Star Trek: Lower Decks lives on through IDW’s new ongoing comic series, with a new issue arriving this week, kicking off the “Desperate Times” episode/mini-arc. Ryan North, who wrote the excellent 2022 Lower Decks mini-series for IDW, writes the new series, teamed up with artist Jack Lawrence for the new mini-arc. We have the covers, details, and a 5-page preview of issue 4.
Star Trek: Lower Decks #5
Synopsis:
Suspicious after the Cerritos docks for its second baryon sweep in the same year, Mariner sneaks into a command meeting. There, the Department of Temporal Investigations tasks the crew with finding a time traveler who is rewriting Federation history at an alarming rate. Mariner finds her friends and tells them what’s really going on… only for the timeline to change around them! Obviously, something has gone wrong with Command’s mission, and per usual, it’s now up to Mariner, Tendi, Rutherford, and Boimler to save the day.
Cover:
Cover A by Cover A by Jack Lawrence
Setup/credits (featuring Badgey):
Five-page preview:
Star Trek: Lower Decks #5 available Wednesday
Star Trek: Lower Decks #4 arrives on March 12. You can order issue #5 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 April and May…
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
Keep up with all the Star Trek comics news, previews and reviews in TrekMovie’s comics category.
Hutchinson Memorial Hall, that’s a nice touch
Best small-talker in the UFP. May he rest in peace.
He’s making small talk with the Prophets now.
I’ve been loving the Lower Decks comics but it makes the show’s cancellation hurt more! T_T The comic storylines would be perfect for the show.
Wow this sounds totally awesome. I wish they made an episode of this instead.
It’s still crazy Lower Decks is the only Star Trek show that didn’t do a time travel episode. Technically you could count Those Old Scientists I guess.