IDW Announces Three New Star Trek Comics

Publisher IDW, who’s held the Star Trek license for some time now, plans to exercise it further with three new limited series titles. Coming in 2025 are Red Shirts, Strange New Worlds: Seeds Of Destruction, and Voyager: Homecoming.

Red Shirts is what it sounds like. You ever wonder about those extras that appear for a scene or two on a mission with Kirk and Spock and then get blasted or incinerated or crushed? What were their lives like prior to those incidents? Did they really deserve it? Follow their lives…but try not to get attached to them. The book will be written by Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Cantwell and illustrated by artist Megan Levens.

“We will get to know these ensigns and lieutenants intimately before they are likewise crushed, disrupter’d, and sucked into space,” promises Cantwell. “Who will survive? Will any? And what is the true nature of their planetside 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 color one can wear in Starfleet, security red.”

Following the first issue of Red Shirts, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Seeds Of Salvation will begin its five-issue run. The all-new story will follow Chapel, Una, La’An, Spock and a new robot sidekick named D6 as they explore an ice-covered planet and uncover its dangerous secrets. Robbie Thompson, writer for season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, is scripting this one, and artist Travis Mercer is bringing it to life.

“I’ve been a fan of Travis Mercer’s storytelling from afar, and it’s been a blast working with him and the rest of the team,” says Thompson. “We’re taking the SNW crew to one of the scariest and coldest corners of the universe, and I can’t wait for TREK fans everywhere to see the cosmic horrors we’ve cooked up!”

Finally there’s Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming, a five-issue series that reveals what happened right after the final episode cut to black after its brief shot of Earth. “What if just moments after that, there was one last emergency for the determined Captain Janeway and her brave crew?” IDW asks. Is the Earth in trouble? Or is the emergency in deep space? Don’t get lost again, guys. This tale comes from the minds of Tilly and Susan Bridges and artist Angel Hernandez.

“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 are, but we’re not gonna spoil it, where’s the fun in that?). We all spent seven years getting to know and love this crew, and it’s an absolute honor to be part of the team that brings them home.” Tilly and Susan say.

The first issue of Red Shirts will beam into comic shops this July. Strange New Worlds: Seeds Of Salvation will begin its run one month later in August, and Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming will follow in September.