from the raging heart of the galaxy comes a message that summons the crew of the Starship: Enterprise on their most bizarre and dangerous mission. A message sent by their own captain… ten centuries earlier!
FC • 48 pages • $7.99 • ISBN: 978-1-63140-119-0
Cover art by John Byrne
September 2014
Star Trek #37
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a & c)
The Star Trek event of the year continues here, in part 3 of The Q Gambit! Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise find themselves decades in the future thanks to the mischievous Q. The galaxy has changed beyond recognition… and nowhere more so than on Earth itself! Don’t miss this all-new adventure produced in association with Star Trek screenwriter/producer Roberto Orci!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Tony Shasteen
Star Trek #37–Subscription Variant
Mike Johnson (w) • Tony Shasteen (a) • Photo (c)
For subscription customers only… a photo variant cover featuring Deep Space 9!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Photo Cover
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #4 (of 5)
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Juan Ortiz (c)
Harlan Ellison’s Hugo- and WGA Award-winning teleplay adaptation continues! As Kirk and Spock bide their time in 1930s New York, Kirk finds himself doing the unthinkable–falling in love with a woman of the past! And all the while, a murderer from their own era draws ever closer, threatening to alter the very fabric of history! Harlan Ellison’s Hugo and WGA Award-winning teleplay, visualized for the first time!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Juan Ortiz
Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #4 (of 5)–Subscription Variant
Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Paul Shipper (c)
For subscribers and Federation members only, a special variant cover by painter Paul Shipper!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Cover art by Paul Shipper
Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Vol. 2
Len Wein (w) • Alberto Giolitti (a) • Michael Stribling (c)
Boldly going… where it all started! Presenting the first comic book adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew! Fully re-mastered with new colors, this volume collects issues #7-12, including stories such as The Voodoo Planet, The Legacy of Lazarus, The Brain Shocker, and more.
HC • FC • $29.99 • 168 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-108-4
Cover art by Michael Stribling
Star Trek, Vol. 8
Mike Johnson (w) • Yasmin Liang, Erfan Fajar, Joe Corroney (a) • Corroney (c)
The new Five Year Mission of the Enterprise continues as Captain Jane Tiberius Kirk and her crew encounters a never-before-seen enemy in deep space! That’s right… Jane Kirk. Plus, the crew of the Enterprise has never faced a threat like the one they face now: their own ship. And, a deadly new alien species unlike anything the Federation has met before!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-021-6• Collects issues #29-34.
Cover art by Joe Corroney
Does Star Trek, Vol. 8 really collect six issues of the ongoing series instead of the usual four? We have a lot to look forward to this summer. Enjoy. But wait…
there’s more!
Star Trek: New Visions
John Byrne (writer, artist & photo-manipulation)
John Byrne presents all-new Star Trek: The Original Series episodes like you’ve never seen them before! Including the 2013 Photonovel Annual as well as the one-shots Core and Cry Vengeance — done in the fumetti-style by one of the greatest living comic book artists!
TPB • FC • 140 pages • $19.99 • ISBN: 978-1631400391
Cover art by John Byrne
New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics
edited by Joseph F. Berenato; foreword by David Gerrold; essays by Jim Beard, Joseph F. Berenato, Julian Darius, Ian Dawe, Keith DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, Robert Greenberger, Rich Handley, Mark Martínez, Tom Mason, David McIntee, Martín A. Pérez, Alan J. Porter, Colin Smith, Scott Tipton, Cody Walker, and Dayton Ward; cover by Patricio Carbajal
New Life and New Civilizations: Exploring Star Trek Comics examines the long history of Star Trek in the four-color realm, featuring insightful essays from popular Trek comic scribes and novelists, as well as other subject-matter experts. After almost 50 years, the human adventure is still just beginning — find out why Star Trek comics have not only lived long, but prospered.Coming this summer from Sequart. Fearless editor Joe Berenato hopes to have print copies in hand for Shore Leave 36 this August. Flagrant Self Promotion Disclaimer: I have an essay in this book.
Cover art by Patricio Carbajal
A Doctor for the Enterprise
written by David Gerrold, drawn by Tony Boyle, inked by Jeff Austin, lettered by Nic Shaw
The Doctor, Kirk, Spock, the Enterprise, and tribbles everywhere?Coming this summer from Amazing Stories.
Cover art without credits by Trent Boyle
That’s all for now. Did I miss anything?
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Woah, the Q Gambit sounds quite exciting. Our first look at the TNG-era of the altered timeline!
Lots to look forward to. Now, if I can get my local comic store to stock it…
Ooooh,a friend of mine has written for that book exploring Trek comics! Guess I have to get that one,lol. I buy most the comics already and enjoy them immensely.
J-R!
That doctors one makes me wish Shatner would do a ‘The Doctors’ documentary to go with ‘The Captains’.
Excellent job as always, Mark. (Disclaimer: I have an essay in this book as well.) Any idea what “Core” and “Cry Vengeance” are? The first two NEW VISIONS issues are called “The Mirror, Cracked” and “Time’s Echo,” so those titles surprised me. I may have to update my spreadsheet!
I thought IDW lost the Doctor Who rights. The Q story looks cool though. I wonder if Q, being omniscient, remembers the original timeline.
@5 Rich: Not sure what these titles refer to.
@6 Legate Damar: The Who comic is coming from an indy publisher, Amazing Stories.
I’d love to see more Trek from my favorite Trek creators, like Peter David, Gordon Purcell and Jerome Moore. Any chance of IDW talking those guys into some new stories?
7-Thanks. I guess I should have looked at the only writing on that cover.
Huh, Q Gambit Cover 3 has the normal Defiant design, I’m surprised they didn’t redesign it.
Um, why isn’t the Q story being used for the next film? Based off what I’ve read in the small tid-bits that looks like EXACTLY what they should be doing for 3!
@10. I caught that too… probably didn’t have a chance to redesign anything cause of licensing. Would have been cool to see an alternate variant.
I Love Star Trek & Lost in Space
Nobody knows the story line of the next movie so we have no way of knowing if Q is going to be in the next film or not.
“Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever” & “New Visions” are the “Fan Videos” of Comics!
The covers on some of these alone are enough to get the mind working. Q? DS9/TOS crossover? Yes, please! Now, is this an Alternate Universe DS9 or what?
Sorry, in my opinion Q makes for a nice occasional television guest star, but in a theatre movie, I think you need a better adversary. Though, it’d be great to see a John de Lancie cameo as a bystander, saying something like, “Oh, don’t mind me, I’m just here to watch!” *LOL*
Q in the JJ-verse! Ahhhh!!
Although, since this is Q and alternate universes and all, I would assume that is an alternate DS9/TNG JJ-verse future and not what would “really” happen in the TNG/DS9 jj-verse future era.
so many titles great well maybe not with all the marvel titles i already get lots of cash going out
i have brought the first issue of forever and like it however i am glad they changed it for the tv as well its not star trek,the drug up crew member the drug dealer now this would of worked to some degree on b5 which i do love
flesh and bone
looking forward to this comic seeing so many doctors together
17. Bucky – June 23, 2014
Q in the JJ-verse! Ahhhh!!
Although, since this is Q and alternate universes and all, I would assume that is an alternate DS9/TNG JJ-verse future and not what would “really” happen in the TNG/DS9 jj-verse future era.
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Could be. Notice that Sisko, Kira, and Worf don’t appear to be wearing Starfleet Uniforms. Or a Bajoran Militia uniform, in Kira’s case.
Rate the Doctors!
1) The Doctor
2) McCoy
3) Phlox
4) Crusher
5) Bashir
6) Pulaski