Following the SDCC launch of its epic crossover Star Trek/Green Lantern [read our review here and see a preview here], IDW Publishing has announced two new Star Trek comic book projects for this year, beginning with Star Trek #50 – a special anniversary issue from writer Mike Johnson and artist Tony Shasteen which kicks off a three-part adventure that will introduce the classic “Mirror/Mirror” storyline into the new film-based universe.
Meanwhile, this December will see the launch of the new miniseries Star Trek: Starfleet Academy from writers Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrot and artist Derek Charm. he comic follows Kirk, Spock, Uhura and some surprise faces while they are still cadets-in-training at Starfleet Academy, set in the period just prior to the opening of the 2009 mega-hit film. At the same time, you’ll meet the all-new “current day” class of Starfleet cadets, full of compelling young characters from all over the galaxy. The past and the present collide when a mystery bridges the two timelines.
“IDW is proud to have been partnered with Star Trek for nearly a fifth of its lifespan so far,” said IDW Editor-In-Chief Chris Ryall. “As these new comic book projects, and many others coming soon, will show, we’ve got plenty of exciting new ways to bring Star Trek stories to the fans.”
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Originally published July 9, 2015. Updated February 24, 2020.
