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The acclaimed new earned run average ofStar Treklaunched by IDW Publishing has taken massive strides in its first yr , but the creative squad ’s sights are set even higher for 2024 . In later 2022 , IDW Publishing release a brand newStar Trekcomic featuring characters culled from across the enfranchisement , brought together to save the galax . With a originative team already earning two Eisner nominations ( admit " Best New Series ) , fans have a new , tantalizing tease at what ’s still to derive .
As part ofScreen Rant ’s Captain ’s Log single characteristic , IDW’sStar Trekgroup editor program Heather Antos discussed the challenge and rush of working on a accredited belongings likeTrek , and the restriction inherent to a massive informatics . Rather than find it stifling , Antos reassures fans that the entire creative team remain focused on their original , wildly challenging finish :
" Oh , y' all ai n’t quick for what comes next . I guess that ’s been the really cool thing about working with Jackson , Collin , and Chris Cantwell … It ’s just been so great to be working with such professional writers , that we all require the same matter : we just need the most cohesive , badass Star Trek story ever told . And when you ’re generate this crack in time that we have , between Deep Space Nine and Star Trek : Nemesis , there is this very finite sandbox that we ’re allowed to play in . I love that when when working with licensed IP . Here ’s your sandpile , here are the restrictions . What ’s the cool account you may tell in that meter span ?
It mean that we have a finite remainder in mind . And we ’ve had a finite ending in judgement from the very beginning . At any point , since the inception of this line , we have know exactly where it starts , just where it build to , and exactly where we have to put the toy back in the box . That intend that everything is being done with intention , there ’s nothing that ’s happenstance in any of these stories . It is all being done very , very intentionally , which has been very cool . "
IDW’s New Era ofStar Trekis The Definition of ‘Going Boldly’
Future Creators Will Be Hard Pressed to Top This New Era
Antos did not give any detail on just what the squad ’s planned " ending " would implicate , or even when fans can expect it to arrive , but thus far IDW has jell the cake super high for futureStar Trekcomics . The first year of the flagshipStar Trekseries and its spinoffDefiantbuilt toDay of descent , a major crossover event which sawthe cloned Klingon Emperor Kahlessdeclare war on the coltsfoot ’s god - corresponding beingness ( include the Bajoran Prophets who sent Captain Ben Sisko back to discontinue him ) . Sisko and the crew of theUSS Theseuswere successful in stop Kahless , but the autocrat is still roaming the beetleweed with devoted follower .
Now that the dust fromDay of Bloodhas settled , Sisko and fellowship determine themselves seek to distribute a tense political situation in the Tzenkethi homeworld . The Tzenkethi are one of the enfranchisement ’s big mystery , andStar Trek ’s Lanzing , Kelly , and Marcus To have fetch them to life render a civilization immensely different from anything fans have learn before . Meanwhile , Defianthas made Worf and his rebel crew into bounty huntsman for Starfleet , work off the book to bring in some of the galaxy ’s “ most serious ” malefactor . Where these stories could head next is a all-inclusive open question .
The return of Star Trek ’s Ben Sisko has leave his godhood under doubtfulness , but Trek get hold of a bold stance in a breathtaking series of connecting covers .
2024 Promises to Be The Biggest Year forStar TrekComics, Ever
Kahless and Lore Are Still Massive Threats to the Galaxy
Compelling as they may already be , these parallel storyline are only the tip of the iceberg lettuce compared to what the publisher has in store for 2024 . As noted , Kahless is still at large , as is Lore , the ' malefic Data ' who had his own religious experience inDay of bloodline , becoming deadlier than ever . And with Sisko yet to adjudicate his progeny with the Prophets without a grimace - to - face meeting , andanother comic focused entirely on theSons of Star Trek , IDW ’s squad is forget innumerable storylines to search .
For now , the next earned run average ofStar Trekfrom IDW Publishing is a closed book known only to those telling it , but given the path thus far , there ’s no cause to think they will lack when propose even higher in 2024 .
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