April IDW Publishing Comics
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Six Star Trek comics will be released in April by IDW Publishing.
The comics include one written in the Klingon language.
The comics include Star Trek #56, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #5, Star Trek Gold Key Archives Vol. 5, Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #1, Star Trek: Manifest Destiny: Klingon Language Edition #1, and Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #2.
Star Trek #56 continues the Legacy of Spock, “in this special story celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Star Trek franchise! Spock Prime reflects on the alternate timeline he left behind…but he faces a new threat in the present, as the Romulan Empire threatens to end the Vulcans’ search for a new homeworld before it begins!”
The thirty-two page issue is written by Mike Johnson, with art and a cover by Tony Shasteen and a variant cover by John Watson. Star Trek #56 will cost $3.99.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #5 wraps up the Starfleet Academy mini-series. In this story, “past and present collide as our new crew finds the most unlikely allies in the heart of uncharted space! Can they finally come together and change the future of Starfleet forever?”
Written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott, with art and a cover by Derek Charm and variant covers by Stephen Thompson and Malachi Ward, the thirty-two page issue will sell for $3.99.
Star Trek Gold Key Archives Vol. 5 presents the “first comic book adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew! Fully remastered with new colors, volume 5 collects issues #25-28 and #30-31 (#29 was a reprint of #1), including stories Dwarf Planet, The Perfect Dream, Ice Journey, The Mimicking Menace, Death of a Star, and The Final Truth.”
Written by Arnold Drake, John David Warner, George Kashdan and Allan Moniz, Star Trek Gold Key Archives Vol. 5 features art by Alberto Giolitti, and a cover by Michael Stribling.
The one-hundred-and-sixty page issue will sell for $29.99.
Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #1 comes in two versions; one in English and one in the Klingon language. In this issue, “celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Star Trek franchise in 2016 with this all-new bi-weekly comics event beginning in April! It’s Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew vs. the Klingons in the ultimate showdown!”
Written by Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott, and featuring art and cover by Angel Hernandez, the forty-page issue will sell for $4.99. Variant covers were created by Tony Shasteen and Rachael Stott.
Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #2 continues the “blockbuster mini-series” as “Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew face off with the Klingons in deep space…a conflict that could ignite all-out galactic war! Don’t miss this special event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise!”
Thirty two pages in length, Manifest Destiny #2 will sell for $3.99.
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