Star Trek: Lower Decks may be wrapping up with its fifth and final season this week on Paramount+, but the crew of the USS Cerritos lives on in the new ongoing Star Trek: Lower Decks comic book series from IDW, with the second issue arriving this week. Ryan North, who wrote the excellent 2022 Lower Decks mini-series for IDW, writes the new series, re-teamed up with artist Derek Charm, following up on their Eisner-nominated Shax’s Best Day one-shot from 2023. We have covers, details, and a 5-page preview of issue 2. [NOTE: IDW also releases Star Trek #27 this week]
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2
Synopsis:
Mariner, T’Lyn, Rutherford, and Tendi have beamed off the mysterious USS Bonaventure and onto an equally mysterious surface of an unknown world, significantly raising the statistical likelihood of death and injury! Finally, the crew is up to their necks in adventure. There’s the senior staff’s safety to confirm, a weird planet to escape, and an alien race that wishes to learn more about mentorship… through a battle royale! Enter Jadzia Dax, Montgomery Scott, Kathyrn Janeway, T’Pol, and Jean-Luc Picard as the mentors and the Lower Deckers as the mentees. May the best student live!
Covers:
Cover A by Derek Charm
Cover B by Philip Murphy
RI cover by Philip Murphy
Setup/credits (featuring Badgey):
Five-page preview:
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 available Wednesday
Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 arrives on December 18. You can order issue 2 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 January and February…
More Lower Decks fun
If you want more Lower Decks, check out Star Trek: Lower Decks – Warp Your Own Way, IDW’s interactive graphic novel, also written by Ryan North with art by Chris Feoglio. It was released in October and strongly recommended in the TrekMovie review. You can pick it up at Amazon in paperback for $19.99 or Kindle/eBook for $7.02.
Warp Your Own Way cover
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.
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