IDW January 2013 Star Trek Comics with Into Darkness Prequel

IDW Publishing has released their publishing plans for January 2013. Two comics and one trade are being released that month. The comic worht paying attention too is Countdown to Darkness #1 which is an official prequel story that leads up to Star Trek Into Darkness movie. As for the ongoing issue, it provides a new origin for Bones. If you are interested in the books, just let your local comic book store know. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, TMNT, Transformers, Locke & Key and more click here.

Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #1
Mike Johnson (w) • David Messina, photo (a & c)
The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series that sets the stage for the upcoming STAR TREK film! Like the best-selling STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN in 2009, this all-new series leads directly into the next movie, with a story by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci and Mike Johnson (STAR TREK ongoing series), and drawn by the original STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN artist, David Messina! STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS is the can't-miss lead-in to the new adventures of the Enterprise crew!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek #17
Mike Johnson (w) • Claudia Balboni (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)
As the release of the next STAR TREK film gets closer, the ongoing series focuses on the never-been-seen origins of the Enterprise crew in the new movie timeline! First up is Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy: find out how the cantankerous miracle worker found himself on a shuttle to Starfleet Academy with James T. Kirk! With a story overseen by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci, this all-new tale sets the stage for the upcoming film!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Star Trek The Next Generation / Doctor Who, Vol. 2
Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a & c)
When the Federation's most terrifying enemy strikes an unholy alliance with one of the Doctor's most hated antagonists, the result is devastation on a cosmic scale! Spanning the ends of space and time itself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!
TPB • FC • $17.99 • 104 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-551-6