The Paramount+ streaming series Star Trek: Lower Decks may be wrapping up with its fifth and final season in December, but the crew of the USS Cerritos will live on with new adventures. This week IDW launches a brand new ongoing series with the first issue of their Star Trek: Lower Decks comic book. Ryan North, who wrote the excellent 2022 Lower Decks mini-series for IDW, returns for the new series. He is being re-teamed up with artist Derek Charm, following up on their Eisner-nominated collaboration on last year’s Shax’s Best Day one-shot. We have covers, details, and a 5-page preview of the new Lower Decks comic book.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #1
Synopsis:
Dr. T’Ana saves the crew from a virulent, purple-boiled disease that is sure to- Wait, no, everyone’s cured pretty quickly, actually. Okay… wherein Deep Space 2’s distress call is mysteriously cut off and the crew has to- Wait, nope, they just needed some help resetting their comms systems. All right, wherein Mariner gets so totally frustrated with the lack of thrills aboard the Cerritos that she drags her friends into a holodeck adventure that would definitely kill them in reality! Should totally provide them all with a sense of purpose and well-being, right? Right. Or at least it would have. If the U.S.S. Bonaventure hadn’t shown back up from the Delta Triangle to provide them with a real challenge. It’s time to explore a ghost ship, baby!
Covers:
Cover A by Derek Charm
Issue #1 cover B by Megan Huang
Issue #1 RI cover by Chris Fenoglio
Setup/credits (featuring Badgey):
Five-page preview:
Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 available Wednesday
Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 arrives on November 13. You can order issue 1 or upcoming issues at TFAW. Or pick up individual digital editions at Amazon/comiXology.
Here is a quick look at covers for the next two issues coming in December and January…
Lower Decks 2025 calendar
Another way you can keep your love for Lower Decks going into the next year is with the official Star Trek: Lower Decks 2025 wall calendar from Rizzoli. You can pick one up right now at Amazon for $15.99.
Keep up with all the Star Trek comics news, previews and reviews in TrekMovie’s comics category.
