The starship Enterprise will find there’s more to the final frontier when Kirk and his crew come face-to-face with the strangest life forms of all, the shape-changing robots of Cybertron, in the four-issue crossover series Star Trek vs. Transformers from IDW Publishing.
The series sees two of the most prolific Transformers and Star Trek comic book writers – John Barber and Mike Johnson – teaming with artist Philip Murphy and colorist Leonardo Ito to tell the story that fans have demanded for decades.
“This is a crossover several decades in the making, and we could not be more thrilled to bring it to fans,” states Johnson. “John and I are having a blast writing the first meeting of Starfleet and Cybertronians, and Phil is the perfect artist to bring these two franchises together on the page.”
The funny thing is, even though I’m the Transformers guy on this comic (I’ve written a lot of Transformers comics, after all), I’ve always been a huge Star Trek fan, ever since I was a kid,” adds Barber. “When I was in fifth grade, I remember my teacher joking at the end of the year that maybe someday I’d wind up writing Star Trek… and it’s a thrill to finally get to!”
“This is definitely a dream-come-true project for me. It’s my first time getting to draw Transformers and Star Trek.,” states Murphy. “Not only am I a huge Trek fan, but I was born in the ’80s so I grew up in the golden era of Saturday morning cartoons – and The Transformers was definitely on the top of my list! This comic really means something special to me.”
At the edge of Klingon space, the Enterprise answers a distress call, discovering a dilithium mine under siege by jets and helicopters of vintage 20th Century design. When a red, flat-nosed truck rolls in to save the day, the no-holds barred Saturday morning mash-up truly begins!
Star Trek vs. Transformers #1 will go on sale in September.
