IDW readies fresh slate of Star Trek comics

IDW has detailed a slate of three new Star Trek comics set to launch later this year.

Star Trek: Red Shirts, launching in July, is a five-issue miniseries from writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Megan Levens. Focused on Starfleet’s doomed red shirt crewmembers, the story follows the crew of the U.S.S. Warren as they track down spies seeking to steal classified secrets.

“Star Trek: Red Shirts is in honour of the nameless vaporised, incinerated, and otherwise blown apart, where they’re the main characters of a Star Trek-style suicide mission unlike any other,” said writer Christopher Cantwell.

“We will get to know these Ensigns and Lieutenants intimately before they are likewise crushed, disrupter’d, and sucked into space. Who will survive? Will any? And what is the true nature of their planet side mission to hunt down mysterious spies? This is a major melody Original Series-era story in the key of Death, one I’ve wanted to tell for years, equal parts fun and harrowing, subversive and celebratory of the boldest tunic colour one can wear in Starfleet – security red.”

Artist Megan Levens added: “Star Trek: Red Shirts is a dream project for me, offering the opportunity to draw an entirely new cast of Starfleet officers – and then to kill them off in delightfully horrific ways! From crusty veterans to fresh-faced (not for long!) Ensigns, these new heroes are charging headfirst into strange new worlds, and finding that sometimes they’re just full of strange new ways to die.”

Launching in August is Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The Seeds of Destruction, from writer Robbie Thompson and artist Travis Mercer.

“As a lifelong fan of Star Trek– TOS forever! – I was absolutely thrilled to get the call from editor extraordinaire Heather Antos to pitch on a Strange New Worlds miniseries,” said writer Robbie Thompson.

“Working on the fourth season of the Paramount+ series has been a dream come true and I’m so excited to play in this sandbox further and be a part of the amazing line of Trek comics IDW has created.”

Artist Travis Mercer added: “After reading what Robbie has in store for the Enterprise crew, there was no way I was going to pass up this opportunity! The entire team is bringing you a story that’s about to make Strange New Worlds a lot stranger! Strap in folks!”

Finally, IDW is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager with Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming, a five-issue limited series launching in September from co-writers Tilly and Susan Bridges and artist Angel Hernandez.

The comic picks up moments after the final shot of the series and aims to ‘offer the final resolution that fans have been waiting decades to witness’.
“We’re so incredibly excited to be writing Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming” said co-writers Tilly and Susan Bridges.

“As lifelong Trekkies, we’re delighted to be part of Voyager’s 30th anniversary celebration. We can’t wait to give Janeway and crew one last adventure… Will everything go smoothly? Well, this is Voyager… Who’s to say. We all spent seven years getting to know and love this crew, and it’s an absolute honour to be part of the team that brings them home.”

Artist Angel Hernandez added: “I’ve been working on Star Trek projects for many years and I’ve had the opportunity of participating in incredible stories and being part of exciting adventures. I’m sure this is going to be one of those special moments that will be part of the wonderful history of Voyager, and it is an honour for me to be part of it.”

IDW Group Editor, Heather Antos, said: “From celebrating nostalgia with the fan-favourite crew of Voyager, to going boldly to the fearsome depths of a Lovecraftian planet in Strange New Worlds, to taking a decades-long question of ‘if the colour of a uniform makes a man’ and spinning it on its head… We’re showing that IDW is not yet done producing the very best Star Trek comics possible.”

For more information, head to: https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/idw-limited-comic-series-launching-first-look