For the primary time since taking on command of the official “Star Trek” comedian guide line in 2007, IDW Publishing will current “Star Trek: Day of Blood,” an absorbing 5-issue crossover occasion starting this July that joins collectively the brand new “Star Trek” flagship title with the upcoming “Star Trek: Defiant” collection arriving in March.
This brash “Star Trek” new storyline is being given a particular introductory one-shot for Free Comedian E-book Day on Might 6 with “Star Trek: Prelude to Day of Blood (opens in new tab),” co-written by esteemed Trek comedian creators Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Christopher Cantwell with art work by Mike Feehan.
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“”Star Trek: Day of Blood” is what this final yr of comedian guide planning has been all about,” says senior editor Heather Antos in an IDW press release (opens in new tab). “All of it results in this second. Was Sisko the proper alternative of the Prophets? Will Worf’s Klingon honor serve him properly? Or will the 2 stay within the crossfires of the godkiller? Jackson, Collin, and Chris are asking a number of the greatest questions we have ever seen in “Star Trek” comics, and it is time to reply them within the franchise’s first-ever basic summer time crossover occasion.”
Right here’s the official synopsis:
“In Prelude to Day of Blood, the united statesS. Santa Cruz travels to the Korvat colony for Kot’baval. However what was purported to be a easy commentary of the sacred Klingon pageant rapidly turns right into a massacre when the cult of the godkiller reveals themselves to the universe.”
“It is time for Benjamin Sisko to face the previous,” Lanzing stated within the statment. “And for readers to lastly get a have a look at the true fallout of the Dominion Warfare. “Deep Space Nine” is the inspiration for this whole line, so it feels solely proper that the crew of the united statesS. Theseus come again to the place it began.”
Cantwell admits to being nothing wanting ecstatic to be an important artistic participant in IDW’s expansive “Star Trek” initiative.
“There have been moments in our writers’ room with Jackson and Collin the place I could not consider we have been actually doing this,” he provides. “Not simply telling one “Star Trek” story however weaving collectively a number of Trek tales on the similar time, with plotlines from “Star Trek” and “Star Trek: Defiant” converging. We threw all our boldest concepts and finest character pairings right into a story of pure chaos, starship battles, and actual epic dramatic resonance you’ll be able to solely obtain within the scope of comics.”
“Star Trek: Prelude to Day of Blood” lands on Might 6 Â with cowl artwork by Malachi Ward.
“As lifelong “Star Trek” followers, Jack and I’ve been dreaming of this sort of factor since we will bear in mind,” Kelly notes. “That is the sort of occasion you possibly can solely do in comics, with huge stakes and two starship crews colliding in the course of a very lethal disaster. That is our season finale.”
To comply with your complete “Day of Blood” story arc, readers can step aboard these 5 points: “Star Trek: Day of Blood #1” (July 2023); “Star Trek: Defiant #6” (August 2023); “Star Trek #11” (August 2023); “Star Trek: Defiant #7” (September 2023); and “Star Trek #12” (September 2023).
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