IDW Reveals Star Trek Discovery Four-Issue Miniseries
After years of near-total dormancy, Star Trek is finally back and making up for lost time with a ton of different shows at once, due to Paramount’s sudden need for content and valuable IP during the streaming wars. The first of these to be released was Star Trek Discovery, which now has multiple seasons and — soon — its own comic miniseries. IDW announced today the imminent arrival of Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures in the 32nd Century.
This four-parter will focus on a different crew member in each issue, with the first being devoted to Grudge the Cat. The issue description says “A flashback tale of her first meeting with Cleveland “Book” Booker sets the stage for a trajectory establishing Grudge as the greatest feline spacefarer of all.” It also says here she’s “the queen.” Um…as someone who has never seen the show before, I was not expecting this. This isn’t a cat person under makeup, it just looks like…a cat. Does the cat talk? Even though an episode exists in the vast Trek library where people turned into lizards once they passed a certain warp speed, I find this hard to believe.
Anyway, the other three issues will focus on ensign Adira Tal, Lieutenant Keyla Detmer, and science officer Linus respectively. The series will be written by Kirsten Beyer and Mike Johnson, who have worked on other Star Trek Discovery comics, and will be drawn by Angel Hernandez.
“It’s no secret that Star Trek: Discovery’s television series has an amazing cast of characters, and being able to translate those characters and their stories into the comics is a real treat for not only the fans, but also us as well,” says editor Heather Antos. “Diving deeper into Queen Grudge’s mind, to Adira’s relationship with Gray and more, Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures in the 32nd Century gives readers an incredibly detailed perspective of these fan favorite characters.”
No release date for Star Trek: Discovery – Adventures in the 32nd Century is mentioned, but we assume it’s coming very soon.