Star Trek Ongoing #1 Preview

Tomorrow's New Comic Book Wednesday brings IDW's first ongoing Star Trek series to comic books stores. The series also marks the first time that the new 2.0 universe has enjoyed its first ongoing series (before it was movie centric mini-series). This new ongoing series will take place post the first movie but after that its focus is on the "safe" ground of "re-imagining" the adventures of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes within the new context of this new universe. I call it safe because chances are they do not have to worry about stepping on whatever plans Abrams and crew have for the sequel. The first issue starts with the first "official" pilot episode for TOS - "Where No Man Has Gone Before" when Kirk's friend Gary Mitchell is slowly turned into a god with the abuse of power that could come with such a transformation. Click here to view the covers and first eight pages of the series.

Star Trek Ongoing #1
Mike Johnson (w) • Stephen Molnar (a) • Tim Bradstreet, David Messina (c)
The adventures of the Starship Enterprise continue in this new ongoing series that picks up where the blockbuster 2009 film left off! Featuring the new cast of the film, these missions re-imagine the stories from the original series in the alternate timeline created by the film, along with new threats and characters never seen before! With creative collaboration from STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, this new series begins the countdown to the much-anticipated movie sequel premiering in 2012. Join Kirk, Spock and the crew as they boldly go into a new future! Up first, a drastic new envisioning of “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”
• 2 regular covers will be shipped in a 4-to-1 ratio (4 Tim Bradstreet, 1 David Messina) • 32 pages • $3.99